My current area of interest is in the macroeconomic implications of information dynamics, in particular through social networks. For my EC599 research paper this year (a mandatory part of my M.Res.), I am hoping to investigate how social networks might be brought to the work of Greg Mankiw and Ricardo Reis on Sticky Information. If you’re interested in these areas or if you’re an expert in them and would like to give me the benefit of your wisdom, please feel free to contact me.
As part of my M.Sc. in 2006/2007, I took a course in Development and Growth (EC428) and was required to write an extended essay for it. I chose to try my hand at a theoretical paper:
Trade liberalisation, wage inequality and cross-occupation skill imbalances
This paper proposes a model that, focusing on the imperfect transfer of skill across occupations, is able to explain trade or investment liberalisation-induced increases in inequality independently of technological change or capital flows. It identifies imbalances in skill across occupations as a potential source of rent-seeking behaviour and predicts that when this occurs, firms may choose to employ highly trained individuals to fill roles with both high and low education requirements.
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