Jan Fidrmuc: Happiness and Religion
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On Friday, May 29th, Jan Fidrmuc from Brunel University presented his recent research paper titled “Happiness and Religion” coauthored with Çiğdem Börke Tunalı from Istanbul University to the ISET Community. This was not Mr Fridrmuc’s first visit to ISET, he has already presented very interesting works about Friday the 13th superstition and persistence of social capital.
At the beginning of the presentation, Mr. Fidrmuc explained utility of religion and the ways religion may affect human happiness. He reflected on possible costs associated with religion. Authors use five ways of the European Social Survey in their study, covering 2000 to 2008, to analyze the effect of religion on happiness.
Lasha Labadze Obtained Ph.D. Degree in Economics
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ISET is proud to announce that on Wednesday, May 28th, 2015 Lasha Labadze, Deputy Director of ISET Policy Institute, defended his Ph.D. thesis at Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Economics and Business. Lasha Labadze is the first ISET alumna who graduated from TSU Ph.D. program in economics. His paper titled “Modeling effects of investment in Georgian Agricultural Sector” was supervised by TSU Professor Eteri Kharaishvili, Head of Microeconomics Department. The paper is based on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model. By using the unique Social Accounting Matrix for Georgia, model estimates indirect effects of investing in Agriculture on different economic parameters by sector and regional level: GDP, wages, prices, unemployment, export, import, etc.
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