Activitats
Dijous, 20 Maig 2021
Dia · Setmana
11:00
"Essex-Barcelona Workshop on Labor Economics"
Descripció:
Online: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/91617096578.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Dijous 20, Maig de 2021 - 11:00h
15:00
The Fight against Malaria: A New Index for Quantifying and Assessing Policy Efforts in Reducing Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (with C. Bethencourt and C.Y. Ngoudji)
Descripció:
Gustavo Marrero (Universidad de la Laguna y EQUALITAS).
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81622852563?pwd=MGU1TndCZXZBbm9SWVFrMzVMMkFxUT09
Abstract:
More than 90% of people suffering from Malaria live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We construct a Malaria Policy Index (MaPI) for 44 SSA countries to quantify and compare each country’s effort in fighting against malaria between 1990 and 2017. The MaPI compiles information on intervention strategies such as prevention, diagnosis and treatment (Pillar 1) and the use of antimalarial therapies and tests (Pillar 2). We find that: antimalarial policy implementation is a widespread phenomenon in the region from the mid-2000s on; initial differences in per capita GDP, quality of institutions or malaria burden are not determinant for the current levels of policy implementation; there exists a first stage of policy divergence (before mid-2000s), followed by a strong convergence period. The convergence period is associated with an unprecedented increase in international malaria fight funding, which was unevenly distributed across countries according to their necessities to control the disease. Using a difference-in-difference events study design and a distributed lag model approach, we estimate the effect of antimalarial policy increases on subsequent changes in malaria mortality within SSA countries. Policies included in Pillar 1 are key to reduce within-country malaria mortality: an increase of 10 p.p. in this pillar generates a cumulative decrease of about 6 p.p. after five years. This may have important consequences for future human capital accumulation and also on overall long-run inequality and economic growth.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Dijous 20, Maig de 2021 - 15:00h
Divendres, 21 Maig, 2021
12:00
Bellaterra Macro Club
Descripció:
Pau Belda (UAB-IDEA).
Link: http://pareto.uab.es/ufae_gestio/@Discord.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Divendres 21, Maig de 2021 - 12:00h
13:30
Bellaterra MicroLab
Descripció:
Faruk Yasar.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4324121027?pwd=THJkOFE2cS9vZ0FaRzZqUHFsRUVoUT09.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Divendres 21, Maig de 2021 - 13:30h
13:30
"Why does Capital Flow from Equal to Unequal Countries?"
Descripció:
Kurt Mitman (Stockholm University).
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87118826250?pwd=VmFNbUg4dS90cXJCN2xWZ0FkNG9hUT09.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Divendres 21, Maig de 2021 - 13:30h
14:15
Bellaterra MicroLab
Descripció:
Dennis Hutschenreiter.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4324121027?pwd=THJkOFE2cS9vZ0FaRzZqUHFsRUVoUT09.
Ubicació: Online
Data: Divendres 21, Maig de 2021 - 14:15h