Tutkielmaseminaari /Advanced seminar 2016-2017
The starter kit! (The material for
the first meeting.)
We
are using wiki technology in the seminar. I have given you user
permissions to perform the stuff at wiki page. Follow the instructions
at the wiki and familiarize in advance.
Before your first seminar, I
expect you to contact me by email where you tell
- possible theme that you are interested in; what are themes
that motivate you, etc.
- what courses on mathematics, statistics and
econometrics have you taken
- how did you succeed in your Master's macro course.
I
will then try to iterate the topic with you. Please, do not expect me
to give you a specific topic. The more in advance you contact me, the
higher are your chanches to get a nice reply.
Enter
to seminar's wiki pages! (if problems
in opening, try to open into a new sheet)
Seminar dates in the
forthcoming Spring term are the following:
- The first session on Tuesday January 17, 2017, 16.15 - 17.45 at lecture room 2. The new members participate
- Topics
session January 31, 2017, 16.15 - 17.45 everyone participates
- Other sessions will be on February-April
Faculty instructions how to submit the thesis.
Who should participate? (Next seminar will start January 17, 2017)
I supervise
Master's theses of the field of quantitative macroeconomics. This means
that monetary economics, business cycles, fiscal policy, macro finance
and applied time series econometrics are among the possible fields. If
you choose a theme outside my scope, do not expect to get thorough
support.
Quantitative implicates that you are familiar with
(time series) econometrics, you are interested in developing and
applying your mathematical skills, you are not afraid of computers and
programming. Note, that the econometrics and time series analysis
teaching at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is world
class. Their methods and tools are in
active use in macroeconomics too.
If you are interested in my seminar, please write me an email where you
describe
- possible theme that you are interested in; your motivations
- what courses on mathematics, statistics and
econometrics have you taken
- how did you succeed in your Master's core courses.
Trainee at the Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus)
Statistics
Finland (Tilastokeskus) offers thesis' themes and possibility to work
there half a year (in 2016) on that theme. The idea is that the
thesis' theme is related to their field of interest or practical
problem. Trainee would, typically, setup her research data and perform
the analysis at the StatFin. As a by-product, StatFin gets some
analytical results, or new database from the project. The quota for trainees in 2017 is two trainees (no vacant positions!).
The possible themes to be completed at the Statistics Finland are the following:
- Microsimulation model SiSu: various topics, imputation/estimation of household consumption
- Estimation of labour costs: combining labour cost data sets with output volume data at the firm level
- Renovation as part of the construction industry: many topics are possible.
- How the statistical surveys are affected by survey process.
Utilization of paradata!
- Predicting full sample with sub-sample; various sectors;
construction in particular; taxation data
- Various issues related to migration and foreign labor.
- Estimation of (Consumption) Demand systems.
- Estimating or working with one (or more) of the following economic
phenomen:
- Startup firms, public subsidies, etc.
- Effects of labour policies
- Impact of ICT
- Measuring working time
- Ownership of second homes abroad
- Foreign labour in Finland
- Households' internet shopping
- Volumes of emission trading.
- Households' direct monetary transfers abroad.
- Land prices
- Hedonic prices indices
- Seasonal goods in prices indices.
- Nowcasting
- Population forecasts
- Productivity in Municipalities
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