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IZA Workshop on Social Networks

Organizers: Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA), Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:June 28, 2013 - June 29, 2013

Event Manager:
Dominik Spitza (IZA)



Program
+++ presentation: 45 minutes +++ floor discussion: 15 minutes +++

Friday, June 28:

08:30 - 09:00   Registration
 
09:00 - 09:10   Welcoming Remarks by
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
 
        Session A:
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
09:10 - 10:10   Benjamin Golub (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Matthew Elliott (California Institute of Technology)
  "A Network Approach to Public Goods"
 
10:10 - 11:10   Michael D. König (Stanford University), Xiaodong Liu (University of Colorado at Boulder), Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
  "R&D Networks and Industrial Strategy"
 
 
11:10 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30   Yann Bramoullé (Laval University), Renaud Bourlčs (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
  "Altruism in Networks"
 
12:30 - 13:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session B:
  Chair: Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
 
13:30 - 14:30   Xiaodong Liu (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  "Identification and Efficient Estimation of Simultaneous Equations Network Models"
 
14:30 - 15:30   Adam Szeidl (Central European University), Miklos Koren (Central European University), Balazs Vedres (Central European University)
  "Political Connections and Economic Misallocation"
 
 
15:30 - 15:50   Coffee Break
 
15:50 - 16:50   Patrick Arni (IZA), Giuliano Bonoli (University of Lausanne - IDHEAP), Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne and IZA), Daniel Oesch (University of Lausanne), Anna von Ow (University of Lausanne), Pierpaolo Parrotta (University of Lausanne), Nicolas Turtschi (University of Lausanne - IDHEAP)
  "Are Social Networks an Effective Job Search Channel? First Results from a Randomized Experiment"
 
16:50 - 17:50   Sanjeev Goyal (University of Cambridge), Syngjoo Choi (UCL), Andrea Galeotti (ESSEX)
  "Trading in Networks"
 
19:30       Dinner
 
 

Saturday, June 29:

        Session C:
  Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
09:00 - 10:00   Eleonora Patacchini (Syracuse University and IZA), Edoardo Rainone (Sapienza University of Rome), Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
  "Strong versus Weak Ties in Education"
 
10:00 - 11:00   Marcel Fafchamps (University of Oxford), Michele Belot (University of Edinburgh)
  "Good Samaritans and the Market: Experimental Evidence on Other-Regarding Preferences"
 
 
11:00 - 11:20   Coffee Break
 
11:20 - 12:20   Margherita Comola (Paris School of Economics), Silvia Prina (Case Western Reserve University)
  "Intervention-Driven Changes in Social Networks and their Effects on Household Outcomes"
 
12:20 - 13:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session D:
  Chair: Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA)
 
13:30 - 14:30   Matthew J. Lindquist (Stockholm University), Yves Zenou (Stockholm University)
  "Key Players in Co-offending Networks"
 
14:30 - 15:30   Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Leicester and IZA), Lorenzo Cappellari (Universitŕ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and IZA)
  "With a Little Help from My Friends? Quality of Social Networks, Job Finding Rates and Job Match Quality"
 
 
15:30 - 15:50   Coffee Break
 
15:50 - 16:50   Daniele Condorelli (University of Essex), Andrea Galeotti (Essex), Vasiliki Skreta (NYU)
  "Selling through Referrals"
 
16:50 - 17:00   Concluding Remarks
 

Participants

Patrick Arni (IZA)
Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
Yann Bramoullé (Université Laval)
Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney and IZA)
Daniele Condorelli (University of Essex)
Margherita Comola (Paris School of Economics)
Marcel Fafchamps (University of Oxford)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Benjamin Golub (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sanjeev Goyal (University of Cambridge)
Michael König (Stanford University)
Matthew J. Lindquist (Stockholm University)
Xiaodong Liu (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Eleonora Patacchini (Syracuse University and IZA)
Theodoros Rapanos (Stockholm University)
Simone Schüller (IZA)
Marc Sommer (Stockholm University)
Adam Szeidl (Central European University)
Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Leicester and IZA)
Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA)
Mirjam Wuggenig (University of Bonn)
Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)




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