Labor Markets and Innovation during Times of War and Reconstruction
Program
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+++ paper presentation: 45 minutes +++ general discussion: 10-15 minutes +++
Friday, October 27
09:00 - 09:15
Opening Remarks by the Organizers
Session A: Ukrainian Refugees: Integration in Receiving Countries and Return Intentions
Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) and IZA)
09:15 - 10:15
Agnieszka Postepska (University of Groningen and IZA), Anastasiia Voloshyna (University of Groningen)
"The Effect of Ukrainian Refugees on the Local Labor Markets: The Case of the Czech Republic"
10:15 - 11:15
Mathias Huebener (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) and IZA), Ludovica Gambaro (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)), Sophia Schmitz (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)), Katharina Spiess (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB))
"Child Care for Refugee Families: Effects on Employment, Well-being and Integration"
11:15 - 11:30
Coffee/Tea Break
11:30 - 12:30
Yvonne Giesing (Ifo Institute for Economic Research and IZA), Joop Adema (Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Cevat Giray Aksoy (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Panu Poutvaara (University of Munich and IZA)
"The Effect of Conflict on Ukrainian Refugees' Return and Integration"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
Session B: Long-run Effects of Post-war Occupation
Chair: Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University and IZA)
13:30 - 14:30
Jan Sebastian Nimczik (European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) and IZA), Antonio Ciccone (University of Mannheim)
"The Long-run Effects of Immigration: Evidence Across a Barrier to Refugee Settlement"
14:30 - 15:30
Philipp Hilmbauer-Hofmarcher (Central European University), Martin Halla (University of Linz and IZA), Christoph Eder (Independent Researcher)
"Extractive Institutions: A Little Goes a Long Way! The Soviet Occupation of Austria"
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee/Tea Break
Session C: Innovation and Productivity of Firms, Labor, and Academia in Times of Violence
Chair: Alexander M. Danzer (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and IZA)
16:00 - 17:00
Maksym Obrizan (Kyiv School of Economics), Ina Ganguli (University of Massachusetts Amherst and IZA)
"Violent Conflict and Academic Research: Evidence from the 2014 Conflict in Ukraine"
17:00 - 18:00
Claire Brunel (American University), Megan Stewart (University of Michigan)
"War, Innovation and Gender"
18:00 - 19:00
Hale Utar (Grinnell College and IZA)
"Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War"
Saturday, October 28
Session D: Socio-economic Effects of War in the Medium and Long-run
Chair: Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University and IZA)
10:00 - 11:00
Sebastian Till Braun (University of Bayreuth and IZA), Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and IZA)
"The Socio-Economic Effects of War Widowhood: Evidence from the Second World War"
11:00 - 12:00
Enkelejda Havari (IÉSEG School of Management and IZA), Franco Peracchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
"The Intergenerational Effects of War on Education: Evidence from World War II in Europe"
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Session E: Military Interventions and Children’s Outcomes
Chair: Alexander M. Danzer (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and IZA)
14:00 - 15:00
Suncica Vujic (University of Antwerp and IZA), Lara Lebedinski (University of Vienna), Giuseppe Migali (Lancaster University University), Milos Popovic (Leiden University), Suncica Vujic (University of Antwerp and IZA)
"Operation Allied Force: Unintended Consequences of the NATO Bombing on Children's Outcomes"
15:00 - 16:00
Darwin Cortes (Rosario University), Catalina Gomez (EAFIT University), Christian Posso (Central Bank of Colombia), Gabriel Suarez (World Bank)
"Hunting Militias at All Cost: Urban Military Operation and Birth Outcomes"
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee/Tea Break
Session F: The Impact of Large Labor Supply Shocks on the Labor Market
Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) and IZA)
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:30
João Pereira dos Santos (Queen Mary, University of London and IZA), Lara Bohnet (NYU), Susana Peralta (Nova School of Business & Economics)
"Cousins From Overseas: The Labor Market Impact of a Major Forced Return Migration Shock"
18:30 - 18:45
Concluding Remarks
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