The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  October 8, 2010 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Tuesday
October 12
Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po & UCL)
"Marriage with Labor Supply"
(joint with Nicolas Jacquemet)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Wednesday
October 13
Chunbing Xing (Beijing Normal University)
"City Boy Falls in Love with Country Girl: Baby's Hukou, Hukou Reform, and Inter-Hukou Marriage"
11:30 a.m., Room 4161 SSC
UWO/CIGI ORF
- A light lunch will be provided
Wednesday
October 13
Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po & UCL)
"On the Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Distributions"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Graduate Seminar
Friday
October 15
Jean-Pierre Dube (Chicago Booth School of Business)
"The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration"
(joint with Bart J. Bronnenberg and Matthew Gentzkow)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

Happy Thanksgiving Day

Monday, October 11, 2010 is a holiday. The University will be closed.

Teaching Support Centre - Faculty Mentor Program

The second session in the Faculty Mentor Program series, Work/Life Balance: Strategies for Successful Juggling will be held on Friday, October 15, 2010, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 122, the D.B. Weldon Library. Please register online.

RCEA International Conference

The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis will hold a 5-day international conference on Market Microstructure: Confronting Many Viewpoints, in Paris December 6-10, 2010.


Research Notices

SSHRC

Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada
Internal Deadline - October 25, 2010
Agency Deadline - November 1, 2010

*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications, internal and external, to Karin for review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically submitting your applications.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements