Alan Manning, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “The wage elasticity of recruitment.” The speaker explained that most economists think of labor markets as very competitive and that it’s very easy for workers to find another job if their employer treats them badly. It is believed that this competition protects workers against exploitation by employers.
According to Manning, it is not that simple: “Most of us don’t experience labor markets like that, finding j...
Giovanna d’Adda, chaired professor at the University of Milan (U Milan), and Associate editor at the European Economic Review, visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “How many nudges are enough? Multiple nudges, resources' conservation and customer engagement”. The speaker explained that “Behavioral nudges are more and more common so people are usually more exposed to several different nudges, but research hasn’t told us much about the cumulative effect o...
Anna Hochleitner (University of Nottingham) visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “Fairness in times of crisis: Negative shocks, relative income, and preferences for redistribution.”
Her paper studies how adverse income shocks and relative income differences affect redistribution preferences. Hochleitner claims that “the motivation for this project came from observing that over the last years, we’ve seen a lot of public and political debates surrounding inequality and fairness. So, the question I was asking myself is may...