The 2023 Spring Doctoral Workshop will take place on May 26th at Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. We invite all the doctoral students from Université Catholique de Louvain, Université de Namur and Université Saint-Louis to present their research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions at any stage of completion are welcome.

Jing-Rong Zeng (IRES/LIDAM) will give a presentation on Keeping the Long-term Peace – The Dynamic Effects of UN Peacekeeping Missions on Local Fatalities   Abstract: This paper examines the impact of UN peacekeeping missions on conflict reduction and their long-term dynamics.

Tiziano Toniolo (IRES/LIDAM) will give a presentation on Permanent exemption from social security contributions in Belgium: An evaluation with a directed search model Abstract: Since 2016, Belgium has permanently exempted new employers from paying social security contributions to the gross wage of one of their employees.

Timothy Guinanne (Yale University) will give a presentation on Using a New Legal Form: The GmbH, 1892-1914 Abstract: Germany introduced the Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) in 1892 in response to dissatisfaction with the menu of business enterprise forms then available to its entrepreneurs.

Jade Ponsard (Aix-Marseille School of Economics) will give a presentation on Collective Action and Gender Norms: Evidence from Suffragette Demonstrations Abstract: Can collective action shape cultural norms? I study the effect of local exposure to suffragette demonstrations on gender norms.

Riccardo Masolo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) will give a presentation on Heterogeneity and the Equitable Rate of Interest Abstract : The equitable rate of interest represents a benchmark to evaluate the cross-sectional effects of monetary policy.

Leo Czajka (IRES/LIDAM) will give a presentation on Using third-party data to improve tax compliance in a context of low enforcement Abstract: This paper investigates a potentially cost-effective way to improve tax compliance when enforcement capacity is low, by leveraging inter-firm relationships and third-party reporting by the largest firms.

Michele Lenza (European Central Bank) Will give a presentation on Density forecasts of inflation: a quantile regression forest approach Abstract:

David Weil (Brown University) will give a presentation on Climate Change, Population Growth, and Population Pressure Abstract: We develop a novel method for assessing the effect of constraints imposed by spatially-fixed natural resources on aggregate economic output.

Christian Pröbsting (KU Leuven) will give a presentation on A putty-clay model to evaluate the aggregate and distributional effects of a carbon tax Abstract: Which firms and households will be most impacted by a carbon tax? To answer that question, I set up a heterogenous agent, multi-sector model with putty-clay technology.