Fifth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

Thursday, May 18:

15:00				Session I: Spillovers and Interactions
				Chair: Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas at Austin and IZA)
15:00	-	15:40		Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley and IZA*)), Alex Mas (University of California, Berkeley)
				"Productivity Spillovers in the Workplace"
15:40	-	16:20		Shqiponja Telhaj (London School of Economics*)), Stephen Gibbons (London School of Economics)
				"Peer Effect and Pupil Attainment: Evidence from Secondary School Transition"
16:20	-	16:50		Coffee Break
16:50	-	17:30		Mari Rege (University of Stavanger*)), Kjetil Telle (Statistics Norway), Mark Votruba (Case Western Reserve University)
				"Social Interaction and Disability Pension Participation: Evidence from Plant Downsizing"
17:30	-	18:10		Bas ter Weel (SEO Amsterdam and IZA*)), Lex Borghans (Maastricht University and IZA), Bruce A. Weinberg (Ohio State University and IZA)
				"Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, May 19:

08:30				Session II: Unemployment and Participation
				Chair: Hilmar Schneider (University of Luxembourg and IZA)
08:30	-	09:10		Duncan McVicar (Queen's University Belfast and IZA*))
				"I'll (not) be watching you: does job search monitoring intensity affect unemployment?"
09:10	-	09:50		David M. Blau (Ohio State University and IZA*)), Ryan Goodstein (University of North Carolina)
				"Why is the Labor Force Participation Rate of Older Men Rising in the United States?"
09:50	-	10:30		Francis Green (Institute of Education, University of London*)), Andy Dickerson (University of Warwick)
				"How Should We Measure the Fear of Job Loss?"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
11:00				Session III: Employment and Training Programs
				Chair: Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University and IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		Giovanni Pica (USI Università della Svizzera Italiana*)), Marco Leonardi (University of Milan and IZA)
				"Effects of Employment Protection Legislation on Wages: A Regression Discontinuity Approach"
11:40	-	12:20		Sarah Hamersma (University of Florida*))
				"Why Don’t Eligible Firms Claim Hiring Subsidies? The Role of Job Duration"
12:20	-	13:00		Hilmar Schneider (University of Luxembourg and IZA*))
				"The Impact of Labor Market Reform on the Effectiveness of Training Programs in Germany"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session IV: What's Going on at Home?
				Chair: Francine D. Blau (Cornell University and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Uta Schönberg (University College London and IZA*))
				"Maternity Leave, Female Labor Supply and the Family Wage Gap"
15:10	-	15:50		Gerald Oettinger (University of Texas at Austin*))
				"The Growth in Home-Based Wage and Salary Employment in the United States, 1980-2000: How Much and Why?"
15:50	-	16:30		Almudena Sevilla (London School of Economics and IZA*)), Cristina Fernandez (IESE Business School)
				"Imperfect Commitment and Inefficient Household Time Allocation"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00				Session V: Incentives for Mobility
				Chair: Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich and IZA)
17:00	-	17:40		Brahim Boudarbat (University of Montreal and IZA*)), Claude Montmarquette (University of Montreal and CIRANO)
				"Choice of University Fields of Study"
17:40	-	18:20		Uwe Sunde (University of Munich and IZA*)), Armin Falk (IZA), David Huffman (IZA)
				"Do I have what it takes? The Consequences of Uncertainty about One's Self for Search"
18:20	-	19:00		David A. Jaeger (University of St. Andrews and IZA*)), Holger Bonin (IZA), Thomas Dohmen (IZA), Armin Falk (IZA and University of Bonn), David Huffman (IZA), Uwe Sunde (IZA)
				"Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration"
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, May 20:

08:30				Session VI: Schools
				Chair: David A. Jaeger (University of St. Andrews and IZA)
09:10	-	09:50		Richard Akresh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and IZA*))
				"School Enrollment Impacts of Non-traditional Household Structure"
09:50	-	10:30		Stephen Gibbons (London School of Economics and IZA*)), Olmo Silva (Centre for Economic Performance, LSE)
				"Faith primary schools: better schools or better pupils?"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
11:00				Session VII: Market Effects
				Chair: Bas ter Weel (SEO Amsterdam and IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		Caitlin Knowles Myers (Middlebury College and IZA*))
				"Discrimination as a Competitive Device: The Case of Local Television News"
11:40	-	12:20		Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich and IZA*)), Rafael Lalive (University of Zurich), Oliver Ruf (University of Zurich)
				"Do wages compensate for accident risk? Evidence from matched firm-worker data"
12:20	-	13:00		Manuela Angelucci (University of Texas at Austin and IZA*)), Giacomo De Giorgi (University College London)
				"Indirect effects of an aid program: the case of progresa and consumption"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session VIII: Careers
				Chair: Uwe Sunde (University of Munich and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Alexander K. Koch (Aarhus University and IZA*)), Albrecht Morgenstern (Federal Ministry of Finance and IZA), Philippe Raab (Allianz Versicherungs-AG and IZA)
				"An experimental test of career concerns"
15:10	-	15:50		Paul Oyer (Stanford University and IZA*))
				"The Making of an Investment Banker: How Stock Returns While MBAs are in School Affect Job Placement and Long-Term Wealth"
19:00				Conference Dinner

Sunday, May 21:

				Departure after Breakfast