Calendrier du 26 janvier 2021
PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 26/01/2021 de 17:00 à 18:00
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97117933045?pwd=VG5oY0RDaWJMbmtSY2o3Y2F5RkZxZz09
GRIMEE Juliane (PSE)
Pigovian taxation with bunching of low taxes
Regional and urban economics seminar
Du 26/01/2021 de 16:00 à 18:00
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PROGRAMME
16:00 Lecture 1 : Eric Chyn (Dartmouth College)
Title : “Moved to Vote : The Long-Run Effects of Neighborhoods on Political Participation, with Kareem Haggag (Carnegie Mellon University)
Discussant : Camille Hémet (ENS-Paris School of Economics)
17:00 Virtual coffee break
17:30 Lecture 2 : Jean Lacroix (University Paris-Saclay)
Title : “Ballots instead of bullets ? The effects of the voting right acts on political violence
Discussant : Arianna Ornaghi (University of Warwick)
The expected duration of the lectures is 40 minutes, and there are 10 minutes for discussions and 10 minutes for questions from the rest of the audience.
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 26/01/2021 de 12:30 à 13:30
BHARTI Nitin (PSE)
Human Capital Accumulation in China and India: 1900-2020
écrit avec Li Yang
In this paper we study the evolution of modern education in China and India and compare several quantitative and qualitative educational outcomes in the last 100-120 years. The interesting patterns we highlight are: China’s bottom-up approach versus India’s top-down approach, China's broad-based vocational education whereas poorly developed vocational education system of India, China producing more engineering graduates versus India producing more humanities graduates. We conjecture that engineering and vocational graduates helped China in developing the manufacturing sector, whereas elitist education of India created a niche economic sector like IT. Further we show a high skill premium for higher education in India compared to China is fuelling more income inequality in India.