We run a series of Research Seminars at the Office for National Statistics (London), with presentations from ESCoE researchers and visiting academics on a range of topics covering current research and future areas of study. Our seminars usually take place on a Tuesday from 16.00-17.00 (term-time).
Forthcoming Research Seminars
- Please note that the Research Seminar with Gert Buiten (CBS) “A methodology for estimating the Dutch interfirm trade network, including a breakdown by commodity” originally scheduled for 31 March 2020 is now cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. We hope to be able to reschedule this in the Autumn. Details will be posted on this page nearer to the time. Thank you for your understanding.
Previous Research Seminars
- 10 March 2020
by Fotis Papailias (King’s College London) Investigating the Predictive Ability of ONS “Faster Indicators of UK Economic Activity” (Slides)
- 11 February 2020
by Matthew Agarwala (University of Cambridge) “Measuring the Wealth Economy: Natural and Social Capital” (Slides)
- 28 January 2020
by Augustin De Coulon (King’s College London) “Using electoral registers to quantify immigration in UK local authorities” (Slides)
- 14 January 2020
by David Nguyen (NIESR and ESCoE) “Why is measuring the digital economy so difficult when everything is stored as data?” (Slides)
- 10 December 2019
by Mairi Spowage (University of Strathclyde and ESCoE) “Improving the quality of regional economic indicators ” (Slides)
- 26 November 2019
by Marco Francesconi (University of Essex) “For a Fistful of Krones? The Impact of Business Income on Income Inequality” (Slides)
- 12 November 2019
by Sarah Eaton (Office for National Statistics) “International Business Unit: Understanding Multi-National Enterprises” (Slides)
- 15 October 2019
by Ana Beatriz Galvão (University of Warwick and ESCoE) “Communicating Data Uncertainty: Experimental Evidence for the UK GDP” (Slides)
- 18 June 2019
by Jeremy Rowe (Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics) “Faster indicators of UK economic activity” (slides). Watch the seminar live here (for best results use headphones with the volume up).
- 04 June 2019
by Bart Los (University of Groningen and ESCoE) “UK Regions in Global Value Chains” (slides). Watch the seminar live here (for best results use headphones with the volume up).
- 21 May 2019
by Joachim Winter (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) “Do the rich still save more if we use better data?” (slides). Watch the seminar live here (for best results use headphones with the volume up).
- 12 March 2019
by Leonard Nakamura (Emeritus Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) “Accounting for Growth in the Age of the Internet: The Importance of Output-Saving Technical Change” (slides, podcast)
- 26 February 2019
by Nicholas Oulton (ESCoE and LSE) “GDP is a Measure of Output, Not Welfare. Or, HOS meets the SNA” (slides)
- 12 February 2019
by Richard Heys (Office for National Statistics) “Bridging the gap between GDP and Welfare” (slides, podcast)
- 29 January 2019
by Martin Weale (King’s College London, ESCoE and Centre for Macroeconomics) and Andrew Aitken (NIESR and ESCoE) “A Democratic Measure of National Income Growth for the United Kingdom, 2006-2015. Methods and Estimates” (slides, podcast)
- 15 January 2019
by Thomas F. Crossley (University of Essex, ESCoE and the Institute of Fiscal Studies) “Regression with Imputed Dependent Variables” (slides, podcast)
- 11 December 2018
by Christopher Bollinger (University of Kentucky) “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Measurement Error, Nonresponse and Administrative Mismatch in the CPS“, (slides)
- 27 November 2018
by Jagjit Chadha (NIESR) “Understanding and Confronting Uncertainty: Revisions to UK Government Expenditure Plans” (slides, paper, podcast)
- 13 November 2018
by Rachel Soloveichik (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) “Accounting for improved Brick and Mortar Shopping” (slides, podcast)
- 30 October
by Huw Dixon, Cardiff Business School “The Flexibility of German Manufacturing Prices 1980-2015: Micro and Macro Determinants“, (slides)
- 24 October 2018
by Jennifer Humphrys, Australian Bureau of Statistics “Development of a Labour Account to Improve Productivity Estimation” (slides, podcast)
- 16 October 2018
by Diane Coyle (Cambridge, ESCoE) and David Nguyen (NIESR, ESCoE) “Cloud Computing and National Accounting“(slides, podcast)
- 27 June 2018
by Paul Mizen, ESCoE and University of Nottingham; “The impact of Brexit on UK businesses: evidence from the Decision Maker Panel” (slides)
- 12 June 2018
by James Mitchell, ESCoE and University of Warwick; “Estimating High Frequency Regional Output Growth Using Mixed Frequency Methods” (slides, podcast)
- 29 May 2018
by Ivan Petrella, ESCoE and University of Warwick; “Inflation Dynamics and Price Flexibility in the UK” (slides, podcast)
- 1 May 2018
by Martin Weale, ESCoE, Centre for Macroeconomics and King’s College, London; “A Democratic Measure of Income Growth“(slides, podcast)
- 13 March 2018
by Alexis Antoniades, Georgetown University-Qatar;”Distribution as Expenditure” (Slides)
- 27 February 2018
presented by Nick Oulton, ESCoE and LSE; “Double Deflation: Theory and Practice” (Slides, podcast)
- 13 February 2018
by Ana Galvao, ESCoE and University of Warwick; “Data Uncertainty and Business Cycles: An Evaluation of the Bank of England Backcasts” (Slides , podcast)
- 30 January 2018
by Patrick Schneider, Bank of England; “Decomposing Differences in Productivity Distributions” (Slides)
- 16 January 2018
by Richard Heys, UK Office for National Statistics; “A Comparison of Approaches to Deflating Telecoms Services Output“, (Slides)
- 30 June 2017
by Rachel Soloveichik, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; “Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement and Other Home-Produced Goods: Changes for Measured GDP and Housing Values”
