Possible research questions covered in the workshop include but are not limited to: What is the labor market experience of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) regarding employment, youth unemployment, long-term unemployment, and wages relative to local individuals not affected by...

The program will include several sessions covering the main areas of International macroeconomics. Sessions and covered topics: International macroeconomics: - Exchange rates and international monetary system; - Monetary policy and inflation risk; - Vulnerabilities and dependencies in supply...

SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information on the dynamics of income, employment, household composition, and government program participation. It offers a rich variety of information, allowing for examinations of: - Adult and child...

We evaluate the impact of loan-to-value restrictions on household financial vulnerability. Using Norwegian tax data, we first document a beneficial leverage effect, in which households respond to the regulation by reducing house purchase probabilities, debt and interest expenses. Second, we...

This paper investigates how monetary expansion affects household consumption and savings through household debts. Using monetary policy cuts in China in the end of 2008 as an experiment, we find that the resulted increase in indebted households’ disposable income leads to increasing...

The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers that work on the intersection of international economics and financial markets. Both empirical and theoretical contributions to the workshop are very welcome. The workshop will take place at the headquarter of the Banque de France in...

This paper develops a new class of poverty and inequality measures we call common prosperity. This measure complements existing classes of measures and allows decomposition across income sources or components of consumption expenditure. This framework enables us to study the trade-off between...

Topic: International capital flows and their consequences for policy making.

The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...