In today’s highly-competitive business climate, it is vital that economists and analysts possess a firm grasp of the economic data that factor into business decisions, drive economic modeling, and influence policy debates. Understanding how the data are constructed is a prerequisite for...

We are looking for researchers interested in a one-day replication challenge at Deakin University (Downtown campus) in Australia. Participants will be matched with other researchers working in the same field (e.g., dev economics, comparative politics). Each team will work on replicating a...

The ANZMAC Doctoral Colloquium (DC) is for students at all stages of their doctoral research. It offers marketing students an opportunity to gain valuable experience in presenting their work in front of an audience; receive feedback on their work; and network with peers, leading marketing...

Professor Steve Pudney from the University of Essex will present a 3-day course on panel data analysis techniques on Monday 7 to Wednesday 9 December 2015 at the University of Melbourne. The course will use examples from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)Survey and...

The main aim of the program is to bring outstanding PhD students to Washington, DC in order to meet with leading labor economists during seminars as well as personal meetings at local universities and public institutions such as the World Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank.The program...

In this panel, we will discuss: - to what extent entrepreneurs are able to substantially influence economic development and wealth creation in an economy; - to what extent the regulatory environment in developed and developing economies explains the differences in outcomes, or whether other...

The training will then cover the following topics: - Accessing the data - Finding the right data - Visualising the data - Merging household and individual data - Dealing with missing values - Using imputed values - Creating analysis variables from HILDA data - Using weights - Generating...

The training will then cover the following topics: - Accessing the data - Finding the right data - Visualising the data - Merging household and individual data - Dealing with missing values - Using imputed values - Creating analysis variables from HILDA data - Using weights - Generating...

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,...

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...