Speaker:
Dr Tanya Wilson (University of Glasgow)

Host
Dr Sisi Sung

Abstract:
We investigate how exposure to universal healthcare in infancy influences early life health outcomes and the extent to which impacts persist into later life. The introduction of universal healthcare through the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom in July 1948 presented a fundamental re-organisation of the healthcare environment. Immediate large decreases in infant mortality ensued. We show an immediate decrease in infant mortality ensued, particularly in i) the neo-natal period, ii) for amenable causes of death, and iii) among low-income individuals. We use administrative data on hospitalisations and death records to compare individuals born in the immediate cohorts around the NHS introduction in a regression discontinuity design. Our findings indicate that age-specific survival rates (incidence of cardiovascular disease) in later life are systematically higher (lower) among those whose post-natal care expanded through the NHS. These long run impacts of infancy exposure to universal healthcare coverage through the NHS are economically significant. Exploiting geographical variation in the change in per-capita medical services induced by the introduction of universal healthcare reveals evidence of crowding out effects between pre-existing and incoming patients to the new system. Our analysis suggests that supply side constraints play a key role in the design of universal healthcare systems.

Date & Time:
March 6, 2024 (Wednesday) 15:00-16:00


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Speaker:
Professor Smriti Rao (Assumption University)

Smriti Rao is Professor of Economics at Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Her research interests lie in feminist economics analyses of work, with a focus on India. She is especially interested in expanding our understanding of work to include the labour of ‘life making’ that many economic analyses continue to minimize. She is also very interested in understanding internal and international movements of people along the trafficking-migration continuum. Smriti has published in journals ranging from World Development and Journal of Peasant Studies to Feminist Economics. She is an associate editor of Feminist Economics, and serves on the Board of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).

Abstract:
Claudia Goldin’s recent Nobel prize is a long overdue acknowledgement of the importance of women’s work within ‘mainstream’ economics. And yet this acknowledgement is limited to the paid work of higher income women in high income countries. Meanwhile, economists across the globe have been working to construct a body of knowledge now called Feminist Economics. In this talk, I discuss some of the distinguishing features of feminist economics analyses, focusing in particular on how feminist economics as a body of knowledge has helped me better understand the world of work in India, my home country, and in other developing countries like India.

We are thrilled to announce a meet-the-editor session with Professor Chinmay Pattnaik, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management. This one-hour session will provide an opportunity to gain insights into the journal's scope, the publication process, and manuscript preparation. Professor Pattnaik will also clarify the journal's expectations for submissions.

In addition, Professor Sanjay, a current reviewing editor, will share his insights on the reviewing process, providing a comprehensive understanding of the journey from manuscript submission to publication.

Professor Sanjay will also host this event.

 

Presenter: Dr. Ammar Ammar (University of Dundee)

Host: Felippe Oliveira

Brands seek innovative ways to engage online with their target audience using human and metahuman influencers. This study investigates the impact of both types of social media influencers on online brand engagement and whether their impact is direct, indirect, or moderated by brand luxury. We deploy two experiments including both human and metahuman influencers, as well as a luxury and a non-luxury brand. This is one of the first studies to investigate the relationship between social media influencers and online brand engagement, as well as brand charisma and brand attachment as the underlying mechanism for uncovering this relationship. The findings contribute to a better understanding and use of social media influencers in brand marketing communications.

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Join us in person or on join us on Teams for a presentation by Professor Stelios Zyglidopoulos (Sprott School of Business, Carlton University, Canada). Your host is Dr. Stavros Kourtzidis.

There will be two talks:

• 11:30-13:00 “How corruption is tolerated in the Greek public sector: Towards a second-order theory of normalization” 
• 14:00-15:30 “Publishing in Journal of Business Ethics”

Secrecy and “social cocooning” are critical mechanisms allowing the normalization of corruption within organizations. Less studied are processes of normalization that occur when corruption is an “open secret.” Drawing on an empirical study of Greek public-sector organizations, we suggest that a second-order normalization process ensues among non-corrupt onlookers both inside and beyond the organization. What is normalized at this level is not corruption, but its tolerance, which we disaggregate into agent-focused tolerance and structure-focused tolerance. Emphasizing the importance of non-corrupt bystanders, we claim that second-order normalization helps corruption persist in situations where its presence is openly acknowledged. This adds an important new dimension to normalization theory and we unpack its implications for both future research and practice in this area.