Event

Department of Economics 'Graduate Students Research Day'

Event Date(s): 03/06/2015

Location: Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge

The Department of Economics presents “Graduate Students Research Day."

This event takes place from 9am to 3pm and will feature presentations from students enrolled in the M.Phil. and Ph.D. Economics Programmes.

The schedule is as follows below:

9am

Mr. Allister Mounsey

“Labour markets and the Do Not Clear: An Examination of Inter-Industry Wage Differentials in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica”

9.30am

Mr. Donald Palmer

“An Econometric Analysis of Tilapia as a Partial Strategy to Combat Overfishing"

10am

Mr. Ricardo Lalloo

‘The Potential welfare benefits of engaging in optimal Macro hedging’

10.30am

Mr. Keron Victor

"Urbanization of Developing Regions – A Spatial Approach to Measuring Regional Economic Development of East Port of Spain"

11am

Ms. Marisa Chester

“The economic impact of Petroleum Subsidy and Subsidy Reform on Household income groups’ welfare in Trinidad"

11.30pm

Mr. Duane Winchester

“The private returns to education: An internal rate of return approach"

12:00noon

Lunch

12.30pm

Mr. Stefan Fortune

“Philanthropic poverty alleviation and potential pareto improvements in social welfare: a normative economics case study of Trinidad and Tobago”

1pm

Ms. Oguneme Adinam

'Women's empowerment and its impact on health in Trinidad, Guyana and Haiti'

1.30pm

Mr. Gopiechand Boodhan

“An analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in island states: a case study of Trinidad and Tobago”

For more information, visit the website www.sta.uwi.edu/fss/economics.

Admission:Free