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ISER hosts international MiSoC Workshop on Family Economics (22-23 September)

Keynote speakers - Michael Keane (Oxford) Time Use and Early Childhood Development in the Young Lives, and Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian Business School) Long-Term Consequences of Access to Well-child Visits

ISER is hosting an international academic workshop, taking place over two days (22-23 September) at the University of Essex.

Speakers include:

Dan Anderberg (Royal Holloway)
Domestic Violence Dynamics with Learning

Marianne Bruins (Oxford)
Increased Inequality in the Household Resources Allocated to Children, and its Causes: 1975-2012

Keynote: Michael Keane (Oxford)
Time Use and Early Childhood Development in the Young Lives Data: Vietnam, Peru, India and Ethiopia

Adeline Delavande (Essex)
Contraception Choice: Expectations and Preferences

Rita Ginja (Uppsala)
The Health and Labor Market Effects of Non-contributory Health Insurance: Evidence from Mexico

Jonathan James (Bath)
Fertility Timing and Education

Sonia Bhalotra (Essex)
Does Maternal Depression Hamper Child Development? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial

Valérie Lechene (University College London)
What’s for Dinner? A Structural Model of Food Consumption and Time Use

Emma Tominey (York)
The Family Peer Effect on Mother’s Labour Supply

Keynote: Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian Business School)
Long-Term Consequences of Access to Well-child Visits

Angus Holford (Essex)
Youth Employment and Academic Performance: Production Functions and Policy Effects

Mårten Palme (Stockholm)
Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility