Third Migrant Ethnicity Meeting

Thursday, March 08:

				Book Discussion: "Immigration Policy and the Labor Market" Klaus F. Zimmermann, Holger Bonin, René Fahr, Holger Hinte
15:30				Opening / Get Together
16:00	-	17:00		Welcome Address by Demetrios Papademetriou (President and Board Member, MPI)
				Presentations: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and University of Bonn) Holger Bonin (IZA)
17:00				Reception

Friday, March 09:

				Third Migrant Ethnicity Meeting
08:45				Chair: Pieter Bevelander (Malmö University and IZA)
09:00	-	10:00		Martin Kahanec (IZA), Amelie Constant (Georgetown University, DIW DC and IZA) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and University of Bonn) “The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide”
10:00	-	11:00		James Hollifield (Southern Methodist University at Dallas and IZA) “Immigration in a Sun Belt City: Immigration and Immigrant Integration in Dallas-Fort Worth”
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Chair: Don J.Chair: Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA)
11:30	-	13:00		Keynote Speech: Solomon Polachek (Binghamton University, New York and IZA) “How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida”
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and University of Bonn)Session:
14:00	-	15:00		Roland J.M. Benabou (Princeton University and IZA) and Jean Tirole (IDEI, Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse) “Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets”
15:00	-	16:00		Alberto Bisin (New York University) and Thierry Verdier (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques) “Bend it Like Beckham. Identity, Socialization, and Assimilation”
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30				Chair: Carmel U. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA)
16:30	-	17:30		Amelie Constant (Georgetown University, DIW DC and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and University of Bonn) and Liliya Gataullina (IZA) “Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work”
17:30	-	18:30		Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA) “The Earnings of American Jewish Men: Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity”
20:00				Dinner at Restaurant Marcel's (by Invitation only)

Saturday, March 10:

				Internal Meeting of the IZA Migration Group
08:30				Chair: Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA)
09:00	-	10:00		Christina Houseworth (University of Illinois at Chicago) “Determinants of Ethnic Intermarriage Among Immigrants to the United States”
10:00	-	11:00		Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA) “Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Immigrants”
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	19:00		Internal Discussion of the Work Plans
20:00				Dinner