1st IZA/DFID GLM-LIC Research Conference on New Research on Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries

Thursday, October 22:

09:00	-	10:00		Keynote Address and Welcome Remarks David Lam (University of Michigan and IZA) Kaushik Basu (World Bank and IZA)
				Session A: Gender
				Chair: Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College and IZA)
10:00	-	10:40		Tilman Brück (ISDC - International Security and Development Center and IZA)
				"Gender and Employment in Central Asia - Evidence from Panel Data"
10:40	-	11:20		David E. Sahn (Cornell University and IZA), Kira Villa (University of New Mexico)
				"The Role of Personality, Cognition and Shocks in Determining Labor Outcomes of Young Adults in Madagascar"
11:20	-	12:00		Andrei A. Levchenko (University of Michigan and IZA), Quy-Toan Do (World Bank), Claudio Raddatz (Central Bank of Chile)
				"Globalization and the Gender Gap"
12:00	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session B: Rural Labor Markets
				Chair: Ingrid Woolard (University of Cape Town and IZA)
13:30	-	14:10		Kelsey Jack (Tufts University and IZA), Gunther Fink (Harvard School of Public Health), Felix Masiye (University of Zambia)
				"Seasonal Liquidity Constraints, Labor Supply and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Zambia"
14:10	-	14:50		Jessica Goldberg (University of Maryland), Kathleen Beegle (World Bank and IZA), Emanuela Galasso (World Bank, DECPI)
				"Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security"
14:50	-	15:10		Coffee Break
				Session C: Migration
				Chair: David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA)
15:10	-	15:50		Taryn Dinkelman (Dartmouth College and IZA), Grace Kumchulesi (AFIDEP, Malawi), Martine Mariotti (Australian National University)
				"Labor Migration and Structural Change in Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from Malawi"
15:50	-	16:30		Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford), Carlos Vargas-Silva (Oxford University), Sonja Fransen (Maastricht University)
				"The Economics of Refugee Return"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00	-	18:30		Panel Discussion I
				Chair: Mary Hallward-Driemeier (World Bank)
				Panelists: Haroon Bhorat (University of Cape Town and IZA) Ingrid Woolard (University of Cape Town and IZA) Krishna B. Kumar (RAND and IZA)

Friday, October 23:

				Session D: Labor Market Structure 1
				Chair: Lawrence Edwards (University of Cape Town and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Jacob N. Shapiro (Princeton University), Ali Cheema (Center for Economic Research in Pakistan), Asim Ijaz Khwaja (Harvard University), Farooq Naseer (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
				"Crossing Boundaries: Experimental Evidence on Skills Acquisition Access Constraints for Rural Women in Pakistan"
09:40	-	10:20		Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University), Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College)
				"Household businesses and informality in a growing low-income economy"
10:20	-	10:40		Coffee Break
				Session E: Labor Market Structure 2
				Chair: Haroon Bhorat (University of Cape Town and IZA)
10:40	-	11:20		Emily Breza (Columbia Business School), Supreet Kaur (Columbia University and IZA), Yogita Shamdasani (Columbia University)
				"The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality"
11:20	-	12:00		Simon Franklin (University of Oxford), Girum Abebe (Ethiopian Development Research Institute)
				"Assisting Job Search in Low-employment Communities: The Effect of Information Provision and Transport Vouchers in Addis Ababa"
12:00	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session F: Skills Training 1
				Chair: Imran Rasul (University College London and IZA)
13:30	-	14:10		Christopher J. Blattman (Columbia University), Julian Jamison (U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), Margaret Sheridan (University of North Carolina)
				"Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia"
14:10	-	14:50		Isaac M. Mbiti (University of Virginia and IZA)
				"Start-up Capital for Youth: Addressing the Potential of Small Business Grants and Vocational Training in Kenya"
14:50	-	15:10		Coffee Break
				Session G: Skills Training 2
				Chair: Anne Case (Princeton University and IZA)
15:10	-	15:50		Pamela Jakiela (University of Maryland and IZA)
				"Girls Empowered by Microfranchising"
15:50	-	16:30		David McKenzie (World Bank and IZA), Susana Puerto (ILO - International Labor Organization)
				"The Direct and Spillover Impacts of a Business Training Program for Female Entrepreneurs in Kenya"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00	-	18:30		Panel Discussion II
				Chair: Roberta Gatti (World Bank)
				Panelists: Imran Rasul (University College London and IZA) Anne C. Case (Princeton University and IZA) David McKenzie (World Bank and IZA)

Saturday, October 24:

				Project Updates
09:00				Joshua Blumenstock (University of Washington and IZA) “How Do Labor Markets Equilibrate? Using Mobile Phone Records to Estimate the Effect of Local Labor Demand Shocks on International Migration and Local Wages”
09:15				Catia Batista (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and IZA) “Promoting Migrant Remittances Using Mobile Banking: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Mozambique”
09:30				Abu Parves Shonchoy (Institute of Developing Countries (IDE-JETRO)) "Reducing Extreme Poverty through Skill Training for Industry Job Placement: The Case of RMG in Bagladesh”
09:45				Shanthi Nataraj (RAND) “The Formal-Informal Labor Nexus and Growth: The Case f Bangladesh”
10:00				Simone G. Schaner (Dartmouth College) “Empowering Women through Public Policy: Can Gender Sensitive Policy Reform to a Major Public Works Program Encourage Female Work and Improve Women’s Wellbeing?”
10:15				Kate Vyborny (Duke University) “Women’s Access to Public Transport: A Randomized Control Trial”
10:30				Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College) “The Urban Geography of Entrepreneurship and Growth in India”
10:45	-	11:15		Coffee Break
11:15				Brian Dillon (University of Washington) “Labor Markets and Household Enterprises: Evidence from New Nationally Representative Surveys in Five African Countries”
11:30				Lawrence Edwards (University of Cape Town and IZA) “Matched Employee-Employer Panel Data for Labour Market Analysis in Zimbabwe”
11:45				Imran Rasul (University College London and IZA) “Asymmetric Information on the Skills of Workers and Matching in the Labor Market: Evidence from Uganda”
12:00				Admasu Shiferaw (The College of William and Mary) “Insurance and Labour Market Outcomes in Ethiopia”
12:15				Jose C. Galdo (Carleton University and IZA) “Fair Trade, Labour Markets and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia”
12:30				Haroon Bhorat (University of Cape Town and IZA) “Modelling Labour Markets in LICs with Imperfect Data”
12:45				Joachim De Weerdt (Economic Development Initiative) “Measuring Labor in Farm Households in Africa”
13:00				Lunch