Behavioural Seminar Series: 

Time: Tuesdays 1pm-2pm 

Venue: UCD Geary Institute, Seminar Room

About the Series

The Behavioural Seminar Series is organised by the Centre for Behaviour and Health in the UCD Geary Institute. This inter-disciplinary series broadly focuses on human development over the life course and is open to anyone with an interest in the behavioural aspects of health and welfare. The current series (2008-2009) starts in October 2008 will run up until the end of June 2009. To propose a paper, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Further Times and Dates will be posted over the coming weeks

September 9th 2008. Michael Coehli (University of Melbourne). "Returns to Education in Australia"

October 7th 2008. David Madden (University College Dublin). “Cardinal and Ordinal Measures of Health Inequality"

October 15th 2008. Helen Neville (University of Oregon) "Experience (and genes) shape human brain development and function". 

October 28th 2008. Pedro Vicente (Trinity College Dublin) ‘Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria’

November 18th 2008. Lisa Farrell (University College Dublin). "The impact of objective and subjective health status on the consumption of licit and illicit tobacco in Australia"

November 25th 2008. Rob Alessie (University of Gronigen). "Estimating a collective household model with survey data on financial satisfaction" (joint with Tom Crossley (Cambridge) and Vincent Hildenbrand (York University, Toronto ) Postponed

December 2nd 2008. Liam Delaney (University Colllege Dublin). "Patterns of Well-Being Assessed with the Day Reconstruction Method: Incorporating Biological Markers" Postponed

January 27th 2009. Joachim Winter (University of Munich). "The Workings of a Private Health Insurance Market: Enrollment Decisions, Plan Choice, and Adverse Selection in Medicare Part D" (joint with Florian Heiss and Daniel McFadden)

February 3rd 2009. Bart Golsteyn (Univeristy of Maastricht) "Economics and Personality"

February 10th 2009. Daniel Goldstein (London Business School). "Choosing Outcomes versus Choosing Products: Consumer-Focused Retirement Investment Advice".  

February 17th 2009. Frank Walsh (University College Dublin). "Supervision and Wages" 

February 24th 2009, Janet Currie, (Columbia University). "Childhood Health Inequalities".

February 24th 2009, Mini-Conference on Health Inequalities. (Details to follow).

March 4th 2009 1pm. Olivier Bargain (University College Dublin).  "The disincentive effect of social assistance in France"

March 24th 2009, Amelie Petitclerc (Université Laval) "Impact of Family events and Choices on Young childrens Conduct Problem Trajectories: Cues for Public Policy and Intervention"

March 31st 2009, Michal Myck (DIW Berlin). "Poor Health and Non-Employment"

April 7th 2009, Veruska Oppedisano (UCD) "Private School Quality: A Cross-Country Comparison"  

April 14th 2009. Catia Batista (Trinity College Dublin). "Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde"

April 21st 2009. Uwe Sunde, (University of St Gallen). "Risk Aversion and Behaviour". POSTPONED

April 23rd 2009. Luigi Ventura( Universita degli Studi di Roma)."Marital instability, precautionary savings and household risk"    *PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR IS TAKING PLACE IN ROOM G214, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, ARTS BUILDING. *

May 19th 2009. Simon Gaechter, (University of Nottingham). "Experimental Economics"

June 16th 2009. Sarah Voitchovsky (University College Dublin)."The labour market performance of immigrants to Ireland, 1996 - 2006"