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10th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and 4th Migration Topic Week

Organizer: Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
Location:Jerusalem, Israel
Date:June 02, 2013 - June 07, 2013

Event Manager:

Elke Henn (IZA)

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Program

+++ (short) presentation: 30 minutes +++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++
+++ (long) presentation: 40 minutes +++ floor discussion: 20 minutes +++
+++ Special Guest Lecture: +++ presentation: 60 minutes +++ floor discussion: 30 minutes +++
+++ Julian Simon Lecture: +++ presentation: 60 minutes +++ floor discussion: 30 minutes +++


Sunday, June 02:

        Arrival
 

Monday, June 03:

08:30 - 08:50   Registration / Coffee and Tea
 
08:50 - 09:00   Welcoming Remarks
Amelie F. Constant
(Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
 
 
        Session A: Causes and Effects of Migrant Status
  Chair: Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
 
09:00 - 09:40   Carlo Devillanova (Bocconi University), Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan and IZA), Francesco Fasani (IAB Barcelona and IZA)
  "Employment of Undocumented Immigrants and the Prospect of Legal Status: Evidence from an Amnesty Program"
 
09:40 - 10:20   Linguère Mously Mbaye (IZA), Jean-Louis Arcand (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
  "Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal"
 
10:20 - 11:00   Tineke Fokkema (NIDI), Elena Ambrosetti (Sapienza University), Eralba Cela (Polytechnic University of Marche)
  "The Role of Migrant Status on Transnational Ties: The Case of Migrants in Italy"
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
        Special Guest Lecture
  Chair: Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
 
11:30 - 13:00   Anne Morrison Piehl (Rutgers University)
  "Immigration, Crime, and Justice"
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session B: Attitudes towards Foreigners
  Chair: Gil S. Epstein (Bar-Ilan University)
 
14:30 - 15:10   Simone Schüller (IZA)
  "The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education"
 
15:10 - 15:50   Ira N. Gang (Rutgers University), Francisco Rivera-Batiz (Columbia University), Myeong-Su Yun (Tulane University and IZA)
  "Economic Strain, Education and Attitudes towards Foreigners in the European Union"
 
15:50 - 16:10   Coffee Break
 
16:10 - 17:10   Eric D. Gould (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Esteban F. Klor (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
  "The Long-Run Effect of 9/11: Terrorism, Backlash, and the Assimilation of Muslim Immigrants in the West"
 
 
        Special Session About the New IZA Open-Access and Peer-Review Journals
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
17:10 - 18:00   Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA), Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
"The IZA Journal of Migration and How to Get Published"
 
19:30       Dinner
 

Tuesday, June 04:

07:30       Social Program: Trip to the Dead Sea
 
 
16:00 - 18:00   Session C: Networks, Enclaves and the Multiplier
  Chair: Saul Lach (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
 
16:00 - 16:40   Liliana Sousa (U.S. Census Bureau)
  "Human Capital Traps? Enclave Effects Using Linked Employer-Household Data"
 
16:40 - 17:20   Tommaso Colussi (Queen Mary, University of London)
  "Migrant Networks and Job Search Outcomes: Evidence from Displaced Workers"
 
17:20 - 18:00   Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit), Torben Tranaes (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and IZA), Martin Junge (DEA)
  "The Dynamics of Immigration: An Analysis Using Micro Data Immigration Multipliers"
 

Wednesday, June 05:

08:30 - 09:00   Coffee and Tea
 
 
        Session D: Migrants, Natives, and Skills
  Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
09:00 - 09:40   Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College), Pia Orrenius (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and IZA)
  "Does Immigration Affect whether U.S. Natives Major in a STEM Field?"
 
09:40 - 10:20   Ingo E. Isphording (Ruhr University Bochum)
  "Disadvantages of Linguistic Origin - Evidence from Immigrant Literacy Scores"
 
10:20 - 11:00   Marion Mercier (Paris School of Economics)
  "The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders ?"
 
11:00 - 11:40   Govert Bijwaard (NIDI ), Qi Wang (NIDI)
  "Return Migration of Foreign Students"
 
11:40 - 12:00   Coffee Break
 
 
        Julian Simon Lecture
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
12:00 - 13:30   Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
  "Natives' Happiness and the Ethnic Identity of Immigrants"
 
13:30 - 14:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session E: Alternative Ways for Social Mobility
  Chair: Eric D. Gould (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
 
14:30 - 15:10   Rebekka Christopoulou (Ohio State University), Dean Lillard (Ohio State University), Daniel Lichter (Cornell University)
  "Migration to the US and Marital Mobility"
 
15:10 - 15:50   Costanza Biavaschi (IZA), Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Zahra Siddique (University of Reading and IZA)
  "The Americanization of Migrants' Names and its Economic Payoff"
 
15:50 - 16:10   Coffee Break
 
 
        Session F: The Well-Being of Migrants
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
16:10 - 16:50   Alpaslan Akay (IZA), Olivier Bargain (University of Aix-Marseille II and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "The Effect of Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries on the Well-Being of Migrants"
 
16:50 - 17:30   Stephan L. Thomsen (NIW Hannover), Andreas Knabe (University of Magdeburg), Steffen Rätzel (University of Magdeburg)
  "Right-Wing Extremism and the Well-Being of Immigrants"
 

Thursday, June 06:

08:30 - 09:00   Coffee and Tea
 
 
        Session G: Migration Flows: Who Moves, Where, and Impact
  Chair: Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
 
09:00 - 09:40   Herbert Brücker (Institute for Employment Research ), Simone Bertoli (University of Auvergne), Jesus Fernandez-Huertas Moraga (FEDEA and IZA)
  "The European Crisis and Migration to Germany: Expectations and the Diversion of Migration Flows"
 
09:40 - 10:20   Sule Akkoyunlu (University of Bern), Jörg Schläpfer (ETH Zurich)
  "The Determinants of Out-Migration from Switzerland"
 
10:20 - 11:00   Dandan Zhang (Peking University), Xin Meng (Australian National University and IZA)
  "The Social Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Urban ‘Natives’"
 
11:00 - 11:40   Lídia Farré (IAE Barcelona)
  "The Healthy Immigrant Effect: Evidence from the Ecuadorian Exodus"
 
11:40 - 12:00   Coffee Break
 
 
        Session H: The Importance of Birthplace Diversity
  Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
12:00 - 13:00   Hillel Rapoport (Bar-Ilan University), Alberto Alesina (Harvard University), Johann Harnoss (University of Lille)
  "Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity"
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch and Photo Shoot
 
 
        Session I: Immigrants and Natives in the Firm
  Chair: Ira N. Gang (Rutgers University)
 
14:30 - 15:10   Getinet Astatike Haile (University of Nottingham)
  "Are You Unhappy Having Minority Co-Workers?"
 
15:10 - 15:50   Boris Hirsch (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Elke Jahn (IAB Nuremberg and IZA)
  "Is There Monopsonistic Discrimination Against Immigrants?"
 
15:50 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
 
        Session J: Beware of the Traps
  Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University)
 
16:00 - 17:00   Gil S. Epstein (Bar-Ilan University)
  "Multiple Migration Traps"
 
19:30       Dinner
 

Friday, June 07:

09:00 - 09:30   Coffee and Tea
 
 
        Session K: Religion, Remittances and Well-Being
  Chair: Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
 
09:30 - 10:10   Francesco Pastore (University of Naples II), Simona Tenaglia (ISFOL)
  "Ora et non labora? A Test of the Impact of Religion on Female Labor Supply"
 
10:10 - 10:50   Gianna Claudia Giannelli (University of Florence), Michele Binci (University of Florence)
  "Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam"
 
10:50 - 11:30   Joseph Friedman (Temple University)
  "The Relationships Between Housing Arrangements and the Mental Wellbeing of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China"
 
11:30 - 11:40   Concluding Remarks
 




Participants

Alpaslan Akay (IZA)
Sule Akkoyunlu (University of Bern)
Govert Bijwaard (NIDI – Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and IZA)
Herbert Brücker (Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and IZA)
Rebekka Christopoulou (Ohio State University)
Tommaso Colussi (Queen Mary University of London)
Amelie F. Constant (Temple University, George Washington University and IZA)
Carlo Devillanova (Bocconi University)
Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
Gil Epstein (Bar-Ilan University and IZA)
Lidia Farre (IAE Barcelona and IZA)
Tineke Fokkema (NIDI – Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute)
Joseph Friedman (Temple University)
Ira Gang (Rutgers University IZA )
Gianna Giannelli (University of Florence and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Eric Gould (Hebrew University, Jerusalem and IZA)
Getinet Haile (University of Nottingham and IZA)
Elke Henn (IZA)
Boris Hirsch (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Ingo Isphording (Ruhr University Bochum and IZA)
Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)
Heike Kauls (German Embassy Tel Aviv)
Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Saul Lach (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Linguere Mbaye (IZA)
Marion Mercier (Paris School of Economics)
Francesco Pastore (University of Naples II and IZA)
Anne Morrison Piehl (Rutgers University and IZA)
Hillel Rapoport (Bar-Ilan University)
Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and IZA)
Simone Schüller (IZA)
Adi Shani (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Liliana Sousa (U.S. Census Bureau)
Stephan Lothar Thomsen (NIW Hannover)
Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College and IZA)
Dandan Zhang (Peking University)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)


- We very much appreciate the generous support of Hebrew University -