Ideas about PhD topic in Labour Economics/Econometrics?

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How to increase simulation box size?

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Explain theoretically and with the aid of an example the concept of equation linear and not linear in variables and parameters?

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Determining the worth of a point improvement in Hamilton Depression Scale?

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AI has made it easier to code and analyze data

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Rajendra Poudel

Depends on what tools, methods and your professor wants to accomplish in his/her funded project.

Econometrics: (just a hypothetical topic ....) - Spatial or time series analysis of [xxxxxxx] service/products in [xxxxxxx] county/region/country.

Waqas Mahmood

You might study impact of Brexit on main land Europe labor , but all Depends on what tools, methods and your professor wants you to use.

Tim Umbach

Thanks for your ideas so far.

There isn't really a restriction on methodor tools. This is more my personal brainstorm :)