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IZA Workshop: Labor Market Effects of Environmental Policies

Organizers: Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA), Nico Pestel (IZA), Andreas Peichl (IZA)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:September 06, 2013 - September 07, 2013

Event Manager:
Stephan Kohzer (IZA)

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Program
+++ presentation 30 minutes +++ discussion 15 minutes +++

Friday, September 06:

09:00 - 09:15   Registration
 
 
09:15 - 09:30   Welcome Address by
Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
 
        Session A: Climate Change and (Natural) Disasters
 
09:30 - 10:15   Joseph Aldy (Harvard University)
  "The Labor Market Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Moratorium"
 
10:15 - 11:00   Amir Jina (Columbia University), Solomon Hsiang (Princeton University)
  "The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-Run Economic Growth"
 
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
11:30 - 12:15   Lingučre Mously Mbaye (IZA), Drabo Alassane (CERDI)
  "Natural Disasters, Migration and Education: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries"
 
12:15 - 13:00   Wolfram Schlenker (University of California, Berkeley), Shuaizhang Feng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton University)
  "Weather Anomalies, Crop Yields, and Migration in the US Corn Belt"
 
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
        Session B: Environmental Policies and Air Quality
 
14:00 - 14:45   Mark Curtis (Georgia State University)
  "Who Loses under Power Plant Cap-and-Trade Programs? Estimating the Impact of the NOx Budget Trading Program on Manufacturing Employment "
 
14:45 - 15:30   Ulrich Wagner (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Ralf Martin (Imperial College London), Mirabelle Muuls (Imperial College London), Laure de Preux (CEP and York)
  "Industry Compensation Under Relocation Risk: A Firm Level Analysis of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme"
 
 
 
15:30 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
 
16:00 - 16:45   Ronald Shadbegian (Council of Economic Advisors), Ann Ferris (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Economics), Glenn Sheriff (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Economics)
  "The 1990 Clean Air Act Ozone Rules and Labor Demand for Electricity Generation: Do Stringency, Implementation, and Timing Matter?"
 
16:45 - 17:30   Matthew Neidell (Columbia University), Tom Chang (USC), Joshua Graff Zivin (USCD), Tal Gross (Columbia University)
  "Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers"
 
 
19:00       Dinner
 

Saturday, September 07:

        Session B cont'd
 
09:30 - 10:15   Michael R. Ransom (Brigham Young University and IZA), C. Arden Pope II (Brigham Young University)
  "Air Pollution and School Absenteeism: Results from a Natural Experiment"
 
 
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
11:30 - 12:15   Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA), Resul Cesur (University of Connecticut), Aydogan Ulker (Deakin University)
  "Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure"
 
12:15 - 13:00   Reed Walker (University of California, Berkeley), Maya Rossin-Slater (University of California, Santa Barbara), Adam Isen (U.S. Department of Treasury)
  "Every Breath You Take - Every Dollar You'll Make: The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970"
 
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
        Session C: Energy Prices and Green Jobs
 
14:00 - 14:45   Ama Baafra Abeberese (Columbia University)
  "Electricity Cost and Firm Performance: Evidence from India"
 
14:45 - 15:30   Hendrik Wolff (University of Washington and IZA)
  "Value of Time: Speeding Behavior and Gasoline Prices"
 
 
 
15:30 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
 
16:00 - 16:45   Nico Pestel (IZA), Michael Cox (IZA), Andreas Peichl (IZA), Sebastian Siegloch (IZA)
  "Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany"
 
 
16:45 - 17:15   Closing Remarks
 

List of Participants

Ama Baafra Abeberese (Columbia University)
Joseph Aldy (Harvard University)
Michael Cox (IZA)
Mark Curtis (Georgia State University)
Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
Robert J. R. Elliott (University of Birmingham)
Markus Janser (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg)
Amir Jina (Columbia University)
Stefan Andreas Lamp (European University Institute)
Jing Lin (IZA)
Lingučre Mously Mbaye (IZA)
Matthew Neidell (Columbia University)
Andreas Peichl (IZA)
Nico Pestel (IZA)
Michael R. Ransom (Brigham Young University and IZA)
Florian Reinert (Athenga)
Wolfram Schlenker (University of California, Berkeley)
Ronald Shadbegian (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Sebastian Siegloch (IZA)
Katrin Sommerfeld (University of Freiburg)
Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA)
Ulrich Wagner (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Reed Walker (University of California, Berkeley)
Hendrik Wolff (University of Washington and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)


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