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14th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

Organizers: Dan A. Black (University of Chicago and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Location:Managementzentrum of Deutsche Post DHL; Breitbrunner Strasse 26; 82266 Inning
Date:July 02, 2015 - July 05, 2015

Event Manager:
Viola Hartmann (IZA)


Program
+++ presentation: 30 minutes +++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++

Thursday, July 02:

 
12:00 - 13:45   Open Lunch
 
 
 
13:45 - 14:00   Welcoming Remarks
Dan A. Black (University of Chicago and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
 
        Session A
  Chair: Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado, Boulder)
 
14:00 - 14:40   Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University and IZA), Victoria Vernon (Empire State College, New York)
  "Common Law Marriage and Teen Births"
 
14:40 - 15:20   Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll (Collegio Carlo Alberto and IZA)
  "Education Policies and Migration across European Countries"
 
 
 
15:20 - 15:50   Coffee Break
 
 
15:50 - 16:30   Angus J. Holford (University of Essex and IZA)
  "Youth Employment and Academic Performance: Production Functions and Policy Effects"
 
16:30 - 17:10   Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere (Emory University and IZA)
  "A Flop or a Success?'' An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria"
 
17:10 - 17:50   Elena Mattana (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain), Juanna Joensen (Stockholm School of Economics)
  "Student Aid, Academic Achievement, and Labor Market Behavior: Grants or Loans?"
 
 
19:00 - 20:30   Dinner
 
 

Friday, July 03:

        Session B
  Chair: Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA)
 
08:30 - 09:10   Simone Schüller (IRVAPP and IZA), Giulia Canzian (FBK-IRVAPP), Samuele Poy (Transcrime-Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
  "Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence"
 
09:10 - 09:50   Nico Pestel (IZA), Andreas Lichter (IZA), Eric Sommer (IZA)
  "Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer"
 
 
 
09:50 - 10:20   Coffee Break
 
 
10:20 - 11:00   Ronald L. Oaxaca (University of Arizona and IZA), Chung Choe (Hanyang University), Francesco Renna (University of Akron)
  "Constrained vs Unconstrained Labour Supply: The Economics of Dual Job Holding"
 
11:00 - 11:40   Anna Lovász (Hungarian Academy of Sciences ), Agnes Szabo-Morvai (Central European University)
  "Does Subsidized Childcare Matter for Maternal Labor Supply? A Credible Cutoff-Based Estimate at a Policy-Relevant Point"
 
11:40 - 12:20   David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA), Mark J. Kutzbach (U.S. Census Bureau), Judith K. Hellerstein (University of Maryland)
  "Labor Market Networks and Recovery from Mass Layoffs Before, During, and After the Great Recession"
 
12:20 - 13:00   Kelly Bedard (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  "Coordination and Contagion: Friendship Networks and Peer Mechanisms in a Randomized Field Experiment"
 
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
 
14:30       Social Program
 
 
 
20:00       Dinner
 
 

Saturday, July 04:

        Session C
  Chair: David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA)
 
08:30 - 09:10   Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA), Anna Zhu (University of Melbourne)
  "Childhood Homelessness and Adult Employment: The Role of Education, Incarceration, Mental Health and Welfare Use"
 
09:10 - 09:50   David C. Ribar (University of Melbourne and IZA), Nicolas Herault (University of Melbourne), Julie Moschion (University of Melbourne), Rosanna Scutella (University of Melbourne)
  "Food Insecurity and Homelessness in the Journeys Home Survey"
 
 
 
09:50 - 10:20   Coffee Break
 
 
10:20 - 11:00   Lídia Farré (University of Barcelona and IZA)
  "New Evidence on the Healthy Immigrant Effect"
 
11:00 - 11:40   Artjoms Ivlevs (University of the West of England, Bristol and IZA), Michail Veliziotis (University of the West of England)
  "Immigration and Life Satisfaction: The EU Enlargement Experience in England and Wales"
 
11:40 - 11:20   Milena Nikolova (IZA), Carol Lee Graham (Brookings Institution and IZA)
  "Well-being and Emigration Intentions: New Evidence from the Gallup World Poll "
 
 
12:20 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
        Session D
  Chair: Ronald L. Oaxaca (University of Arizona and IZA)
 
14:00 - 14:40   Grace Lordan ( London School of Economics ), Jörn-Steffen Pischke (London School of Economics and IZA)
  "Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choice"
 
14:40 - 15:20   Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado, Boulder), Hani Mansour (University of Colorado, Denver and IZA)
  "Same-Occupation Spouses: Preferences and Search Costs"
 
 
 
15:20 - 15:50   Coffee Break
 
 
15:50 - 16:30   Eleanor Dillon (Arizona State University), Christopher Stanton (London School of Economics)
  "Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship"
 
16:30 - 17:10   Nancy H. Chau (Cornell University and IZA), Arnab K. Basu (Cornell University and IZA), Vidhya Soundararajan (Cornell University)
  "Fairness and Subcontracts"
 
17:10 - 17:50   Rodrigo R. Soares (Sao Paulo School of Economics and IZA), Guilherme Hirata (PUC-Rio)
  "Competition and the Racial Wage Gap: Testing Becker’s Model of Employer Discrimination"
 
 
17:50       Closing Remarks
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
 
 
19:30       Dinner
 
 

Sunday, July 05:

        Departure after Breakfast
 

List of Participants

Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll (Collegio Carlo Alberto and IZA)
Kelly Bedard (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Dan A. Black (University of Chicago and IZA)
Nancy Chau (Cornell University and IZA)
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA)
Eleanor Dillon (Arizona State University)
Lídia Farré (University of Barcelona and IZA)
Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University and IZA)
Angus J. Holford (University of Essex and IZA)
Artjoms Ivlevs (University of the West of England, Bristol and IZA)
Grace Lordan (London School of Economics)
Anna Lovász (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Elena Mattana (CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain)
Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado, Boulder)
David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA)
Milena Nikolova (IZA)
Ronald L. Oaxaca (University of Arizona and IZA)
Nico Pestel (IZA)
David C. Ribar (University of Melbourne and IZA)
Simone Schüller (IRVAPP and IZA)
Rodrigo R. Soares (Sao Paulo School of Economics and IZA)
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere (Emory University and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)




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