17th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists (TAM)

Thursday, May 03:

12:00	-	13:55		Open Lunch
13:55	-	14:00		Welcoming Remarks Gerard A. Pfann (Maastricht University and IZA) Luna Bellani (University of Konstanz and IZA)
				Session A
				Chair: Gerard A. Pfann (Maastricht University and IZA)
14:00	-	14:40		Margherita Calderone (University of Turin)
				"Are there Different Spillover Effects from Cash Transfers to Men and Women? Impacts on Investments in Education in Post-War Uganda"
14:40	-	15:20		W. Stanley Siebert (University of Birmingham and IZA), Xiangdong Wei (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Ho Lun Wong (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Xiang Zhou (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
				"Student Feedback, Parent-teacher Communication, and Academic Performance: Experimental Evidence from Rural China"
15:20	-	16:00		Elena Cottini (Catholic University Milan), Paolo Ghinetti (Università del Piemonte Orientale), Simone Moriconi (IESEG )
				"Higher Education Supply, Local Competition and Economic Performance: Evidence from Italy"
16:00	-	16:15		Coffee Break
				Session B
				Chair: Luna Bellani (University of Konstanz and IZA)
16:15	-	16:55		Patrick Button (Tulane University and IZA), Brigham Walker (Tulane University)
				"Employment Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment"
16:55	-	17:35		Marislei Nishijima (University of Sao Paulo), Sarmistha Pal (University of Surrey and IZA)
				"Compulsory High Schooling, Over-crowding and Violent Youth Crime - Evidence from a Recent Constitutional Amendment in Brazil"
17:35	-	18:15		Wang-Sheng Lee (Deakin University and IZA), Asadul Islam (Monash University), Aaron Nicholas (Deakin University)
				"Children, Chess, and Mathematics: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh"
19:30				Dinner

Friday, May 04:

				Session C
				Chair: Bart H.H. Golsteyn (Maastricht University and IZA)
08:30	-	09:10		Ezgi Kaya (Cardiff University), Effrosyni Adamopoulou (Bank of Italy and IZA)
				"Not Just a Work Permit: The Effect of Gaining EU Citizenship on the Consumption Behavior of Illegal and Legal Immigrants"
09:10	-	09:50		Katrin Sommerfeld (ZEW Mannheim and IZA), Martin Lange (ZEW Mannheim and Goethe University Frankfurt)
				"Causal Effects of Immigration on Crime: Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Large Inflow of Asylum Seekers"
09:50	-	10:30		Huanan Xu (Indiana University), Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University and IZA), Delia Furtado (University of Connecticut and IZA)
				"Did OPT Policy Changes Help Steer and Retain Foreign Talent into STEM?"
10:30	-	10:45		Coffee Break
				Session D
				Chair: Cristina Barcelo (Bank of Spain)
10:45	-	11:25		François Poinas (Toulouse School of Economics), Christian Belzil (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
				"Estimating a Model of Qualitative and Quantitative Education Choices in France"
11:25	-	12:05		Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (London School of Economics), Stephen Machin (London School of Economics and IZA), Sandra McNally (London School of Economics and IZA)
				"Entry through the Narrow Door: The Costs of Just Failing High Stakes Exams"
12:05	-	12:45		Yu Zhu (University of Dundee), Fengyan Dai (Nanjing University of Finance and Economics), Fang Cai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
				"Returns to Higher Education in China - Evidence Based on the 1999 Higher Education Expansion Using Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity"
12:45	-	13:45		Lunch
13:45				Social Event
20:00				Dinner

Saturday, May 05:

				Session E
				Chair: Elena Cottini (Catholic University Milan)
09:00	-	09:40		Giovanni Pica (Università della Svizzera Italiana), Giacinta Cestone (University of London), Chiara Fumagalli (University of Bocconi), Francis Kramarz (CREST (ENSAE) and IZA)
				"Insurance between Firms: The Role of Internal Labor Markets"
09:40	-	10:20		Hugo Reis (Banco de Portugal and IZA), Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam and IZA), Pedro Raposo (Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics)
				"Vocational High School Graduates Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms"
10:20	-	10:35		Coffee Break
				Session F
				Chair: W. Stanley Siebert (University of Birmingham and IZA)
10:35	-	11:15		Cristina Barcelo (Bank of Spain), Ernesto Villanueva (Bank of Spain)
				"The Risk of Job Loss, Household Formation and Housing Demand"
11:15	-	11:55		Andrey Launov (University of Kent and IZA), Carlos Carrillo-Tudela (University of Essex and IZA), Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
				"The Fall in German Unemployment: A Flow Analysis"
11:55	-	12:35		Jake Bradley (University of Nottingham and IZA), Axel Gottfries (University of Cambridge)
				"A Job Ladder Model with Stochastic Employment Opportunities"
12:35	-	13:40		Lunch
				Session G
				Chair: Luna Bellani (University of Konstanz and IZA)
13:40	-	14:20		Bart H.H. Golsteyn (Maastricht University and IZA), Arjan Non (University of Bonn), Ulf Zölitz (University of Zurich and IZA)
				"The Impact of Peer Personality on Academic Achievement"
14:20	-	15:00		Katja Maria Kaufmann (University of Mannheim and IZA), Lina Cardona (Central Bank of Colombia)
				"Gender Peer Effects, Non-cognitive Skills and Marriage Market Outcomes: Evidence from Single-sex Schools in the UK"
15:00	-	15:15		Coffee Break
				Session H
				Chair: Gerard A. Pfann (Maastricht University and IZA)
15:15	-	15:55		Elias Einiö (London School of Economics)
				"The Long-term Effects of Social Sorting: Evidence from a Universal Conscription"
15:55	-	16:35		Selma Walther (University of Warwick), Sonia R. Bhalotra (University of Essex and IZA), Atheendar Venkataramani (University of Pennsylvania)
				"Fertility Responses to Reductions in Mortality: Quasi-experimental Evidence from 20th Century America"
16:35	-	16:50		Closing Remarks
19:30				Dinner

Sunday, May 06:

				Departure after Breakfast