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IZA and Center on Human Capital Workshop on Migration and Human Capital

Organizers: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn), Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Isaac Ehrlich (University at Buffalo, SUNY and IZA)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:May 23, 2013 - May 24, 2013

Event Manager:
Stephan Kohzer (IZA)

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Program
+++ presentation: 35 minutes +++ discussion: 15 minutes +++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++

Thursday, May 23:

09:00 - 09:15   Registration
 
09:15 - 09:30   Welcoming Remarks

Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Isaac Ehrlich (University at Buffalo, SUNY and IZA)
 
 
        Session A
  Chair: Isaac Ehrlich (University at Buffalo, SUNY and IZA)
 
09:30 - 10:30   George J. Borjas (Harvard University and IZA)
  "The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants: Aging and Cohort Effects Revisited Again"
  Discussant: Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University and IZA)
 
10:30 - 11:30   Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA), Steven Stillman (University of Otago)
  "Return Migration and the Age Profile of Retirement Among Immigrants"
  Discussant: James P. Smith (RAND)
 
 
11:30 - 12:00   Coffee Break
 
12:00 - 13:00   James P. Smith (RAND), Liam Delaney (Univerisity of Sterling)
  "Acquiring Human Capital through Immigration"
  Discussant: Francine D. Blau (Cornell University and IZA)
 
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session B
  Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
 
14:30 - 15:30   Isaac Ehrlich (University at Buffalo, SUNY and IZA), Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
  "The Evolution of Migration Flows Over the Course of Economic Development - A Human Capital Perspective"
  Discussant: George J. Borjas (Harvard University and IZA)
 
15:30 - 16:30   Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Costanza Biavaschi (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)
  "Sibling Influence on the Human Capital of the Left Behind"
  Discussant: Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
 
 
16:30 - 17:00   Coffee Break
 
 
17:00 - 18:30   Academic Roundtable (TBA)
 
 
19:00       Dinner
 

Friday, May 24:

        Session C
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
09:00 - 10:00   Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA), Mario Izquierdo (Bank of Spain), Aitor Lacuesta (Bank of Spain)
  "Spain: from Immigration to Emigration"
  Discussant: Frédéric Docquier (Université catholique de Louvain and IZA)
 
10:00 - 11:00   Francine D. Blau (Cornell University and IZA), Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University)
  "Substitution between Individual and Source Country Characteristics: Social Capital, Culture and, US Labor Market Outcomes among Immigrant Women"
  Discussant: Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30   Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
  "Migration and Innovation: Beliefs and Facts"
  Discussant: Stephen Machin (University College London and IZA)
 
 
12:30 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
        Session D
  Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
14:00 - 15:00   Frédéric Docquier (Université catholique de Louvain and IZA), Joël Machado (IRES, UCLouvain), Marco Delogu (IRES, UCLouvain)
  "Cross-border migration and the world distribution of income"
  Discussant: Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA)
 
15:00 - 16:00   Stephen Machin (University College London and IZA)
  "Immigration and Crime: New Evidence from London"
  Discussant: Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA)
 
 
16:30 - 17:00   Concluding Remarks

Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 

List of Participants

Mehtap Akgüc (IZA)
Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
Francine D. Blau (Cornell University and IZA)
George J. Borjas (Harvard University and IZA)
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg (University of Edinburgh)
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne and IZA)
Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
Frédéric Docquier (Université catholique de Louvain and IZA)
Isaac Ehrlich (University at Buffalo, SUNY and IZA)
Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Ingo Isphording (Ruhr University Bochum and IZA)
Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA)
Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University and IZA)
Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
Peter J. Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
Annabelle Krause (IZA)
Stephen Machin (University College London and IZA)
Lingučre Mously Mbaye (IZA)
Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Simone Schüller (IZA)
James P. Smith (RAND)
Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)




The Workshop is organized in collaboration with the Journal of Human Capital and the IZA Journal of Migration.


Recent Journal Articles


  • Immigration, Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes in the UK
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  • Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity
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    IZA Journal of Migration 2012, 1:5

  • From Immigrants to (Non-)Citizens: Political Economy of Naturalisations in Latvia
    Artjoms Ivļevs and Roswitha M. King
    IZA Journal of Migration 2012, 1:14

  • How Do Immigrants Spend Their Time? The Process of Assimilation
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    Journal of Population Economics 2013, 26 (2) 507-530

  • Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? Evidence From EU Enlargement
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    Journal of Population Economics 2013, 26 (2) 531-553

  • Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence From the EU
    Corrado Giulietti, Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
    International Journal of Manpower 2013, 34 (1) 24 – 38

  • Does the Clustering of Immigrant Peers Affect the School Performance of Natives?
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    Journal of Human Capital 2013, 7 (1) 1 - 25