Welcome to IRES!
IRES is a research centre in economics of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). The research centre was founded in 1928. With the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), the Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles (ISBA) and Louvain Finance (LFIN) and the platform Support en Méthodologie et Calcul Statistique (SMCS), IRES now belongs to the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in economics and statistics (LIDAM).
Upcoming Events at IRES
IRES Lunch Seminar - Lucie Giorgi
06 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144
Lucie Giorgi
(AMSE)
will give a presentation on
Learning Together: The Introduction of Co-Education in French Elementary Schools
Abstract
This study examines how early-life exposure to the opposite gender shapes long-term socioeconomic outcomes by exploiting the gradual implementation of co-education in French elementary schools between 1958 and 1975. While education with both genders together (co-education) was historically limited to rural villages with single-classroom schools, a nationwide reform in 1958 allowed all schools to become co-educational. This led to a staggered adoption across departments before becoming mandatory in 1975. Using newly digitized data on the number of co-educational classrooms at the department level combined with longitudinal individual administrative data, I exploit variation in reform timing to estimate the effect of co-education exposure on educational attainment, occupational choices, and household formation.
About the speaker
Lucie Giorgi is PhD Student at Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop - Pablo Muylle
07 May | 15:30 | Online
Pablo Muylle
(Ghent University)
will give a presentation on
Parent-affiliate networks and the impact of import competition in Europe - Evidence from the China shock
Joint with Bruno Merlevede (Ghent University)
About the speaker
Pablo Muylle is postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University.
Practical information
The Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop occurs online every two weeks, typically on Wednesdays at 15:30
We invite graduate students and faculty with an interest in international trade to participate, and to sign up for the workshop mailing list.
For further information on how to attend, you can contact: serena.chellini@kuleuven.be or c.depierpont@uclouvain.be
UCLouvain Economics Seminar - Céline Zipfel
08 May | 12:45 | Doyen 22
Céline Zipfel
(Stockholm School of Economics)
will give a presentation on
TBA
Abstract
About the speaker
Céline Zipfel is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and an affiliate of the Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets (Misum). Her research interests are in development, labor and family economics
IRES Lunch Seminar - Keiti kondi
13 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144
Keiti Kondi
(Bureau Fédéral du Plan)
will give a presentation on
TBA
Abstract
About the speaker
Keiti Kondi is an expert in demography and population dynamics at the Federal Planning Bureau. She is responsible for population and household projections.
IRES Lunch Seminar - Marion Richard
20 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144
Marion Richard
(NovaSBE)
will give a presentation on
TBA
Abstract:
About the speaker
Marion Richard is postdoctoral researcher at NovaSBE and IC Migration fellow. Her current work focuses on conflict, climate change, gender norms and colonial policies as determinants and barriers to migration in developing countries.
Leuven - Louvain Trade Workshop - Serena Chellini
21 May | 15:30 | Online
Serena Chellini
(KU Leuven)
will give a presentation on
How do environmental measures impact firms’ trade?
joint with Hylke Vandenbussche
About the speaker
Serena Chellini is PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven. Her research interests are international trade and environmental economics.
Practical information
We invite graduate students and faculty with an interest in international trade to participate, and to sign up for our mailing list.
For further information on how to attend, you can contact: serena.chellini@kuleuven.be or c.depierpont@uclouvain.be
UCLouvain Economic Seminar - Enrico Spolaore
22 May | 12:45 | Doyen 22
Enrico Spolaore
(Tufts University)
will give a presentation on
TBA
Abstract
About the speaker
Enrico Spolaore is Seth Merrin Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate with the NBER. He does research in political economy, growth and development, and international economics
CEPR Workshop on "Ethnicity, identity and conflict"
Joint with IDnomics and UCLouvain, Belgium
Organisers
- Klaus Desmet (SMU, NBER, CEPR)
- Joseph F. Gomes (UCLouvain and CEPR)
Programme
Day 1 - 23 June 2025
9:00 - 9:15
Klaus /Joseph - Welcome address
9:15 - 9:55
Elias Papaioannou – (Invited Session)
Uprootedness, Human Capital and Skill Portability
(Co-authors: Stelios Michalopoulos, Elie Murard and Seyhun Orcan Sakalli)
9:55 - 10:35
Sam Asher
Cultural Capital and Economic Opportunity in Rural India
(Co-authors: Aditi Bhowmick, Maurizio Bussolo, Vidisha Mehta, Paul Novosad)
10:35 - 11:05
Coffee Break
11:05 - 11:45
Monica Beeder
Effects of Jobs on Ethnic Switching – Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia
(Co-authors: Lovise Aalen, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen Villanger)
11:45 - 12:25
Netanel Ben-Porath
Imagined Communities? Print Media and Identity in the Age of Nation-State Formation
(Co-authors: W. Walker Hanlon)
12:25 - 13:50
Lunch
13:50 - 14:30
Tanushree Goyal
Increasing Polarization of Hindu-Muslim Identity in India
(Co-authors: Feyaad Allie, Viktor Enssle, Saad Gulzar, Gufran Pathan)
14:30 - 15:10
Roland Hodler
Ethnofederalism: Subnational Borders and the Salience of Ethnicity in Politics
(Co-authors: Richard Bluhm, Roland Hodler, Paul Schaudt)
15:10 - 15:50
Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:30
Ömer Ozak
(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
(Co-authors: Emilio Depetris-Chauvin)
16:30 - 17:10
Marta Reynal-Querol (Invited Session)
Hierarchy Differences and the Social Foundations of State
(Co-authors: Miriam Artiles and Joachim Vot)
18:30 onwards
Conference Dinner (By invitation only)
Day 2 - 24 June 2025
9:00 - 9:40
Moses Shayo - (Invited Session)
Paying Not to Know: News Avoidance in Times of War
(Co-authors: Ro’ee Levy, Guy Yanay)
9:40 - 10:20
Max Posch
Do Disasters Affect the Tightness of Social Norms?
10:20 - 10:40
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:20
Clara Sievert
Supernatural Beliefs about Illness and Modern Medicine Use: Evidence from the DRC
11:20 - 12:00
Andrea Tesei
Pilgrims and Crusaders: Religion as a Political Double-Edged Sword
(Co-authors: Tommaso Colussi, Dominic Rohner, Felipe Valencia Caicedo)
12:00 - 12:20
Break
12:20 - 13:00
Mathias Thoenig - (Invited Session)
The gravity of violence
(Co-authors: Mathieu Couttenier, Julian Marcoux and Thierry Mayer)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch (and end of the workshop)
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