Converging to Convergence (Co-sponsored by IEMS and Center for Economic Policy)

Seminar, Lecture, Talk

Prof. Michael Kremer
2021-02-26 ~ 2021-02-26
9:00am - 10:30am

Neoclassical theory predicts convergence towards steady-state income, determined by policies, institutions, and culture. Neoclassical theory predicts convergence towards steady-state income, determined by policies, institutions, and culture.

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Seminar, Lecture, Talk Lunchtime Brown-bag Seminars in Fall 2026 The Center for Economic Policy (CEP) will host a series of lunchtime brown-bag seminars during the Fall term in Room LSK6045. The seminars are open to all faculty members and students. Each one-hour session will be presented by CEP research affiliates, postdoctoral fellows, or HKUST PhD students, providing an opportunity to share ongoing research and exchange ideas. Each seminar will conclude with a Q&A session. The schedule of the seminars in the Fall term is as follows:

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-12-03
12:00pm - 2:00pm

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Seminar, Lecture, Talk Lunchtime Brown-bag Seminars in Spring 2026 The Center for Economic Policy is organizing lunchtime brown-bag seminars in the Spring term at LSK5047/6045. It will be open to all faculty and students who want to attend. The one-hour seminar will be presented by CEP research affiliates, postdoctoral fellows, or HKUST PhD students. There will be a Q&A session in the end. The schedule of the seminars in the Spring term is as follows:

2026-02-10 ~ 2026-04-14
12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Seminar, Lecture, Talk Lunchtime Brown-bag Seminars in Fall 2025 The Center for Economic Policy is organizing lunchtime brown-bag seminars in Fall term at LSK6045. It will be open to all faculty and students who want to attend. In the one-hour seminar, there will be a presentation by CEP research affiliates, postdoctoral fellow or HKUST PhD students, followed by a Q&A session. The schedule of the seminars in Fall term is as follows:

2025-09-30 ~ 2025-12-16
12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Conference, Symposium, Forum, Workshop Roundtable meeting on Empowerment and Wellness of Migrant Domestic Workers: Explorations for Cross-sector Collaborations between Field & Academic Experts Migrant domestic workers (MDWs) contribute to Hong Kong society both through their care work, and by enabling labour force participation, mainly of Hong Kong women. Many observers implicitly assume this is “win-win” for both sides, and specifically that this “importation” of low-skilled labour creates both short and long-term gain for the migrants.

2023-03-20
2:00pm - 5:30pm

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Publications Why Micro-Credit May Leave Women Worse Off: Non-Cooperative Bargaining and the Marriage Game in South Asia Micro-credit programmes targeting women continue to grow in South Asia, although research suggests that wives frequently hand over loans to their husbands. Women may also be unable to control the income generated by micro-enterprises. This article presents an intra-household bargaining model explaining these findings and showing how credit may leave women worse off, while benefiting men. This game-theoretic model also shows why a woman might rationally choose to give her loan to her husband even though she does not expect to benefit and knows he may not repay. By Sujata Balasubramanian

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Publications Is the PDS Already a Cash Transfer? Rethinking India’s Food Subsidy Policies Critics argue that India’s mismanaged Public Distribution System (PDS), which sells subsidised cereals to poor families, should be replaced by cash transfers. Others fear cash may be misused. Using National Sample Survey data, this article demonstrates that families treat additional PDS subsidies wholly as a source of cash – exactly like a cash transfer. More worryingly, cereal consumption has not increased, despite higher real subsidies. Moreover, neither the PDS nor cash transfers are likely to raise total food expenditure in poor families. By Sujata Balasubramanian

Converging to Convergence (Co-sponsored by IEMS and Center for Economic Policy)

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