12th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and 5th Migration Topic Week

Monday, April 20:

				Venue: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Route des Pères Maristes Dakar, Senegal
09:00	-	09:15		Welcoming Remarks Amelie F. Constant (Program Director Migration, IZA, George Washington University, Temple University and IZA) Abdoulaye Diagne (Director of CRES, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar)
				Session A: Education and Selection
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
09:15	-	09:55		Massimiliano Tani (IZA)
				"The Returns to Foreign Education and the Effects of a Local Signal on Early Labour Market Outcomes"
09:55	-	10:35		Matthias Parey (University of Essex and IZA), Jens Ruhose (Ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich), Fabian Waldinger (University of Warwick), Nicolai Netz (Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Hannover)
				"The Selection of High-Skilled Migrants"
10:35	-	11:15		Gilles Spielvogel ( University Paris 1 )
				"Regional versus Long-distance International Migration: The Case of South American Emigrants"
11:15	-	11:35		Coffee Break
				Session B: Emigration, Social Norms and Poverty
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
11:35	-	12:15		Sandrine Mesple-Somps (IRD, DIAL, Dakar), Idrissa Diabate (INSTAT, Mali)
				"Female Genital Mutilation and Migration in Mali. Do Migrants Transfer Social Norms?"
12:15	-	12:55		Fatou Cisse (CRES)
				"Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Child's Time Allocation of Families Left behind: Evidence from Senegal"
12:55	-	14:10		Lunch
				Session C: Migration and Human Capital
				Chair: Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
14:10	-	14:50		Vincenzo Caponi (CREST-Ensai and IZA)
				"Female Migration, Human Capital and Fertility"
14:50	-	15:30		Joanna Clifton-Sprigg (University of Edinburgh)
				"Best of Both Worlds? Early Cognitive and Non-cognitive Development of Bilingual Children"
15:30	-	15:50		Coffee Break
				Session D: Offshoring, Networks and Trade
				Chair: Vincenzo Caponi (CREST-Ensai and IZA)
15:50	-	16:30		Andrei Zlate (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Federico Mandelman (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
				"Offshoring, Low-Skilled Immigration, and Labor Market Polarization"
16:30	-	17:10		Deepti Goel (Delhi School of Economics and IZA), Kevin Lang (Boston University)
				"Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants"
17:10	-	17:50		Christopher Parsons (University of Oxford and IZA), Pierre-Louis Vezina (University of Birmingham)
				"Migrant Networks and Trade: The Vietnamese Boat People as a Natural Experiment"
19:30				Conference Dinner

Tuesday, April 21:

				Venue: Hotel Terrou-Bi Boulevard Martin Luther King B.P. 1179 Dakar, Senegal
				IZA Newsroom: Challenges for African migration to Europe discussed at the 12th Annual Migration Meeting in Dakar, Senegal
08:00	-	09:00		Reception and Registration
				Policy Symposium "Migration"
09:00	-	09:45		Opening Remarks Chair: Souleymane Jules Diop (Secrétaire d'Etat aux Sénégalais de l'Extérieur) Abdoulaye Diagne (Director of CRES and University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar) Klaus F. Zimmermann (Director of IZA and University of Bonn) Jo-Lind Roberts (Chef de Bureau, International Organization for Migration - OIM) Souleymane Jules Diop (Secrétaire d'Etat aux Sénégalais de l'Extérieur)
09:45	-	09:50		Break and Departure of Officials
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
09:50	-	10:30		Mamadou Dansokho (University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar and CRES)
				"Migration, Potentials and Issues from Chinese Investments in Africa: The Case of Senegal"
10:30	-	11:10		Abdoulaye Diagne (CRES, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
				"Chocs and Poverty in the Developing Countries"
11:10	-	11:50		Pape Demba Fall (Chercheur, IFAN, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
				"Senegalese Mobility and Development: How to Integrate the Migration on the Local Development Agenda"
11:50	-	12:10		Coffee Break
12:10	-	13:40		Round Table
				Chair: Godlove Kamwa (Consultant)
				Penda Mbow (Minister Adviser to the President of the Republic of Senegal for the Frankophonie and Professor at the University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar) Ndioro Ndiaye (President of the Alliance pour la Migration, le Leadership et le Développement (AMLD) and Former Minister for Women's, Children's and Family Affairs of the Republic of Senegal) Jo-Lind Roberts (Chef de bureau, OIM) Pape Demba Fall (Chercheur, IFAN, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar) Sory Kaba (Directeur Général des Sénégalais de l'Exterieur) Miniane Diouf (Migration and Development Project in Africa)
13:40	-	14:40		Lunch
				Session E: Remittances and the Value of Returnees
				Chair: Caglar Ozden (World Bank and IZA)
14:40	-	15:20		Paolo Abarcar (University of Michigan)
				"Do Employers Value Return Migrants? An Experiment on the Returns to Foreign Experience"
15:20	-	16:00		Linguère Mously Mbaye (IZA)
				"Migration and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal"
16:00	-	16:15		Coffee Break
				Session E: Remittances and the Value of Returnees (Continues)
				Chair: Caglar Ozden (World Bank and IZA)
16:15	-	16:55		Maëlan Le Goff (Bank of France), Sara Salomone (IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain)
				"Gender Imbalances and Remittances"
16:55	-	17:35		Alpaslan Akay (University of Gothenburg and IZA)
				"Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China"

Wednesday, April 22:

				Venue: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Route de Pères Maristes Dakar, Senegal
				Session F: Economic and Health Integration of Immigrants
				Chair: Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Erik R. Vickstrom (U.S. Census Bureau and IZA)
				"Legal Status, Gender and Economic Incorporation of Senegalese Migrants in France, Italy and Spain"
09:40	-	10:20		Maryam Naghsh Nejad (IZA)
				"Children of Afghan Migrants in Iran: The Role of Language Abilities"
10:20	-	11:00		Shoshana Neuman (Bar-Ilan University and IZA), Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA), Teresa García-Muñoz (University of Granada), Tzahi Neuman (Hebrew University)
				"A 'Health Immigrant Effect' or a 'Sick Immigrant Effect'? Immigrants' Health in Europe versus Israel"
11:00	-	11:20		Coffee Break
11:20	-	12:40		Julian Simon Lecture
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
				Graziella Bertocchi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
				"The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa"
12:40	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00				Excursion to "Île de Gorée" and the House of Slaves
20:00				Conference Dinner

Thursday, April 23:

08:30	-	22:30		Excursion to St.-Louis (All-Day-Event) Subject Areas: Colonialism - Oppression - Immigration - Emigration - Cultural Heritage - Centre for the Former Slave Trade Start from Hotel Terrou-Bi

Friday, April 24:

				Venue: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Route des Pères Maristes Dakar, Senegal
				Session G: Immigration Policies, Laws and the Media
				Chair: Fatou Cisse (CRES)
09:00	-	09:40		Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College and IZA), Pia Orrenius (Dallas Fed and IZA)
				"Do Work Eligibility Verification Laws Cause Immigrants to Leave?"
09:40	-	10:20		Mette Foged (University of Copenhagen)
				"Immigration Laws and the Performance of Immigrants"
10:20	-	11:00		Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan and IZA), Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham), Cora Signorotto (University of Milan)
				"Mind What Your Voters Read: Media Exposure and International Economic Policy Making"
11:00	-	11:20		Coffee Break
				Session H: Risky Waters, Brain Drain and the Political Economy of Migration
				Chair: Massimiliano Tani (IZA)
11:20	-	12:00		Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Drinking Risky Water in Bangladesh"
12:00	-	12:40		Caglar Ozden (World Bank and IZA), David Phillips (Hope College)
				"What Really is Brain Drain? Location of Birth, Education and Migration Dynamics of African Doctors"
12:40	-	13:20		Sanjay Jain (University of Cambridge and IZA), Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University, Canada), Sharun Mukand (University of Warwick)
				"Workers Without Borders? Culture and the Political Economy of Temporary versus Permanent Immigration"
13:20	-	13:30		Concluding Remarks Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA) Laurent Vidal (Représentant de l'IRD au Sénégal)
13:30	-	14:30		Lunch

Paolo Abarcar (University of Michigan)
Alpaslan Akay (University of Gothenburg and IZA)
Francis Andrianarison (CRES)
Graziella Bertocchi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
Vincenzo Caponi (CREST-Ensai and IZA)
Fatou Cisse (CRES)
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg (University of Edinburgh)
Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA)
Mamadou Dansokho (University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar and CRES)
Abdoulaye Diagne (CRES, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
Souleymane Jules Diop (Secrétaire d'Etat aux Sénégalais de l'Extérieur)
Miniane Diouf (Coordinator Migration and Development in Africa (NADE))
Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
Pape Demba Fall (University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
Mette Foged (University of Copenhagen)
Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan and IZA)
Deepti Goel (Delhi School of Economics and IZA)
Sanjay Jain (University of Cambridge and IZA)
Sory Kaba (Directeur Général des Sénégalais de l'Exterieur)
Godlove Kamwa (Consultant)
Maëlan Le Goff (Bank of France)
Linguère Mously Mbaye (IZA)
Samba Mbaye (Université Gaston Berger)
Penda Mbow (University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
Sandrine Mesple-Somps (IRD, DIAL, Paris-Dauphine)
Maryam Naghsh Nejad (IZA)
Ndioro Ndiaye (Personal Minister Representative of the Head of State with the Francophonie and International Organization for Migration)
Shoshana Neuman (Bar-Ilan University and IZA)
Caglar Ozden (World Bank and IZA)
Matthias Parey (University of Essex and IZA)
Christopher Parsons (University of Oxford and IZA)
Jo-Lind Roberts (International Organization for Migration)
Gilles Spielvogel (University Paris 1)
Massimiliano Tani (IZA)
Erik R. Vickstrom (U.S. Census Bureau and IZA)
Laurent Vidal (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD))
Madeline Zavodny (Agnes Scott College and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Andrei Zlate (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

IZA Newsroom: Challenges for African migration to Europe discussed at the 12th Annual Migration Meeting in Dakar, Senegal