This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based...

The course will use examples from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and will include a hands-on lab session using Stata. The topics covered include: - Basic introduction to panel data. - Introduction to statistical modelling (within and between group analysis,...

The topics covered in the seminar will fit within the following broad themes: - the various models of the financial regulatory architecture, including the ‘twin peaks’ model adopted for future financial regulation in the United Kingdom; - the benefits and challenges in delivering a more...

This forum provides an opportunity for senior human resource (HR) practitioners to work with others in the field on a number of issues which central banks face. The event will be structured to allow a mixture of external input, sharing of ideas and expertise, co-coaching and problem solving. It...

This event is an introduction to some of the techniques in Bayesian econometrics which can be useful for modelling and forecasting in central banks. It will provide an overview of the theory and then focus on practical implementation through computer-based exercises. The seminar will be taught...

In this seminar we offer central bankers with expertise in this field the opportunity to share and deepen their knowledge of the current challenges to many aspects of macroprudential policy. Topics: - the appropriate objective(s) for macroprudential policy and the various challenges to...

The financial crisis revealed that even a well-capitalised bank can find itself in difficulty if it does not manage its liquidity properly. Consequently, recent years have seen a great deal of theoretical and empirical research into the links between financial firm liquidity and overall...

This seminar is aimed at central bankers actively involved in developing or evaluating systemic risk assessment models, or central bankers who use systemic risk models as an input into their tasks and wish to acquire a deeper understanding of how they work. Participants should be familiar with...

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of research based on the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Attendance at the conference is open to all, but should be of special interest to both users of the HILDA Survey data and persons with an...

A hands-on introductory HILDA Survey training course will be held on 30 September – 2 October 2013 at the University of Melbourne, just before the HILDA Survey Research Conference on 3-4 October 2013. The training will then cover the following topics: - Accessing the data - Finding the right...