Sciences Po/IZA Workshop: Trust, Civic Spirit and Economic Performance

Monday, June 28:

08:45	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:15		Welcome Address Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
09:15				Session 1: History, Trust and Civic Values
09:15	-	10:15		Sascha O. Becker (University of Stirling), Katrin Boeckh (Institute for Eastern European Studies, Regensburg), Christa Hainz (Institute for Economic Research (Ifo)), Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich and IZA)
				"The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Values and Human Interactions 90 Years after the Fall of the Habsburg Empire"
				Discussant: Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)
10:15	-	11:15		Pauline Grosjean (University of San Francisco)
				"A History of Violence: The Culture of Honor as a Determinant of Homicide in the US South"
				Discussant: Luigi Guiso (European University Institute)
11:15	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute), Sandra Polania Reyes (University of Siena)
				" Economic Incentives and Social Preferences"
				Discussant: Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00				Session 2: The Building of Civic Values I
14:00	-	15:00		Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)
				"The Long Term Effect of Education"
				Discussant: Bo Rothstein (University of Gothenburg)
15:00	-	16:00		Marcus Jacob (International University Schloss Reichartshausen), Marcel Tyrell (Zeppelin University)
				"The Legacy of Surveillance: An Explanation for Social Capital Erosion and the Persistent Economic Disparity Between East and West Germany"
				Discussant: Giacomo Corneo (Free University of Berlin)
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30				Session 3: The Building of Civic Values II
16:30	-	17:30		Giacomo Corneo (Free University of Berlin)
				"Nationalism, Cognitive Ability, and Interpersonal Relations"
				Discussant: Martin Ljunge (University of Copenhagen)
17:30	-	18:30		Nathan Nunn (Harvard University), Alberto Alesina (Harvard University), Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
				"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough"
				Discussant: Pauline Grosjean (University of San Francisco)
20:00				Dinner

Tuesday, June 29:

09:00				Session 4: Trust, Civic Value and the Welfare State I
09:00	-	10:00		Martin Ljunge (University of Copenhagen)
				"Sick of the Welfare State? Sticky Stigma and Demand for Social Insurance"
				Discussant: Marcus Jacob (International University Schloss Reichartshausen)
10:00	-	11:00		Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne), Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich and IZA), Beatrix Brugger (University of Lausanne)
				"Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the Roestigraben"
				Discussant: Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles)
11:00	-	11:15		Coffee Break
11:15				Session 5: Trust, Civic Values and the Welfare State II
11:15	-	12:15		Thomas Dohmen (ROA, Maastricht University), Raymond Montizaan (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA), Frank Cörvers (ROA, Maastricht University), Andries de Grip (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA)
				"De-motivating Workers: Retrenchment of Pension Rights and Negative Reciprocity"
				Discussant: Paolo Pinotti (Bank of Italy)
12:15	-	14:00		Lunch and Poster Session
				Paolo Pinotti (Bank of Italy)
				"Trust and Regulation Addressing a Cultural Bias"
				Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA), Lorenzo Cappellari (Universita Cattolica, Milan and IZA)
				"Friends' Networks and Transitions into Employment"
14:00	-	15:00		Bo Rothstein (University of Gothenburg), Marcus Samanni (University of Gothenburg), Jan Teorell ( University of Gothenburg)
				"Quality of Government, Political Power and the Welfare State"
				Discussant: Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne)
15:00				Session 6: Trust and Individual Behavior
15:00	-	16:00		Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles), Jeffrey V. Butler (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)), Luigi Guiso (European University Institute)
				"The Right Amount of Trust"
				Discussant: Yann Algan (Sciences Po, Paris)
16:00	-	16:15		Coffee Break
16:15	-	17:15		Luigi Guiso (European University Institute), Jeffrey V. Butler (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)), Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
				"Trust and Cheating in the Trust Game"
				Discussant: Thomas Dohmen (ROA, Maastricht University)
19:30				Dinner