[VCEE Seminar] VCEE Brownbag-Seminar with Tomáš Jagelka (U Bonn)

[Mailing list of the VCEE seminar series]

Dear All,

 

We are pleased to announce that Tomáš Jagelka (U Bonn) will be the external
speaker at the first VCEE Brownbag Seminar of this semester. 

 

When: Monday, 9 March, 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Where: OMDS Seminar Room (3.307), Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien, 3rd
floor

 

Here is more information about the talk:

Title: "Living large or long: preference estimates from completed-life
stories" (with Amitabh Chandra, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Joshua Schwartzstein)

 

Abstract: The value people attach to longevity increases is an important
input to policy decisions on health care, the environment, and safety
regulations. This value is typically estimated based on compensating
differentials for taking on very small risks of death. We instead estimate
this value by letting people choose between completed life stories in which
life-time income and longevity is randomized. We present a battery of tests
to gauge whether these hypothetical choices measure underlying preferences.
The benefit of our method is that it does not require people to correctly
evaluate very small probabilities, yields estimates of the distribution of
preferences for longevity in a representative population, and allows for a
characterization of heterogeneity in preferences by respondent
characteristics.       

 

If you would like to meet Tomáš, you can register for a 30-minute slot via
this link: https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/UesAptMRmZZUIsCN

 

We also inform you that Tomáš Jagelka will give a mini course on "Using
Surveys and Experiments to Obtain Reliable Estimates of Preferences, Skills,
and Other Latent Personal Attributes" (see detailed info on the bottom of
this message).

 

Best regards,

Sylvia

 

Detailed info: 

We are delighted to inform you that Tomáš Jagelka
(https://sites.google.com/view/tomasjagelka/home) from the University of
Bonn will give a mini course titled "Using Surveys and Experiments to Obtain
Reliable Estimates of Preferences, Skills, and Other Latent Personal
Attributes (PSAs)" at the OMDS. The four-hour course will be held in two
sections in March 2026:

 

1.	Section 1: Tuesday, March 10th, 11:00 - 13:00, OMDS Seminar Room
(03.307, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien)
2.	Section 2: Wednesday, March 11th, 9:30 - 11:30, OMDS Seminar Room
(03.307, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien)   

Detailed information of the course content is available in the attached
file. If you want to inquire whether slots for the mini-course are still
available, please send an email to Xueting (Katherine) Dou at
omds.wiwi at univie.ac.at <mailto:omds.wiwi at univie.ac.at> .

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