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First IZA Junior/Senior Labor Symposium

Organizers: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA), Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:July 12, 2016 - July 13, 2016

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann (IZA)


Program

Preliminary Version May 28, 2016

+++ presentation 30 minutes +++ main discussant: 15 minutes +++
senior discussant: 5 minutes
(Jan van Ours on European authors, Daniel S. Hamermesh on non-European-based authors)
+++ floor discussion 10 minutes +++

Tuesday, July 12:

 
08:30 - 08:58   Registration
 
 
08:58 - 09:00   Welcoming Remarks
Daniel S. Hamermesh
(Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
09:00 - 10:00   Etienne Lalé (University of Bristol and IZA), Daniel Borowczyk-Martins (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
  "The Rise of Part-time Employment"
  Discussant: Eliza Forsythe (University of Illinois)
  Discussant: Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA)
 
10:00 - 11:00   Michael Johannes Böhm (University of Bonn and IZA), Christian Siegel (University of Exeter)
  "The Race between the Supply and Demand for Experience"
  Discussant: Hyuncheol Bryant Kim (Cornell University)
  Discussant: Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA)
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
11:30 - 12:30   Russell Weinstein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  "Local Labor Markets and Human Capital Investments"
  Discussant: Øystein Hernaes (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
  Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
12:30 - 13:30   Lunch
 
 
13:30 - 14:30   Extra Presentation
 
 
    Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
  "How the Economics Profession Works"
 
 
14:30 - 15:30   Nikki Shure (University College London)
  "School Hours and Female Labor Supply: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Germany"
  Discussant: Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University)
  Discussant: Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA)
 
15:30 - 16:30   Olga Malkova (University of Kentucky)
  "The Effect of Pension Tax Reductions on Labor Supply"
  Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
16:30 - 17:00   Coffee Break
 
 
17:00 - 18:00   Hyuncheol Bryant Kim (Cornell University), Seonghoon Kim (Singapore Management University), Thomas T. Kim (Yonsei University)
  "Hiring via Internship and Motivating via Salary: Measuring the Selection and Incentive Effects of Career and Financial Incentives "
  Discussant: Etienne Lalé (University of Bristol and IZA)
  Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
19:00       Dinner
 
 

Wednesday, July 13:

 
09:00 - 10:00   Øystein Hernaes (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
  "Distributional Effects of Conditionality in Welfare Assistance Policy – an Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects Analysis"
  Discussant: Olga Malkova (University of Kentucky)
  Discussant: Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA)
 
10:00 - 11:00   Eliza Forsythe (University of Illinois)
  "Downward Occupational Mobility within Firms"
  Discussant: Nikki Shure (University College London)
  Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
11:00 - 11:15   Coffee Break
 
 
11:15 - 12:15   Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University), Seth Gershenson (American University), Kyungmin Kang (Johns Hopkins University)
  "Do Teacher Expectations Matter?"
  Discussant: Michael Johannes Böhm (University of Bonn and IZA)
  Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh (Royal Holloway and IZA)
 
 
12:15 - 13:15   Lunch
 
 
13:30       Optional trip to Cologne Cathedral and others