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Transportation Bottlenecks and Aggregate Shocks
A tractable transportation sector model is developed to study how transportation disruptions impact prices and international trade.
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VIOS Fall 56
The CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (VIOS) was created as an alternative to IO seminars canceled due to travel restrictions.
Asia Pacific
The Last or Lasting Samurai? The Impact of Secondary Education Expansion on Elite Attainment and Occupational Sorting after Japan’s Meiji Restoration
This research announcement explores how educational expansion affects access to elite positions and alters inherited patterns during societal shifts from hereditary to meritocratic systems.
Global
The Early Impacts of AI on Employment among Recent College Graduates
The impact of AI on employment prospects for recent college graduates is debated, with no consensus on the magnitude of these effects.
Global
The Positive Spillovers to Risky Investments in Vacant, Abandoned, and Disinvested Properties
This study analyzes a housing program in Savannah, Georgia, that developed affordable housing on previously vacant, abandoned, or disinvested properties.
Global
VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 85 with Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online series featuring invited speakers in Development Economics.
Global
2027 WEFIDEV - RFS - CEPR Conference
6-8 May, 2027, SDA Bocconi School of Management at Bocconi University, in Milan, ItalySubmission Deadline: 15 November 2026Many critical issues span the intersection of
Global
VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 81 with Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics, BREAD and CEPR)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online series featuring invited speakers in Development Economics, established in the spring semester.
Global
Network General Equilibrium as a Threat to Identification: The Failure of Time Fixed Effects
Time fixed effects do not serve as a general-equilibrium control in network economies, where aggregate shocks affect firm outcomes unevenly by propagating through equilibrium prices.
Global
VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 83 with Chris Barrett (Cornell University)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online series featuring invited speakers in Development Economics.
Global
(How) Do We Teach Emotions?
Emotional intelligence, a key part of human capital shaped partly by educational materials, is examined using machine learning and generative AI tools.
Asia Pacific
Bank of Korea – CEPR – OECD Conference: The Economics of Ageing and Longevity - from Challenges to Opportunities
On 2–3 September 2026, the conference in Seoul, Korea will bring together leading economists, policymakers and researchers to examine the economic implications of population
Asia Pacific
Impact of Adults’ College Completion on their Parents’ Mortality: Evidence from the 1993 Korean Higher Education Reform
This working paper extends existing research on the economic and health benefits of college education by examining the upward intergenerational effects of children's education on their parents' mortality.
Americas
Shipping to America
This working paper studies the macroeconomic and trade-policy effects of disruptions to U.S.-bound shipping routes, noting that standard models treat these as iceberg-cost shocks.
Global
Windows of Opportunity in Early Childhood: A Dynamic Model of Multidimensional Development
This working paper estimates a dynamic model of human development using child development data from an early childhood education program evaluation.
Global
Gregory Casey - Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics (VSCE)
Gregory Casey will present the paper 'Are carbon tariffs climate policy?' at the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, a long-standing virtual seminar.
Global
BIS – CEPR – GERZENSEE – SFI CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION 2027
The conference, hosted by the Study Center Gerzensee (Swiss National Bank Foundation) from May 2 to 5, 2027, gathers leading global researchers to present on financial intermediation.
Europe
Here, There, and Everywhere: Remote Work’s Impact on Employment in the UK
Remote work is often highlighted as a means for disabled and older workers to stay in the labor market. Post-Covid, the incidence of remote work has increased.
Global
PEDL-BII Conference 2026 - Research and Practice Conference: The Start-up Ecosystem in Africa and Asia
The conference will gather researchers and practitioners to discuss how the development finance ecosystem can better support high impact start-ups in Africa and Asia.
Global
Inefficiencies in Local Infrastructure: Evidence from Drinking Water in California: VIOS Fall 54
The CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (VIOS) was established as an alternative to IO seminars canceled due to travel restrictions.
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