KTI Szeminárium: Felix Weiss: Does a bridge close the gap? The role of travel distance to university for inequality in higher education choices. Results from a natural experiment.

2022.12.15.

Abstract : Geographical distance between young adults residence and the nearest university is known be related to enrolment in higher education. At the same time, participation in higher education and. the field of study choices depend on social origins. We hypothesize, that less privileged students more often live further away from higher education and that […]

KTI Szeminárium: Francesca Leombroni: Extra-curricular internships and sorting by socio-economic status

2022.12.08.

13.00-15.00 KTI Szeminárium: Francesca Leombroni: Extra-curricular internships and sorting by socio-economic status This paper investigates whether, and due to which channels, university students from different socioeconomic backgrounds differ in their propensity to choose an internship as their access point to the labor market. After presenting evidence that individuals from wealthier backgrounds are more likely to start […]

KTI Szeminárium: Alison Schultz - Guns and Kidneys: How Transplant Tourism Finances Global Conflict

2022.12.01.

13.00-15.00 Abstract This paper investigates the impact of organ trafficking on local conflict using georeferenced data on conflict events and hand-collected data on local transplant infrastructure in eight countries known for illegal transplanting. I exploit exogenous variation in kidney demand measured by the number of U.S. waiting list patients, their payment capacity, and their physical […]

KTI szeminárium: Renke Schmacker - The Effect of Confidence on College Applications

2022.11.17.

13:00 – 15:00 Abstract This paper investigates the role played by self-confidence in college applications. After documenting how much gender and social differences in self-confidence explain inequalities in access to college, we show that correcting underconfidence helps to close the gap in college applications. We collect unique data on student self-confidence using experiments on more […]

KTI szeminárium: Aczél Ákos - Liquidity Transfer and the Real Economy during a Crisis: Evidence from a Loan Payment Moratorium

2022.11.10.

2022.11.10. 13:00 – 15:00 Abstract: Loan payment moratorium was a key measure to mitigate the economic consequences of the COVID-19 shock in most countries. As this measure has been rarely used in the past it is known only a little about the effects of such a program. We analyze the impact of the loan payment […]