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Seventh IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²)
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Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA), Barry R. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA) |
| Place: | IZA, Bonn |
| Date: | June 03, 2010 - June 05, 2010 |
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Program |
+++ presentation 35 minutes +++ discussion 10 minutes +++ floor discussion 15 minutes +++
Thursday, June 03:
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21:00 |
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Welcome Dinner at Restaurant Seasons, Hotel Hilton Bonn |
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Friday, June 04:
| 08:30 |
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08:50 |
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Registration |
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| 08:50 |
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09:00 |
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Welcoming Remarks
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA) and
Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA) |
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| 09:00 |
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Session A: The Highly Skilled of the Past, Networks and Child Labor of the Present |
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Chair:
Barry R. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA)
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| 09:00 |
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10:00 |
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Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel (Dalhousie University and IZA), Mutlu Yuksel (IZA) |
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"The Unintended Long-Term Consequences of Dismissal and Exile of High-Skilled Professionals: Evidence from Nazi Germany"
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Discussant:
Carmel U. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA)
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| 10:00 |
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11:00 |
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Yevgeniya Savchenko (Georgetown University), Francis Vella (Georgetown University and IZA) |
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"Immigrant Networks in Australia: Do They Help Newly Arrived Immigrants to Find Jobs and Get Higher Wages?"
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Discussant:
Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Leicester and IZA)
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| 11:00 |
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11:15 |
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Coffee / Tea Break |
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| 11:15 |
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Session B: Immigration and Family Interactions |
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Chair:
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
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| 11:15 |
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12:15 |
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Lídia Farré (IAE Barcelona (CSIC) and IZA), Libertad González (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and IZA), Francesc Ortega (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and IZA) |
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"Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women"
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Discussant:
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
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| 12:15 |
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13:30 |
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Lunch |
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| 13:29 |
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Session B: Immigration and Family Interactions (cont'd) |
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Chair:
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
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| 13:30 |
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14:30 |
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Sonia Plaza (World Bank and IZA), George Joseph (World Bank) |
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"Impact of Remittances on Child Labor in Ghana"
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Discussant:
Ruby Henry (Toulouse School of Economics and IZA)
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| 14:30 |
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15:30 |
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Olga Nottmeyer (IZA) |
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"Does Intermarriage Pay off? A Panel Data Analysis of Immigrants in Germany"
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Discussant:
Anna Myunghee Kim (IZA)
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| 15:30 |
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16:00 |
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Coffee / Tea Break |
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| 16:00 |
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17:00 |
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The Julian Simon Lecture |
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Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University and IZA) |
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"Experiences of the Common Nordic Labour Market"
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| 18:00 |
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Dinner on China Boat "Ocean Paradise" |
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Saturday, June 05:
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09:00 |
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Coffee / Tea |
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| 09:00 |
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Session C: Immigrants and Language |
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Chair:
Martin Kahanec (Central European University, Budapest)
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| 09:00 |
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10:00 |
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Mariola Pytlikova (Aarhus School of Business), Alicia Adsera (Princeton University and IZA) |
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"The Role of Language in Shaping International Migration: Evidence from OECD Countries 1985 - 2006"
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Discussant:
Barry R. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA)
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| 10:00 |
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11:00 |
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Jens Suedekum (University of Duisburg-Essen and IZA), Oliver Falck (ifo Institute), Stephan Heblich (Max-Planck-Institute Jena), Alfred Lameli (Deutscher Sprachatlas, University of Marburg) |
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"Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange"
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Discussant:
Zahra Siddique (IZA)
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| 11:00 |
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11:15 |
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Coffee / Tea Break |
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| 11:15 |
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Session D: Immigrant Earnings |
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Chair:
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
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| 11:15 |
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12:15 |
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Sherrilyn M. Billger (Illinois State University and IZA), Carlos Lamarche (University of Oklahoma) |
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"Immigrant Heterogeneity and the Earnings Distribution in the United Kingdom and United States: New Evidence from a Panel Data Quantile Regression Analysis"
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Discussant:
Annabelle Krause (IZA)
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| 12:15 |
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13:30 |
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Lunch |
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| 13:30 |
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Session D: Immigrant Earnings (cont'd) |
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Chair:
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
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| 13:30 |
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14:30 |
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Ulf Rinne (IZA), Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University, IZA), Annabelle Krause (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin, University of Bonn) |
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"Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants"
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Discussant:
Martin Guzi (IZA)
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| 14:30 |
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14:45 |
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Coffee / Tea Break |
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| 14:45 |
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Session E: Immigrant Occupations and Education |
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Chair:
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
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| 14:45 |
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15:45 |
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Mariya Aleksynska (CEPII, Paris), Ahmed Tritah (CEPII) |
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"Occupation-Education Mismatch of Immigrant Workers in Europe: the Role of Home and Host Country Characteristics"
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Discussant:
Mutlu Yuksel (Dalhousie University and IZA)
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| 15:45 |
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16:45 |
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Chad Sparber (Colgate University), Takao Kato (Colgate University and IZA) |
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"Quotas and Quality: The Effect of H-1B Visa Restrictions on the Pool of Prospective Undergraduate Students from Abroad"
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Discussant:
Yevgeniya Savchenko (Georgetown University)
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| 16:45 |
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17:00 |
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Closing Remarks by
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA) and
Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA) |
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Participants |
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel (Dalhousie University)
Mariya Aleksynska (CEPII, Paris)
Sherrilyn M. Billger (Illinois State University)
Romana Careja (University of Cologne)
Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Carmel U. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University)
Lídia Farré (Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE))
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Martin Guzi (IZA)
Ruby Henry (IZA)
Martin Kahanec (IZA)
Anna Myunghee Kim (IZA)
Annabelle Krause (IZA)
Olga Nottmeyer (DIW Berlin)
Sonia Plaza (World Bank)
Mariola Pytlikova (Aarhus School of Business)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Nils Saniter (DIW Berlin)
Yevgeniya Savchenko (Georgetown University)
Simone Schüller (DIW Berlin)
Zahra Siddique (IZA)
Eva Sladek (IZA)
Chad Sparber (Colgate University)
Jens Suedekum (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA)
Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University)
Mutlu Yuksel (IZA)
Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA and University of Bologna)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University) |
For Your Information:
Recent Papers in the Journal of Population Economics
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IZA also serves as the headquarters of the Journal of Population Economics. We would like to bring to your attention the following papers, which are related to the topic of this event and have recently been published in the Journal:
| Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller |
Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market |
Volume 23, Number 1 / January, 2010 |
| Ashraf El-Araby Aly, James F. Ragan Jr. |
Arab immigrants in the United States: how and why do returns to education vary by country of origin? |
Volume 23, Number 2 / March, 2010 |
| David McKenzie, Hillel Rapoport |
Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico |
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0316-x |
| José Ignacio Silva, Javier Vázquez-Grenno |
The ins and outs of unemployment and the assimilation of recent immigrants in Spain |
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0315-y |
| Nick Drydakis |
Ethnic discrimination in the Greek housing market |
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0313-0 |
| Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias G. Sinning |
The savings behavior of temporary and permanent migrants in Germany |
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0306-z |
Please also consider the Journal of Population Economics for publication of your research work!
See www.popecon.org for more information.
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