Arthur Lewis Centennial Lecture: Modelling Labour Markets in Developing Countries
| Dates: | 16 July 2015 |
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| Times: | 15:30 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Brooks World Poverty Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Professor Gary Fields |
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The year 2015 is the centennial of the birth of Nobel laureate Arthur Lewis. Professor Gary Fields, the leading labour economist in the world working on developing countries, will present the Lewis Centennial Lecture. Professor Fields was awarded the 2014 IZA Prize in Labor Economics, the most prestigious science award in the field, for his outstanding contributions on the importance of efficient labour markets to fight poverty and foster economic development in low- and middle-income countries and by pioneering economic thinking about labour markets in developing countries by focusing on indicators such as poverty, inequality and income mobility.
This lecture is hosted by The Manchester School, Brooks World Poverty Institute, Institute for Development Policy and Management, and the Department of Economics.
Speaker
Professor Gary Fields
Role: John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor and Professor of Economics
Organisation: Cornell University
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