Workshop one: 6 - 7 June 2022
University of Birmingham (UoB) – Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam Big Data and Economics Research Network (BVRN) Workshop on Urban and Environmental Challenges, University of Birmingham.
Programme
Day 1: Monday 6 June 2022
| 10:00-10:15 |
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Registration and coffee |
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| 10:15-10:30 |
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Ceren Ozgen (UoB) |
Welcome |
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| 10:30-11:15 |
Paper 1 |
Jan Rouwendal (VU) |
How durable are buildings? Vintage effects and the dynamics of the built environment |
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| 11:15-12:00 |
Paper 2 |
Ted Pinchbeck (UoB) |
The Spatial Impacts of a Massive Rail Disinvestment Program: The `Beeching Axe' |
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| 12:00-13:15 |
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Lunch |
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| 13:15-14:00 |
Paper 3 |
Liza Jabbour (UoB) |
Civic Integration Exams and Local Labour Market Training: Examining the Employment Outcomes of Refugees |
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| 14:00-15:00 |
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Coffee |
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| 15:00-15:45 |
Paper 5 |
Rob Elliott (UoB) |
Eco-Innovation and employment: A task-based analysis |
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| 15:45-16:30 |
Paper 6 |
Hans Koster (VU) |
Neighbourhood Stigma and Placebased Policies |
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| 16:30-16:40 |
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Coffee |
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| 16:40-17:40 |
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PhD Student short paper session: |
1. Sacha den Nijs (VU): Regional labour demand effects of decarbonisation pathways
2. Hiromi Yumoto (UoB): Invisible Immigrants: The determinants of the legal integration of refugees
3. Maria-Teresa Gonzalez Valencia (UoB): The Near-miss Effect of Forest Fires: Evidence from Western Australia
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| 19:00 |
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Dinner at the Highfield
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Day 2: Tuesday 7 June 2022
| 9:00-9:30 |
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Coffee |
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| 9:30-10:15 |
Paper 7 |
James Rockey (UoB) |
The Heterogeneous consequences of Remote Working: Theory and Empirical Analysis for England and Wales. |
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Paper 8 |
Jos van Ommeren (VU) |
The economic and distributional effects of dams: evidence from Iran |
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| 11:00-11:15 |
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Coffee |
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| 11:15-12:00 |
Paper 9 |
Bowen Liu (UoB) |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Birmingham's Clean Air Zone: A Machine Learning and Augmented Synthetic Control Approach |
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| 12:00-12:45 |
Paper 10 |
David Maddison (UoB) |
The disamenity impact of anaerobic digestion. |
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| 12:45-13:00 |
Closing comments |
Matt Cole (UoB) |
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