IZA Workshop: Labor Market Effects of Environmental Policies

Thursday, September 04:

09:00	-	09:15		Registration
09:15	-	09:30		Welcome Olivier Deschenes (IZA Program Director Environment and Employment) Alexander Spermann (IZA Director of Labor Policy Germany)
				Session A: Employment in Green and Non-Green Sectors
09:30	-	10:15		Markus Janser (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Manfred Antoni (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Florian Lehmer (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg)
				"The Hidden Winners of Renewable Energy Promotion. Insights into Sector-Specific Wage Differentials."
10:15	-	11:00		Christopher Timmins (Duke University), Thomas Deleire (Georgetown University and IZA), Paul Eliason (Duke University)
				"Measuring the Employment Impacts of Shale Gas Development"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
				Session B: Environmental Policies and Regulation
11:30	-	12:15		Ulrich Wagner (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Sebastian Petrick (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
				"The Impact of Carbon Trading on Industry: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms"
12:15	-	13:00		Ralf Martin (Imperial College London), Jonathan Colmer (London School of Economics), Mirabelle Muuls (Imperial College London), Ulrich Wagner (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
				"The Causal Effects of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Evidence from French Manufacturing Plants"
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	14:45		Raphaele Calel (University of California, Berkeley), Antoine Dechezlepretre (London School of Economics)
				"Profit or Perish? Estimating the Economic Effects of Cap-and-Trade"
14:45	-	15:30		Wayne Gray (Clark University), Ann Ferris (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Ronald Shadbegian (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
				"Do Renewable Portfolio Standards Affect Manufacturing Activity Through Higher Electricity Prices?"
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee Break
16:00	-	16:45		Ronald Shadbegian (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Ann Ferris (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Glenn Sheriff (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
				"Air Quality Regulations and Manufacturing Employment: Examining the Electricity Price Pathway"
16:45	-	17:30		Kyle C. Meng (Princeton University)
				"Forecasting the Cost to Firms of Climate Policy using Prediction Markets and Lobbying Records"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, September 05:

				Session B: Environmental Policies and Regulation (continues)
09:30	-	10:15		Gianmarco Leon Ciliotta (Pompeu Fabra University), Jonas Hjort (Columbia University and BREAD), Christopher Hansman (Columbia University)
				"Firms' Response and Unintended Health Consequences of Industrial Regulations"
				Session C: Environment and Human Capital
10:15	-	11:00		Alan I. Barreca (Tulane University and IZA), Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA), Melanie Guldi (University of Central Florida)
				"It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Effects of Ambient Temperature on Seasonal Birth Rates"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:15		Anant Nyshadham (University of Southern California), Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan), Namrata Kala (Yale University)
				"The Light and the Heat: Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology"
12:15	-	13:00		Jonathan Colmer (London School of Economics)
				"Agricultural Productivity, Factor Reallocation, and Industrial Production in the Short Run: Evidence from India"
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	14:45		Marshall Burke (University of California, Berkeley), Solomon Hsiang (University of California, Berkeley), Edward Miguel (University of California, Berkeley)
				"The Non-Linear Effects of Temperature on Economic Growth"
14:45	-	15:30		Matthew Gibson (University of California, San Diego), Prashant Bharadwaj (University of California, San Diego), Joshua Graff Zivin (University of California, San Diego), Christopher Neilson (Yale University)
				"Grey Matters"
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee Break
16:00	-	16:45		Nico Pestel (IZA), Michael Cox (IZA), Andreas Lichter (IZA), Eric Sommer (IZA)
				"Performance Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer"
16:45	-	17:15		Closing Remarks