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2nd IZA Workshop: Child Labor in Developing Countries

Organizers: Randall K. Q. Akee (IZA), Eric V. Edmonds (Dartmouth College)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:May 06, 2009

Event Manager:

Ulrike Maurer (IZA)


Program

Wednesday, May 06:

09:00 - 10:00   Jim Berry (MIT), Leigh Linden (Columbia University)
  "Bridge Classes and Peer Networks Among Out-of-School Children in India"
  Discussant: Eric V. Edmonds (Dartmouth College)
 
10:00 - 11:00   Damien de Walque (The World Bank), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University), Harold Alderman (The World Bank)
  "Educational and Health Impact of Two School Feeding Schemes: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso"
  Discussant: Leigh L. Linden (Columbia University)
 
11:00 - 12:00   Richard Akresh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Damien de Walque (World Bank)
  "Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide"
  Discussant: Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur (Middle East Technical University)
 
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
 
13:00 - 13:30   Andrew Dillon (International Food Policy Research Institute), Elena Bardasi (World Bank), Kathleen Beegle (World Bank), Pieter Serneels (University of East Anglia)
  "Does Child Labor Depend on How It Is Measured? Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Tanzania"
 
13:30 - 14:00   Lorenzo Guarcello (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Irina Kovrova (UCW-Project and University of Rome), Scott Lyon (UCW-Project and University of Rome), Marco Manacorda (University of London and IZA), Furio C. Rosati (UCW-Project University of Rome and IZA)
  "Towards Consistency in Child Labour Measurement: Assessing the Comparability of Estimates Generated by Different Survey Instruments"
 
14:00 - 15:00   Krisztina Kis-Katos (University of Freiburg), Robert Sparrow (Institute of Social Studies, Den Haag and IZA)
  "Child Work and Schooling under Trade Liberalization in Indonesia"
  Discussant: Ana Lucia Kassouf (University of Sao Paulo)
 
15:00 - 15:30   Coffee Break
 
15:30 - 16:30   Michele Di Maio (University of Naples, Parthenope), Tushar Kanti Nandi (University of Siena)
  "Child Labour and Schooling in Palestine: The Role of the Labour Market and Israeli Closures"
  Discussant: Gianna Claudia Giannelli (University of Florence)
 
16:30 - 17:30   Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame)
  "Are Adults in Demand When Children Leave the Land? Evidence from Rural Mexico"
  Discussant: Arnab K. Basu (College of William and Mary)
 
19:00       Dinner at Restaurant Schänzchen, Bonn
 




List of Participants

Assefa Admassie (University of Addis Ababa)
Randall Akee (IZA)
Richard Akresh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Arnab Basu (College of William and Mary)
Jim Berry (MIT)
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol)
Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur (Middle East Technical University)
Damien de Walque (The World Bank)
Andrew Dillon (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Michele Di Maio (University of Naples, Parthenope)
Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame)
Eric Edmonds (Dartmouth College)
Ira Gang (Rutgers University)
Gianna Giannelli (University of Florence)
Lorenzo Guarcello (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Miriam Jorgensen (Harvard University)
Ana Lucia Kassouf (University of Sao Paulo)
Melanie Khamis (IZA)
Krisztina Kis-Katos (University of Freiburg)
Ana Kreter (IZA)
Leigh Linden (Columbia University)
Abdul Salam Lodhi (ZEF, Bonn)
Robbert Maseland (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Furio Rosati (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Pieter Serneels (University of East Anglia)
Robert Sparrow (Institute for Social Studies, Den Haag)
Kristen Wagner (Washington University, St. Louis)
Myeong Su Yun (Tulane University)