17th IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labor Economics

Wednesday, September 02:

19:00				Dinner

Thursday, September 03:

12:00	-	13:00		Lunch
13:15	-	13:30		Welcoming remarks Corrado Giulietti (IZA) Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)
13:30	-	14:30		Joan Monras (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
				"Economic Shocks and Internal Migration"
14:30	-	15:30		Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford), Esther Ann Bølery (University of Oslo), Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe (University of Oslo and CEPR)
				"Globalization: A Woman’s Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap"
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee Break
16:00	-	17:00		Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA), Marta Martinez-Matute (Bank of Spain), Juan Mora-Sanguinetti (Bank of Spain)
				"Employment Protection Legislation and Employment Court Activity in Spain"
17:15	-	18:30		Poster Session A
				Marcelo Bergolo (IECON, Universidad de la República), Guillermo Cruces (CEDLAS-UNLP and IZA)
				"Work Incentives and Welfare Programs. Evidence on Real and Reporting Effects in Uruguay"
				Britta Gehrke (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
				"Fiscal Rules and Unemployment"
				Axel Gottfries (University of Cambridge), Coen Teulings (University of Cambridge, CEPR and IZA)
				"What Does the Data Say About Wage Setting And Job Search?"
				Hedvig Horváth (University College London)
				"Classroom Assignment Policies and Implications for Teacher Value-Added Estimation"
				Grace Lordan (London School of Economics), Jörn-Steffen Pischke (London School of Economics, CEPR and IZA)
				"Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choices"
				Matteo Sandi (University of Sussex), Peter Doulton (University of Sussex)
				"Returning it Returns: Revisiting the Education Evidence"
				Eric Toulemonde (University of Namur and IZA), Jacques-François Thisse (CORE-UC Louvain, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and CEPR)
				"How Monopsonistic and Monopolistic Competition Affects Wage Disparities?"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, September 04:

09:00	-	10:00		Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim, CEPR and IZA), Arash Nekoei (IIES, Stockholm University)
				"Does Extending Unemployment Benefits Improve Job Quality?"
10:00	-	11:00		Robert Shimer (University of Chicago and IZA), Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago), Katarína Borovičková (New York University)
				"Decomposing Duration Dependence in a Stopping-Time Model"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary, University of London and IZA), Felix Koenig (London School of Economics), Alan Manning (London School of Economics)
				"Reservations Wages and the Wage Flexibility Puzzle"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch
13:30	-	14:30		Stefan Staubli (University of Calgary and IZA), Philippe Ruh (University of Zurich)
				"Financial Incentives and Earnings of Disability Insurance Recipients: Evidence from a Notch Design"
14:30	-	15:00		Coffee Break
15:00	-	16:00		Nathaniel Hilger (Brown University)
				"The Great Escape: Intergenerational Mobility since 1940"
16:15	-	18:00		Poster Session B
				Patrick Bennett (Copenhagen Business School), Amine Ouazad (INSEAD)
				"Job Displacement and Crime"
				Georg Graetz (Uppsala University and IZA), Guy Michaels (London School of Economics and CEPR)
				"Robots at Work"
				Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA), Joyce Jacobse (Wesleyan University), Mutlu Yuksel (Dalhousie University and IZA)
				"Why Are Women’s and Men’s Work Lives Converging? Demography, Human Capital Investments, and Lifetime Earnings"
				Marc Piopiunik (Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Markus Nagler (University of Munich), Martin R. West (Harvard Graduate School of Education, CESifo, and NBER)
				"Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness"
				Juanna Schrøter Joensen (University of Chicago and IZA), Helena Skyt Nielsen (Aarhus University)
				"Peer Effects in Math and Science"
				Andreas Steinmayr (University of Munich and IZA), Hans Fricke (Stanford University and University of St. Gallen), Jeffrey Grogger (University of Chicago and IZA)
				"Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
				Semih Tumen (Central Bank of Turkey), Evren Ceritoglu (Central Bank of Turkey), H. Burcu Gurcihan Yunculer (Central Bank of Turkey), Huzeyfe Torun (Central Bank of Turkey)
				"The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Design"
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, September 05:

09:00	-	10:00		Dietmar Harhoff (University of Munich), Stefan Bender (IAB), Matthias Dorner (Max Planck Institute), Tina Hinz (Max Planck Institute), Karin Hoisl (Max Planck Institute and Copenhagen Business School)
				"Social Ties and Quality Signals in the Migration of Knowledge Workers – Lessons from East German Inventor Mobility"
10:00	-	11:00		Giovanni Pica (University of Milan), Giacinta Cestone (Cass Business School), Chiara Fumagalli (Bocconi University), Francis Kramarz (CREST (ENSAE), CEPR and IZA)
				"(Why) Are Internal Labor Markets Active in French Business Groups?"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Giuseppe Bertola (EDHEC Business School)
				"School Choice and Performance: Private Education in France"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch
13:30	-	14:30		Maia Güell (University of Edinburgh and IZA), Giovanni Pica (University of Milan), Michele Pellizzari (University of Geneva, CEPR and IZA), Jose Rodriguez Mora (University of Edinburgh, CESifo and CEPR)
				"Correlating Social Mobility and Economic Outcomes"
14:30	-	15:30		Francesco Fasani (Queen Mary, University of London and IZA), Christian Dustmann (University College London and CEPR), Xin Meng (Australian National University and IZA), Luigi Minale (University College London)
				"Risk Attitudes and Household Migration Decisions"
18:00				Barbecue

Sunday, September 06:

				Departure after Breakfast until 10:00

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