3rd Annual Meeting on the Economics of Risky Behaviors (AMERB)

Friday, April 15:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:15		Welcoming Remarks Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA) and Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA)
				Session A: Public Policy and Risky Behaviors
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
09:15	-	10:15		Daniel Roemer (Heidelberg University), Stefan Pichler (University of Frankfurt)
				"Juvenile Law and Recidivism in Germany - New Evidence from the Old Continent"
				Discussant: Ulf Rinne (IZA)
10:15	-	11:15		Brendon McConnell (University College London and IZA), Jérôme Adda (European University Institute and IZA), Imran Rasul (University College London and IZA)
				"Crime and the Decriminalization of Cannabis: Evidence From a Localized Policing Experiment"
				Discussant: Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
11:15	-	12:15		Christopher S. Carpenter (University of California, Irvine and IZA), Sabina Postolek (Queen's University), Casey Warman (Queen's University)
				"Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)"
				Discussant: Wang-Sheng Lee (Deakin University and IZA)
12:15	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session B: Illicit Drugs
				Chair: Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA)
13:30	-	14:30		Timothy J. Moore (University of Maryland at College Park)
				"The Employment Effects of Terminating Disability Benefits: Insights from Removing Drug Addictions as Disabling Conditions"
				Discussant: Alpaslan Akay (IZA)
14:30	-	15:30		Baris Yoruk (University at Albany, SUNY), Ceren Ertan Yoruk (Northeastern University)
				"The Impact of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Alcohol Consumption, Smoking, and Marijuana Use: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design Using Exact Date of Birth"
				Discussant: Laura Fumagalli (University of Essex)
15:30	-	15:45		Coffee Break
				Session C: Sexual Activity, Attractiveness, and Risk
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
15:45	-	16:45		Nicholas Wilson (Williams College)
				"Economic Growth and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Evidence from the Early 21st Century Copper Boom"
				Discussant: Ricarda Schmidl (IZA)
16:45	-	17:45		Christer Gerdes (SOFI, Stockholm University and IZA), Anna Dreber (Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)), Patrik Gränsmark (SOFI, Stockholm University)
				"Beauty Queens and Battling Knights: Risk Taking and Attractiveness in Chess"
				Discussant: Martin Guzi (IZA)
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant "Strandhaus", Georgstraße 28, 53111 Bonn

Saturday, April 16:

08:30	-	09:00		Coffee and Tea
				Session D: Criminal Behaviors
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
09:00	-	10:00		Matthew J. Lindquist (SOFI, Stockholm University), Randi Hjalmarsson (Queen Mary, University of London)
				"The Origins of Intergenerational Associations in Crime: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data"
				Discussant: Zahra Siddique (University of Reading and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Collegio Carlo Alberto and IZA)
				"Optimizing Behavior During Bank Robberies: Theory and Evidence on the Two Minute Rule"
				Discussant: Randi Hjalmarsson (Queen Mary, University of London)
11:00	-	11:15		Coffee Break
				Keynote Address:
11:15	-	12:15		Peter Reuter (University of Maryland and IZA), Jonathan P. Caulkins (Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University)
				"Purity, Price and Production: Are Drug Markets Different?"
12:15	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session E: Obesity
				Chair: Ulf Rinne (IZA)
13:30	-	14:30		Wang-Sheng Lee (Deakin University and IZA), Marco Caliendo (IZA)
				"Fat Chance! Obesity and the Transition from Unemployment to Employment"
				Discussant: Steffen Otterbach (University of Hohenheim and IZA)
14:30	-	15:30		John Cawley (Cornell University and IZA), Rosemary Avery (Cornell University), Matthew Eisenberg (Carnegie Mellon University)
				"The Effect of Advertising and Deceptive Advertising on Consumption: The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products"
				Discussant: Annabelle Krause (IZA)
15:30	-	15:45		Coffee Break
15:45	-	16:45		Rusty Tchernis (Georgia State University and IZA), Robert Sandy (IUPUI), Jeff Wilson (IUPUI), John Ottensmann (IUPUI), Gilbert Liu (Indiana University School of Medicine), Xilin Zhou (Georgie State University)
				"Effects of the Built Environment on Childhood Obesity: the Case of Urban Recreation Trails and Crime"
				Discussant: Gustav Feichtinger (Vienna University of Technology and IZA)
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant "Gasthaus im Stiefel", Bonngasse 30, 53111 Bonn

Sunday, April 17:

09:00	-	09:30		Coffee and Tea
				Session F: Education and Risky Behaviors
				Chair: Jo Ritzen (IZA and Maastricht University)
09:30	-	10:30		Dave E. Marcotte (University of Maryland, Baltimore County and IZA)
				"High School Dropout and Teen Pregnancy"
				Discussant: Baris Yoruk (University at Albany, SUNY)
10:30	-	11:30		Matthias Parey (University of Essex and IZA), Pedro Carneiro (University College London and IZA), Costas Meghir (Yale University and IZA)
				"Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and Adolescents"
				Discussant: N. Meltem Daysal (Tilburg University and IZA)
11:30	-	12:30		Closing Remarks and Farewell Luncheon