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 (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis 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 (IZA)
08:30	-	09:10		Duncan McVicar (Queen's University Belfast)
				"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 (University of Salerno), 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 (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-Sanz (University of Oxford), 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 St. Gallen 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 (CUNY Graduate Center), 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 (CUNY Graduate Center)
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		Steve 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 (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		Caitlin K. 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 Michigan 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 St. Gallen and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Alexander K. Koch (University of Aarhus 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)
				"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