Spring School in Behavioural Economics at UCSD
This week the 6th Spring School in Behavioural Economics is happening at University of California San Diego Rady School of Management.
News from fair
Skarpeid research transparency catalyst
PhD student Ingvild Skarpeid is a Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) catalyst.
New master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences
New possibility for a master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences at FAIR with Alexander W. Cappelen as supervisor.
The Heterogeneous Effects of Education on Crime
New paper in Labour Economics: "The Heterogeneous Effects of Education on Crime: Evidence from Danish Administrative Twin Data".
Best research group in Bergen
FAIR has won the Bergen Awards for Best Research group or researcher in 2018!
Planning requires self-control, and ego depletion leads to planning aversion
New paper published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology: “The Future and the Will: Planning requires self-control, and ego depletion leads to planning aversion”, by Hallgeir Sjåstad (postdoc at NHH/FAIR) and Roy Baumeister (Florida State University).
Three PhD positions at FAIR
There are three PhD positions in FAIR projects you can apply for now. The deadline is 1. February.
New paper: Missing Work Is a Pain
New paper in the Journal of Human Resources "Missing Work Is a Pain: The Effect of Cox-2 Inhibitors on Sickness Absence and Disability Pension Receipt " by Aline Bütikofer (NHH) and Meghan M. Skira (University of Georgia).
New grant: Reducing Inequality Through Complementarities in Investments in Education and Health
Associate Professor Aline Bütikofer has recieved a 8 million NOK grant from The Research Council of Norway for the project "Reducing Inequality Through Complementarities in Investments in Education and Health".
FAIR at the 40th annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association for Economists
The annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association for Economists is hosted by NHH and the keynote speakers are Professors Alexander W. Cappelen, Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Bertil Tungodden, Ingvild Almås and Ola Kvaløy.
Coffee with Edward Miguel
FAIR Insight Team welcomes you to the first episode of "Coffee with..."
Welcome to FAIR - social media
We really want to interact with you on social media.
Workshop on the Childhood Gap project
The Childhood Gap is one of the key projects at FAIR and last week we held a first workshop in the project to brainstorm useful and interesting ways forward.
New paper: Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal
François Libois and Vincent Somville have published "Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal" in World Development. In the paper they study how fertility affects household size, composition and poverty in Nepal.
Fairness and the proportionality principle
How should you distribute income so that you keep the fair inequalities (that derive from the freedom to choose), but not the unfair inequalities (that dervie from difference in opportunities)? Cappelen and Tungodden writes in Social Choice and Welfare.
New financial officer at FAIR
FAIR has a new temporary financial officer Inge Bø. He is substituting for Anna Zheleznaya who is on parental leave.
If your friends like it, you'll like it
Johan Egebark and Mathias Ekström test in their new paper "Liking what others 'Like': using Facebook to identify determinants of conformity" whether users are more prone to support content if someone else has "Liked" it before.
Two Assistant/ Associate Professor positions in Behavioural og Labour Economics at SNF
The Centre for Applied Research (SNF) at NHH has two Assistant/ Associate Professor positions in Behavioural Economics and/or Labour Economics affiliated with the FAIR Insight Team.
FAIR søker forskningsassistenter
FAIR, Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality, søker to bachelorstudenter eller liknende som kan jobbe med støtte til forskningsprosjekter og administrasjon.
Müller new Assistant Professor at FAIR
This week Henning Müller started at FAIR as an Assistant Professor.
10 million to FAIR
The project ”Child care for childhood and business development” has recieved a grant of 10 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway.
Spring School in Behavioural Economics - call for applicants
FAIR-The Choice Lab at NHH Norwegian School of Economics and the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego (UCSD) will host the 6th Spring School in Behavioral Economics in San Diego, US from March 4.-8., 2018.
What limits the powerful in imposing the morality of their authority?
Øivind Schøyen explores coercion resentment in his working paper "What limits the powerful in imposing the morality of their authority?"
Collaboration between FAIR and East China Normal University (ECNU)
Ranveig Falch, PhD student at FAIR, is currently in Shanghai as part of a collaboration between FAIR and East China Normal University (ECNU).
Household bargaining and spending on children
PhD students Charlotte Ringdal and Ingrid Hoem Sjursen have a working paper on "Household bargaining and spending on children: Experimental evidence from Tanzania."
Tom Meling new researcher at FAIR
Tom Grimstvedt Meling has started working at FAIR. He will work at FAIR for one year in the areas finance, mechanism design, and labour economics.
Adaptability and intelligence influence migration
Aline Bütikofer and Giovanni Peri have a new working paper on "The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills on Migration Decisions." Their evidence suggests that adaptability reduces the psychological cost of migrating, whereas cognitive skills increase the monetary returns associated with migration.
Exercise Improves Academic Performance
Alexander Cappelen, Gary Charness, Mathias Ekström, Uri Gneezy and Bertil Tungodden have published the working paper "Exercise Improves Academic Performance".
FAIR at Forskningsdagene in Bergen
This week Forskningsdagene is happening all over Norway and Cappelen, Risa and Tungodden will contribute here in Bergen.
Working paper by Sjåstad
Hallgeir Sjåstad, affiliated researcher at FAIR-The Choice Lab has a new working paper "Short-sighted greed? Focusing on the future promotes strategic cooperation."
Call for papers ECBE 2018
FAIR is hosting the Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference in Bergen in June 2018 and they are announcing the call for papers.
FAIR presentations in Chicago and Vienna
Xiaogeng Xu, Armando Garcia Pires and Thomas de Haan from FAIR-The Choice Lab have all presented their research at conferences and seminars this week.
ERC starting grant to Vellesen Løken at FAIR-CELE
Professor Katrine Vellesen Løken at FAIR-CELE has recieved an ERC starting grant for the project CIVICS - Criminality, Victimization and Social Interactions
New PhD students at FAIR
In August, three new PhDs startet at FAIR, Oda Kristine Storstad Sund and Kjetil Røiseland Madland at FAIR The Choice Lab and Mirjam Linnea Wentzel at FAIR CELE
FAIR kick off seminar
Today the internal kick off of the new Centre of Excellence FAIR - Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality took place.
New Publication in Journal of Labor Economics
The paper "Job Loss and Regional Mobility" by CELE and FAIR researcher Kjell Salvanes and co-authors is coming up in the next issue of Journal of Labor Economics.
Katrine Løken Appointed Member of Expert Committee on Gender Differences in School
The CELE and FAIR researcher Katrine V. Løken is appointed member of an expert committee that will study gender differences in school performance.
CELE welcomes Professor Katrine V. Løken at the Norwegian School of Economics
Katrine V. Løken is a new CELE faculty affiliate and a principal investigator at FAIR.
CELE welcomes new PhD student
CELE welcomes the new PhD student and CELE member Mirjam Wentzel at the Norwegian School of Economics.
CELE receives second grant from NORFACE DIAL program
CELE together with the University College London (UCL), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and the Paris School of Economics (PSE) has been awarded a second research grant from the NORFACE program on Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL).
PhD Course with A. Colin Cameron (U.C. Davis)
CELE hosts a PhD course titled "Advanced Microeconometrics" with A. Colin Cameron (U.C. Davis) from August 28 to September 1, 2017.
CELE awarded NORFACE research grant
CELE together with the University College London (UCL), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and the Paris School of Economics (PSE) has been awarded a research grant from the NORFACE program on “Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course”.
Sandra E. Black appointed Honorary Doctor at NHH.
On May 09, CELE affiliate Sandra E. Black was appointed Honorary Doctor at NHH. Black will be principal investigator at the new Center of Excellence FAIR.