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Conference honoring Gérard Roland’s career

29 January 2025

We are very pleased to announce that ECARES will hold a special one-day conference to honorGérard Roland on April the 3rd, 2025, at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).Confirmed speakers at this stage are Philippe Aghion, Patrick Bolton, Sergei Guriev, EricMaskin, Torsten Persson, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Richard Portes, André Sapir, Monika Schnitzer,Guido Tabellini, Guntram Wolff, Chenggang Xu, …

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EDT-Day – March 28th

14 March 2025

The EDT STAT-ACTU is organizing its EDT-day on Friday March 28, 2025. It will take place in room “Salle des professeurs” on the 9th floor of the NO building (La Plaine, ULB). The program can be found below: Registration, free but compulsory, can be made on this page: Session 1  9.30am – 10am: Welcome (coffee and …

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Estelle Cantillon Organizes Belgian Environmental Economics Day (BEED 2025)

12 February 2025

ECARES member Estelle Cantillon organized the Belgian Environmental Economics Day (BEED 2025), a key event for environmental economists in Belgium. The day brought together experts , and researchers to discuss pressing environmental issues through an economic lens. The event featured a series of presentations and discussions on various topics within environmental economics, providing a platform …

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Calendar

8 April 2025
  • Eva Raiber, Aix-Marseille
    08 Apr, 14:00 - 15:30

    Title: For Better or for Babies: Fertility Constraints and Marriage in China

    Abstract: Can fertility policies have unintended effects on who gets married? We investigate the effect of the 2015 relaxation of China's one-child policy on marriage outcomes. Before universal permission for two children, certain groups were already allowed to have two children. At the same time, China's sex ratio is highly skewed towards more marriageable men than women. Being allowed to have a second child could be a valuable characteristic in the marriage market, increasing men's chances of marriage. Previously advantaged men might then lose out from the relaxation of the one-child policy as they lose their marriage market advantage. Using detailed policy data on exemptions from the one-child limit and individual data from 2010–2018, we find that after the relaxation men who were previously allowed to have a second child are less likely to get married. There is no effect on women. The effect is concentrated within counties with high fertility rates and provinces with a high sex imbalance. The results suggest that differential fertility constraints distorted who got married by giving those allowed to have a second child an advantage. We also find that provinces where more people were exempted see an increase in positive assortative marriages after the relaxation, suggesting distortions also on who married whom.

    Location: R42.2.113

    Apr
    08

    Title: For Better or for Babies: Fertility Constraints and Marriage in China

    Abstract: Can fertility policies have unintended effects on who gets married? We investigate the effect of the 2015 relaxation of China's one-child policy on marriage outcomes. Before universal permission for two children, certain groups were already allowed to have two children. At the same time, China's sex ratio is highly skewed towards more marriageable men than women. Being allowed to have a second child could be a valuable characteristic in the marriage market, increasing men's chances of marriage. Previously advantaged men might then lose out from the relaxation of the one-child policy as they lose their marriage market advantage. Using detailed policy data on exemptions from the one-child limit and individual data from 2010–2018, we find that after the relaxation men who were previously allowed to have a second child are less likely to get married. There is no effect on women. The effect is concentrated within counties with high fertility rates and provinces with a high sex imbalance. The results suggest that differential fertility constraints distorted who got married by giving those allowed to have a second child an advantage. We also find that provinces where more people were exempted see an increase in positive assortative marriages after the relaxation, suggesting distortions also on who married whom.

    Eva Raiber, Aix-Marseille

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

11 April 2025
  • Ignacio Marra de Artinano, ECARES
    11 Apr, 12:15 - 13:45

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    Apr
    11

    Ignacio Marra de Artinano, ECARES

    Friday, 12:15 - 13:45

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15 April 2025
  • Sebastian Ottinger
    15 Apr, 14:00 - 15:30

    Title: The American Origin of the French Revolution 

    Abstract: We show that the French combatants’ exposure to the United States increased support for the French Revolution a decade later. French regions from which more American combatants originated had more revolts against feudal institutions, revolutionary societies, volunteers for the revolutionary army, and emigrants from the Old Regime’s elite. To establish causality, we exploit two historical coincidences: i) originally, a French army of seven and a half thousand was ready to sail, but one-third did not; ii) among those deployed, only some regiments were stationed in New England.Only combatants exposed to New England affected the French Revolution after their return.

    Location: R42.2.113

    Apr
    15

    Title: The American Origin of the French Revolution 

    Abstract: We show that the French combatants’ exposure to the United States increased support for the French Revolution a decade later. French regions from which more American combatants originated had more revolts against feudal institutions, revolutionary societies, volunteers for the revolutionary army, and emigrants from the Old Regime’s elite. To establish causality, we exploit two historical coincidences: i) originally, a French army of seven and a half thousand was ready to sail, but one-third did not; ii) among those deployed, only some regiments were stationed in New England.Only combatants exposed to New England affected the French Revolution after their return.

    Sebastian Ottinger

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

1 May 2025
  • Public Holiday
    01 May, 00:00 - 23:59

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    May
    01

    Public Holiday

13 May 2025
  • Nicola Pavanini, Tillburg University
    13 May, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

    May
    13

    Nicola Pavanini, Tillburg University

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

16 May 2025
  • Julia Jadin, ECARES
    16 May, 12:15 - 13:30

    Location: 3.110

    May
    16

    Julia Jadin, ECARES

    Friday, 12:15 - 13:30

    Location: 3.110

23 May 2025
  • Wenqi Lu, ECARES
    23 May, 12:15 - 13:45

    Location: R42.2.113

    May
    23

    Wenqi Lu, ECARES

    Friday, 12:15 - 13:45

    Location: R42.2.113

27 May 2025
  • Marta Santamaria, Warwick
    27 May, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.103

    May
    27

    Marta Santamaria, Warwick

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.103

21 July 2025
  • public holiday
    21 Jul, 00:00 - 23:59

    Location:

    Jul
    21

    public holiday

15 August 2025
  • Public Holiday
    15 Aug, 00:00 - 23:59

    Location:

    Aug
    15

    Public Holiday

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