The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  October 6, 2011 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Tuesday
October 11
Yongseok Shin (Washington University in St. Louis)
"Lifetime Labor Supply and Human Capital Investment"
(joint with Rodolfo E. Manuelli and Ananth Seshadri)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro
Tuesday
October 11
Annette Ryan (Chief Economist Industry Canada)
Presentation followed by Q & A Session
2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Open to Econ Faculty
Only
Wednesday
October 12
Aaron Gertz (University of Western Ontario)
"Do Developing Countries Face a Higher Cost of Reducing Carbon
Emissions?"
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Room 4032 SSC
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
Luncheon Seminar


News and Announcements

Happy Thanksgiving Day

Monday, October 10, 2011 is a holiday. The University will be closed.

Minutes of Departmental Meeting

The Minutes of the Departmental Meeting held on Thursday, September 15, 2011, are now posted on the Economics Intranet.

Teaching Support Centre - Faculty Mentor Program

The next session in the Faculty Mentor Program series, Work/Life Balance: Strategies for Successful Juggling, will be held on Friday, October 14, 2011, 1:30-3:30 p.m., in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 121, The D.B. Weldon Library. Please register online.

Second Annual AEA Conference on Teaching Economics and Research in Economic Education - Call for Papers

The AEA Committee on Economic Education (CEE) will host the Second Annual Conference on Teaching Economics and Research in Economic Education May 30 - June 1, 2012 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Boston, MA. The submission deadline is December 1, 2011.

15th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics

The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) will hold its 15th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics on April 23-29, 2012 at the conference center of Deutsche Post at the Ammersee Lake (near Munich) in Bavaria, Germany. The objective of the Summer School is to bring together a large number of PhD students and senior lecturers to study new areas in labor economics and to discuss their own research ideas. Applications to participate should be submitted by January 18, 2012.


Research Notices

*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 enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is 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