On June 3rd, ISEG will host the
seminar "
Problem and Research-Based Learning: On the Relation between Research and Teaching", at 1pm, in the Novo Banco Amphitheatre (Ed. Quelhas, 4th floor).
The speaker will be Professor Jessica Mesman (Maastricht University).
The session will be attended by Professor Manuel Mira Godinho, vice-president of ISEG.
This seminar is organised by
SOCIUS – Research Centre in Economic and Organizational Sociology.
Free admission.
Poster (pdf)
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The NILUS Project - Narratives of the Indian Ocean in the Lusophone Space (FCT PTDC/CPCELT/4868/2014), under the coordination of Professor Ana Mafalda Leite (FLUL/CEsA, ULisboa), invites to the
Seminar "
Cinema and theories about the Indian Ocean".
The session takes place at ISEG on June 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Delta room (Ed. Quelhas, 3rd floor).
Free admission, subject to prior registration
on this link.
Programme (pdf)
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3 - 5 JUNE 2019 | NOVA SBE, CARCAVELOS CAMPUS
Gender, Politics and Policies
Prof. Paola Profeta, Associate Professor in Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan
10 - 12 JUNE 2019 | ISEG, LISBON
Understanding and Evaluating Inflation-Targeting Central Banks
Prof. Douglas Laxton, Adjunct Professor, Nova SBE, Lisbon
Paola Prophet
About the Lecturer
Paola Profeta is Associate Professor of Public Economics at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), coordinator of the Dondena Gender Initiative at the Dondena Research Center for Social Dynamics and Public Policy and Director of the MSc Politics and Public Policy. She is research affiliate of CESifo and CHILD and scientific advisor of Unicredit and Universities Foundation.
She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a BA in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. Before joining Bocconi, she was assistant professor at the University of Pavia and postdoc researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain. She spent research periods at Columbia University of New York, Nuffield College-Oxford University, CESifo- Munich, University of Lugano, University of Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin and others.
Her research focuses on public economics, political economics and gender economics. She has published in leading academic journals, among which Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, Oxford Economic Papers, Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, International Tax and Public Finance, European Journal of Political Economy, Public Choice and she has written several international books.
She is President of the European Public Choice Society, member of the board of management of the International Institute of Public Finance, associate editor of European Journal of Political Economy and CESifo Economic Studies.
About the course
GENDER, POLITICS AND POLICIES
In spite of the substantial increase of women's participation in education and labor market, gender gaps still persist in our societies. On one side, we observe differences in employment rates and wages between men and women, especially for women with children. On the other side, women are under-represented in economic decision-making. The glass ceiling is still very real both in the realm of firms and in politics.
This course provides an empirical and theoretical overview of the main policies which aim at reducing gender gaps. Among them, we will analyze gender quotas, which, while being a quite controversial measure, have proved efficacy in breaking persistent glass ceilings. We will also analyze the political economy side of gender equality, looking at the consequences of women's empowerment on public policies. Finally, we will explore the role of gender culture as a main determinant of gender gaps and their differences across countries, and a crucial factor when evaluating the role of policies.
Douglas Laxton
About the Lecturer
Douglas Laxton is an economist that was born in Lafleche, Saskatchewan in 1957. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Western Ontario in 1981. He held numerous positions in the research departments of the Bank of Canada (1981-1993) and IMF (1993-2018). He has an extensive number of publications in a large number of areas including monetary policy, macroeconomic modeling, fiscal, macroprudential, etc. He retired from the IMF and currently has a position at NOVA SBE as an Adjunct Professor of Economics. His research and models, which have been widely cited (see google scholar) can be followed at
www.douglaslaxton.org.
About the course
Why so much interest in Inflation-Forecast-Targeting (IFT)? IFT regimes are the most transparent group of inflation-targeting (IT) central banks (Adrian, Laxton and Obstfeld, 2018). Experienced IFT central banks have been outperforming their peers in terms of anchoring long-term inflation expectations and managing the short-run output-inflation tradeoff. This course is designed for people that are interested in learning about monetary policy and IFT regimes. Participants will be taught the principles of monetary policy and IFT regimes. Each of them will be assigned 2 central banks as case studies and be expected to construct measures of transparency and evaluate their performance in anchoring long-term inflation expectations and managing the short-run output-inflation tradeoff. Each day will consist of lectures followed by guided hands-on working sessions. Participants will be expected to prepare a presentation and present their findings on the last day.
Day 1: Principles of Inflation-Forecast Targeting (Adrian, Laxton and Obstfeld, 2018)
Day 2: A New Index of Transparency with Application to the Czech Republic (Al-Mashat and others, 2018)
Day 3: Presentation by Participants on Country-Case Applications (Canada, Chile, New Zealand, and the United States)
Reading Materials
Adrian, T., D. Laxton, and M. Obstfeld, 2018, Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy Making, (Washington: International Monetary Fund).
https://www.bookstore.imf.org/books/title/advancing-the-frontiers-of-monetary-policy
Al-Mashat, R., A. Bulíř, N.N. Dinçer, T. Hlédik, T. Holub, A. Kostanyan, D. Laxton, A. Nurbekyan, and H. Wang, 2018, "An Index for Transparency for Inflation-Targeting Central Banks: Application to the Czech National Bank," IMF Working Paper.
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/09/28/An-Index-for-Transparency-for-Inflation-Targeting-Central-Banks-Application-to-the-Czech-46192
How to Apply:
Applicants should hold a Master's degree diploma in Economics, Finance, or other related fields or proof of attendance in a PhD Program, and should have a good level of competence in English. If you don't have a Master's Degree but expect to obtain within the year, your application can also be considered.
Fees:
One course: 150€; Two courses: 250€
Required documents:
- Curriculum vitae;
- Certificate of Masters Degree or proof of frequency in a PhD Program;
- Motivation Letter;
Applications should be directed according to the following:
3-5 June 2019, Gender, Politics and Policies with Professor Paola Profeta at Nova SBE
Submit your application to
phd@novasbe.pt
10-12 June 2019, Understanding and Evaluating Inflation-Targeting Central Banks with Professor Douglas Laxton at ISEG
Submit your application to
uece@iseg.ulisboa.pt
On May 31st, ISEG welcomes the CEO of
Toys R US in the framework of the
Postgraduate Diploma in Retail Management and Logistics.
This seminar is organised by
CEGE – Centre for Management Studies.
The session starts at 18:00 in Amphitheater 4 (Ed. Quelhas, 4th floor).
Free admission.
Poster (pdf)
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On May 31st, ISEG will host the
seminar "
How to Publish in WoS Ranked Journals", at 5pm, in the CTT room.
This seminar is organised by
ADVANCE – Centre for Advanced Research in ManagementDomingo Ribeiro-Soriano (University of Valencia, Spain) will be the speaker.
Free admission.
Poster (pdf)
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On May 30, there will be a
seminar within the scope of the PhD in Economic and Organizational Sociology, entitled "Fear of Falling: The Effects of Rankings on Higher Education".
The speaker will be Wendy Espeland (Northwestern University, USA).
The session starts at 18:00 in the Novo Banco Amphitheater.
Free admission.
Poster (pdf)
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The
LxDS
-Lisbon Dynamical Systems group, the Mathematics Department of
Science
,
ISEG
,
CEMAPRE
,
and REM,
and
CMAF-CIO
are organizing a 3-day spring school (29
' to 31
st May) on dynamical systems to be held at Faculdade de Ciências/ULisboa.
The school will consist of three mini-courses in specific areas of dynamical systems lectured by specialists of recognized international merit.
Speakers:
Marcel Guardia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya),
Anders Karlsson (Université de Genève),
Jorge Freitas (University of Porto).
Organizers:
Pedro Duarte (University of Lisbon),
José Pedro Gaivão (University of Lisbon),
Joao Lopes Dias (University of Lisbon),
Telmo Peixe (University of Lisbon), Luís Sampaio (University of Lisbon) and
Filipe Santos (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)
>> Download Poster
Further Information
https://cemapre.iseg.ulisboa.pt/events/event.php?id=185
The 2019 Meetings of Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) will be hosted by ISEG, on the 27
' and 28
' of May, and are being organized by
Elsa Fontainha (ISEG) and
Shoshana Grossbard (SEHO President, Editor-in-Chief of the
REHO - Review of Economics of the HouseholdSan Diego State University).
The
Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) was founded in 2017 by
Shoshana Grossbard from San Diego State University, who now presides over the organization and also edits the
Review of Economics of the Household (REHO). The president-elect is
Elena Stancanelli from the Paris School of Economics. The
1st annual Meetings of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) was held in San Diego, California, USA in 2017, and the
2nd Meetings in Paris School of Economics, Paris, France.
Household economics is defined as the economic analysis of household decisions, including decisions regarding consumption, labor supply and other uses of time, household formation and dissolution, demand for health and other forms of human capital, fertility and investment in children's human capital, demand for environmental and other public goods, migration, demand for religiosity, and decisions by agricultural households.
>> Download Program
Registration and Further Information:
https://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/aquila/unidade/SEHO2019
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The UCCLA - Union of Portuguese Speaking Capital Cities and the Regional Delegation of the Order of Economists of Centro and Alentejo co-organize the
1st Forum of Economists from Portuguese-speaking Cities on
May 25th (Africa Day), starting at 9:15 a.m., at the UCCLA premises.
The 1st Forum of Economists from Portuguese Speaking Cities will be attended by Professor António Mendonça (ISEG), President of the Board of the Regional Delegation of the Center and Alentejo of the Order of Economists and President of the CEsA.
Among other high-level personalities, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Portugal, Prof. Dr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Cape Verde, Dr. Olavo Correia, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Admiral Silva Ribeiro, the Mayor of Lisbon, Dr. Fernando Medina, the former Deputy Secretary General of Kofi Annan at the UN, Prof. Dr. Carlos Lopes, and former Prime Ministers of Portuguese-speaking African countries. Fernando Medina, Kofi Annan's former Assistant Secretary General at the UN, Prof. Dr. Carlos Lopes, as well as former Prime Ministers of Portuguese-speaking African countries and several members of the Orders of Economists, university professors.
This meeting, which is intended to be innovative and an instrument for deepening relations in the world of Portuguese-speaking countries, will discuss "The role of Portuguese-speaking countries in the global economy - New challenges and opportunities".
>> Program (pdf)
For further information and registration, please contact Sónia Nascimento, via e-mail:
sonia.nascimento@ordemeconomistas.pt
On May 24th, there will be a
seminar about "
Pluralism in Economics Teaching", at 2:30 p.m., in Amphitheater 1 (Ed. Quelhas, 4th floor).
The speaker is Diogo Martins (Department of Economics, ISEG).
Free admission.
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