Sixth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

Thursday, June 21:

13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
15:00				Session I: Demand, Supply and Wages
				Chair: Michael L. Bognanno (Temple University and IZA)
15:00	-	15:40		Jeff Frank (University of London), Alison L. Booth (Australian National University, University of Essex and IZA)
				"Marriage, Partnership, Cohabitation and Sexual Orientation: What Males Gain a Wage Premium?"
15:40	-	16:20		Alessandra Fogli (New York University), Laura Veldkamp (New York University)
				"Nature or Nurture? Learning and Female Labor Force Dynamics"
16:20	-	16:50		Coffee Break
16:50	-	17:30		Francesca Mazzolari (Centro Studi Confindustria and IZA), Giuseppe Ragusa (University of California Irvine)
				"Spillovers from High-Skill Consumption to Low-Skill Labor Markets"
17:30	-	18:10		Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam and IZA)
				"A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings equation? Taking stock"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, June 22:

09:00				Session II: Experiments
				Chair: Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Leicester and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Wendelin Schnedler (University of Paderborn and IZA), Radovan Vadovic (ITAM, Mexico City)
				"Guilt-averse agents and the costs of control"
09:40	-	10:20		Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA), Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA), David Huffman (IZA), Uwe Sunde (IZA)
				"Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?"
10:20	-	11:00		Doris Weichselbaumer (University of Linz and IZA), Christiane Schwieren (University of Heidelberg)
				"Behavioural effects of competition: The case of cheating"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Session III: Education
				Chair: Paul Chen (Australian National University)
11:30	-	12:10		Analia Schlosser (Tel Aviv University and IZA), Victor Lavy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
				"Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School"
12:10	-	12:50		Robert W. Fairlie (University of California, Santa Cruz and IZA), Daniel O. Beltran (University of California, Santa Cruz), Kuntal K. Das (University of California, Santa Cruz)
				"Are Computers Good for Children? The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session IV: Labor Markets and Work Flows
				Chair: Francesca Mazzolari (Centro Studi Confindustria and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Michael Elsby (University of Edinburgh), Ryan Michaels (University of Michigan), Gary Solon (University of Michigan & NBER)
				"The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment"
15:10	-	15:50		Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Leicester and IZA)
				"Job Loss and Labor Market Transitions of Older Workers"
15:50	-	16:30		James B. Rebitzer (Boston University and IZA), Randall Cebul (Case Western Reserve University), Ray Herschman (WebMD), Lowell J. Taylor (Carnegie Mellon University), Mark Votruba (Case Western Reserve University)
				"Employer-Based Insurance Markets and Investments in Health"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00				Session V: Social Programs
				Chair: Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA)
17:00	-	17:40		Randall K. Q. Akee (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA), Michael Levin (US Census Bureau)
				"Errors in Earnings Reporting: The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility"
17:40	-	18:20		Chris Riddell (Cornell University), Peter Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
				"The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991"
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, June 23:

09:00				Session VI: Mobility and Search
				Chair: Doris Weichselbaumer (University of Linz and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Julien Guitard (CREST-INSEE), Pierre Cahuc (Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, CEPR and IZA), Bruno Crepon (CREST-INSEE and IZA), Marc Gurgand (PSE)
				"Equilibrium Effects of Counseling"
09:40	-	10:20		Catia Batista (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and IZA), Aitor Lacuesta (Bank of Spain), Pedro C. Vicente (University of Oxford)
				"Brain Drain and Brain Gain: Micro Evidence from an African Success Story"
10:20	-	11:00		Adalbert Mayer (Texas A&M University), Steven L. Puller (Texas A&M University)
				"The Old Boy (and Girl) Network: Social Network Formation on University Campuses"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Session VII: Family and Society
				Chair: Robert Willis (University of Michigan)
11:30	-	12:10		Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA), Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)
				"The Power of the Family"
12:10	-	12:50		Gordon B. Dahl (University of California, San Diego and IZA), Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
				"Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:25				Session VIII: Internal Labor Markets
				Chair: Randall K. Q. Akee (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Paul Chen (Australian National University)
				"Reciprocity at the Workplace: Do Fair Wages Lead to Higher Effort, Productivity and Profitability?"
15:10	-	15:50		Robert Mohr (University of New Hampshire), Cindy Zoghi (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
				"The Distribution of Decision Rights within the Workplace: Evidence from Australian, Canadian, and UK Establishments"
15:50	-	16:20		Coffee Break
16:20	-	17:00		Iftikhar Hussain (London School of Economics)
				"Does Naming and Shaming in the Public Sector Work? Evidence From a Tough School Accountability Regime"
17:00	-	17:40		Michael L. Bognanno (Temple University and IZA), Christian Belzil (CNRS, GATE and IZA)
				"Promotion Signals"
19:00				Dinner

Sunday, June 24:

				Departure after breakfast