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IZA, DIW DC, World Bank: German Day on Development 2011

Organizers: Ingrid Hoven (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany), Arup Banerji (World Bank), Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Location:Washington, D.C.
Date:December 05, 2011

Event Manager:

Stephan Kohzer (IZA)

Program

Hosted by Ms. Ingrid Hoven, Executive Director for Germany at the World Bank, and co-organized by DIW DC and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Monday, December 05:

09:45 - 10:00   Welcome by
 
    Ingrid Hoven (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany)
Arup Banerji (World Bank and IZA )
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
 
        Session A: Labor Market Outcomes for Return Migration
  Chair: Sonia Plaza (World Bank)
 
10:00 - 10:40   Janneke Pieters (IZA)
"IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Area Program"
 
10:40 - 11:20   Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
  "Recovering the Counterfactual Wage Distribution with Selective Return Migration"
  Discussant: David Newhouse (World Bank and IZA)
 
11:20 - 12:00   Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "Migration, Self-employment and the Left-Behind in Rural China"
  Discussant: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University)
 
 
12:10 - 14:00   Lunch
 
        Luncheon Keynote Address by
 
    John S. Earle (George Mason University)
  "Foreign Direct Investment and Wages"
 
 
        Session B: Labor and Developing Countries
  Chair: T. H. Gindling (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
 
14:00 - 14:40   Johannes Koettl (World Bank), Michael Weber (World Bank)
  "Does Formal Work Pay? The Role of Labor Taxation and Social Benefit Design in the New Member States"
  Discussant: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
14:40 - 15:20   Quentin Wodon (World Bank)
  "Climate Change and Migration in Yemen"
  Discussant: Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
 
15:20 - 16:00   Janneke Pieters (IZA), Stephan Klasen (University of Goettingen and IZA)
  "Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom"
  Discussant: Elisa Gamberoni (World Bank)
 




List of Participants

Arup Banerji (World Bank and IZA)
Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
John S. Earle (George Mason University and IZA)
Elisa Gamberoni (World Bank)
Tim H. Gindling (University of Maryland, Baltimore County and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Ingrid Hoven (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany)
Johannes Koettl (World Bank and IZA)
David Newhouse (World Bank and IZA)
Janneke Pieters (IZA)
Sonia Plaza (World Bank and IZA)
Quentin Wodon (World Bank and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)