IZA/OECD/World Bank Workshop on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills and Economic Development

Friday, October 03:

09:00	-	09:10		Opening of the Workshop by
				Dario Braga (Pro-Rector of the University of Bologna)
09:10	-	10:00		Invited Lecture
				Chair: Dario Braga (University of Bologna)
				Marco Casari (University of Bologna and IZA), Maria Bigoni (University of Bologna), Stefania Bortolotti (University of Bologna), Diego Gambetta (Oxford University and EUI), Francesca Pancotto (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
				"Amoral Familism, Social Capital, or Trust? The Behavioral Foundation of the Italian North-South Divide"
10:00	-	11:20		Session A: Evidence on Skills from the STEP Project
				Chair: David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA)
				Noel Muller (World Bank), Pablo A. Acosta (World Bank), Miguel Sarzosa (University of Maryland)
				"Beyond Qualifications: Labor Market Returns to Cognitive and Socio-emotional Skills in Urban Colombia"
				Zlatko Nikoloski (University College London), Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad (World Bank)
				"Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills Affect Employment Outcomes: Evidence from Central Asia"
11:20	-	11:40		Coffee/Tea Break
11:40	-	13:10		Session B: Skills: Early Labor Market Outcomes, and Returns to Skills: Evidence from PIAAC
				Chair: Stefano Scarpetta (OECD and IZA)
				Glenda Quintini (OECD)
				"Skills at Work: How Skills and Their Use Matter in the Labour Market"
				Guido Schwerdt (University of Konstanz and IZA), Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University), Simon Wiederhold (Ifo Institute), Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich and Ifo Institute)
				"Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC"
13:10	-	14:40		Lunch
14:40	-	16:00		Session C: Skills and Gender
				Chair: Linguère Mously Mbaye (IZA)
				Christophe Jalil Nordman (IRD, DIAL, Paris and IZA), Leopold R. Sarr (The World Bank), Smriti Sharma (Delhi School of Economics )
				"Cognitive, Non-Cognitive Skills and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data in Bangladesh"
				Yuvraj Pathak (World Bank), Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics, J-PAL, CEPR, )
				"Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development and Learning in India"
16:00	-	16:20		Coffee/Tea Break
16:20	-	17:40		Session D: Skills and Education
				Chair: Roberto Patuelli (University of Bologna)
				Peter A. Savelyev (Vanderbilt University), Kegon Teng Kok Tan (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
				"Personality, Education, and Health-Related Outcomes of High-Ability Individuals"
				Bidisha Barooah (Delhi School of Economics), Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Rohini Somanathan (Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University)
				"School Meals and Classroom Attention: Evidence from India"
20:00				Dinner

Saturday, October 04:

09:30	-	10:50		Session E: Non-Cognitive Skills Programs and Their Evaluation
				Chair: Alexander Muravyev (Higher School of Economics, Moscow and IZA)
				Carla Calero (Inter-American Development Bank), Carlos Henrique Corseuil (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada), Veronica Gonzalez (Inter-American Development Bank), Jochen Kluve (Humboldt University Berlin, RWI and IZA), Yuri Soares (Inter-American Development Bank)
				"Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes Among Youth? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rio de Janeiro"
				Pedro S. Martins (Queen Mary, University of London and IZA)
				"Can Targeted, Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Achievement? Evidence from EPIS"
10:50	-	11:10		Coffee/Tea Break
11:10	-	13:10		Session F: Skills in Early Childhood and over the Life Course
				Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
				Stefanie Schurer (University of Sydney and IZA)
				"Evolution of Locus of Control over the Life Course: Evidence from Two British Cohort Studies"
				Joanna Clifton-Sprigg (University of Edinburgh)
				"Best of both Worlds? Early Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Development of Children from Native and Mixed Families"
				Elena Crivellaro (OECD), Enkelejda Havari (Ca Foscari University of Venice), Mario Padula (Ca Foscari University of Venice)
				"The Long-Lasting Effects of Early-Life Cognitive Abilities. Evidence from Europe"
13:10	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30	-	15:50		Session G: Skills, Employers and the Self-Employed
				Chair: Carla Calero (Inter-American Development Bank)
				David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA), David N. Margolis (Paris School of Economics and IZA)
				"How Non-Cognitives Affect Entrance into Self-Employment"
				Stijn Broecke (OECD)
				"Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination in OECD Countries"
15:50	-	16:10		Coffee/Tea Break
16:10	-	17:30		Session H: Skills, Occupational and Employment Status Choice
				Chair: Roberto Patuelli (University of Bologna)
				Miriam Gensowski (University of Copenhagen and IZA)
				"Skills, Occupational Choice and Educational Attainment"
				Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA), Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
				"Risk Attitudes, Informal Employment and Wages: Evidence from a Transition Country"
17:30	-	17:45		Concluding Remarks by Organizers
20:00				Dinner