Third IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²)

Saturday, May 20:

08:15	-	08:45		Coffee/Tea
08:45	-	09:00		Welcoming Address by Barry R. Chiswick and Klaus F. Zimmermann
				Session I: Immigrant Earnings and Payoffs
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University)
09:00	-	10:00		Paul W. Miller (University of Western Australia and IZA), Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA)
				"Why is the Payoff to Schooling Lower for the Foreign Born?"
				Discussant: Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		José Varejão (University of Porto and IZA), Anabela Carneiro (University of Porto), Natercia Fortuna (University of Porto)
				"Immigrants' Earnings and Workplace Characteristics"
				Discussant: Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University, California and IZA)
11:00	-	11:15		Coffee/Tea Break
11:15	-	12:15		The Julian Simon Lecture by Timothy J. Hatton (Australian National University, University of Essex and IZA) "Should We Have a WTO for International Migration?"
12:15	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session II: Saving and Remitting
				Chair: Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA)
13:30	-	14:30		Thomas Bauer (RWI Essen and IZA), Mathias Sinning (RWI Essen)
				"The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany"
				Discussant: Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA)
14:30	-	15:30		Randall K. Filer (Hunter College/CUNY and IZA), Nevila Konica (Global Insight, London)
				"Albanian Emigration: Causes and Consequences"
				Discussant: Mark Regets (National Science Foundation and IZA)
15:30	-	15:45		Coffee/Tea Break
				Session III: Immigrant Health and the Neighborhood
				Chair: Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA)
15:45	-	16:45		Albert Saiz (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and IZA), Susan Wachter (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
				"Immigration and the Neighborhood"
				Discussant: Magnus Lofstrom (Public Policy Institute of California and IZA)
16:45	-	17:45		Ilana Redstone Akresh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
				"Dietary Assimilation and Immigrant Health"
				Discussant: Delia Furtado (University of Connecticut and IZA)
19:30				Dinner

Sunday, May 21:

08:30	-	09:00		Coffee/Tea/Pastries
				Session IV: Immigrant and Native Employment
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
09:00	-	10:00		Gil S. Epstein (Bar-Ilan University and IZA)
				"Ethnic Goods, Migration and Employment"
				Discussant: Axel Heitmueller (London Business School and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Uzi Rebhun (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
				"Double or Single Negative: Immigrant Women and Labor Force Participation in Israel"
				Discussant: Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA and University of Bologna)
11:00	-	12:00		Sara Lemos (University of Leicester and IZA), Jonathan Portes (Department for Work and Pensions), Nicola Gilpin (Department for Work and Pensions), Matthew Henty (Department for Work and Pensions), Chris Bullen (Department for Work and Pensions)
				"The Impact of Free Movement of Workers from Central and Eastern Europe on the UK Labour Market"
				Discussant: Francesca Mazzolari (University of California, Irvine and IZA)
12:00	-	13:15		Lunch
				Session V: Immigrants and the Public Sector
				Chair: Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA)
13:15	-	14:15		Karin Mayr (University of Vienna), Rene Böheim (University of Linz and IZA)
				"Immigration and Public Spending"
				Discussant: Nava Kahana (Bar-Ilan University and IZA)
14:15	-	15:15		Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University and IZA)
				"Immigration and the Net Transfer to Different Parts of the Public Sector"
				Discussant: Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University and IZA)
15:15				Closing Remarks by Amelie Constant (IZA)