Open to: any PhD students and researchers
Cost: free, including free coffee, tea and lunch (travel and accommodation not included)
Dates: 24-25 June 2024
Place: University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, L69 7ZH – Seminar Room 5
Event details
Hosted by the Management School’s Economics Group, the ‘Text-as-Data in Economics’ workshop is an ideal opportunity for PhD students and academics to further their understanding of the latest NLP methods used in economics research.
Through a series of sessions with NLP expert researchers, this two-day workshop aims to:
- Identify the leading natural language processing (NLP) methods currently used in economics
- Develop a comprehensive discussion on how these methods are and should be implemented
- Discuss application-specific issues, and establish rigorous benchmark procedures.
Submit your paper
If you are currently undertaking economics research applying NLP methods to analyse text, we would like to invite you to submit your paper or extended abstract before 15 April 2024, at 12 am (GMT)(DEADLINE EXTENDED)
Examples of such methods are:
- Algorithms for reduction of dimensionality, eg bag-of-word models, word and document embeddings, etc
- Unsupervised classification methods, eg clustering algorithms, unsupervised topic models, etc
- Supervised classification methods, eg semi-supervised and supervised topic models
You will be notified with the outcome of your application by 19 April 2024.
Submit your paper or extended abstract
If you experience any issues submitting your application, please send your paper or extended abstract to text.as.data.liverpool.workshop@gmail.com, specifying:
- Your full name
- Affiliation
- The type(s) of NLP method(s) you use.
Keynote speakers
- Dr Elliott Ash - Associate Professor of Law, Economics and Data Science, at ETH Zurich
- Dr Verónica Escudero - Senior Economist at the International Labour Organization
- Dr Sophie Hatte – Associate Professor of Economics at ENS de Lyon
Organisers
- Dr Jacopo Bregolin - Lecturer in Economics at University of Liverpool Management School
- Professor Giuseppe de Feo - Chair in Applied Microeconomics at University of Liverpool Management School
- Dr Jaime Marques Pereira - Lecturer in Economics and Data Science at the Lancaster University Management School
Programme
Monday 24 June
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration & Welcome Beverages “Reduction of Dimensionality” Segment e.g., on dictionary-based and embedding-based methods |
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09:30 – 11:00 |
Papers Session #1 Chair: Giuseppe De Feo (University of Liverpool) |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Ink and Ire: The Revolutionary Impact of Russian Literature Vladimir Avetyan (University of Paris-Dauphine PSL) |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Influencer Cartels Marit Hinnosaar (University of Nottingham) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Understanding Multi-Layered Sanctions: A Firm-Level Analysis Javad Shamsi (LSE) |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
Tea & Coffee Break |
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11:20 – 12:20 |
Keynote Session #1 Sophie Hatte (ENS Lyon) |
| 12:20 – 13:45 |
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| 13:45 – 15:15 |
Papers Session #2 Chair: Jaime Marques Pereira (Lancaster University) |
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13:45 – 14:15 |
When Women Run Against Men: Evidence from Political Platforms Marli Fernandes (University of Padova) |
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14:15 – 14:45 |
Navigating Uncertainty: An Examination of the Bank of England’s Mixed-Strategy Response to Brexit Arno Hantzsche |
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14:45 – 15:15 |
Don’t Stop Me Now: Gender Attitudes in Academic Seminars Through Machine Learning Mateo Seré (University College London) |
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15:15 – 15:35 |
Tea & Coffee Break |
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15:35 – 16:35 |
Keynote Session #2 Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich) |
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16:35 – 16:45 |
Break |
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16:45 – 18:15 |
Panel Discussion on Best Practices Chair: Prof Ian Burns (University of Liverpool) |
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18:15 |
End of Day |
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19:00 |
Dinner at Muray, Albert Dock (upon invitation) |
Tuesday 25 June
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09:30 – 10:30 |
Papers Session #3 Chair: Jacopo Bregolin (University of Liverpool) |
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Polarized Scientists Eleonora Alabrase (University of Bath) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Hate in the Tropics: Bolsonaro’s Triumph and the Surge of Online Hate Speech in Brazil Agustina Martínez (University of Leicester) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Tea & Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Papers Session #4 Chair: Jacopo Bregolin (University of Liverpool) |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Trumping the News: A High-Frequency Analysis Jaime Marques Pereira (Lancaster University) |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Show Me the Amenity: Are Higher-Paying Firms Better All Around? Jason Sockin (IZA) |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch / End of Workshop |
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