Fourth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

Thursday, June 30:

15:00				Session I: Family Issues
				Chair: Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA)
15:00	-	15:40		Karen A. Mumford (University of York and IZA*)), Antonia Parera-Nicolau (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
				"Labour Supply and Childcare for British Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach. (Working title)"
15:40	-	16:20		Robert Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis and IZA*))
				"Bargaining Power in Marriage: Earnings, Wage Rates and Household Production"
16:20	-	16:50		Coffee Break
16:50	-	17:30		Betsey Stevenson (*))
				"The Impact of Divorce Laws on Marriage-Specific Capital"
17:30	-	18:10		Bruce D. Meyer (University of Chicago*)), Bradley Heim (Duke University)
				"A Structural Model of Welfare, Taxes, Labor Supply and Program Participation"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, July 01:

08:29				Session II: Inside the Firm
				Chair: John H. Pencavel (Stanford University and IZA)
08:30	-	09:10		Iwan Barankay (University of Pennsylvania and IZA*)), Oriana Bandiera (CEPR and LSE), Imran Rasul (CEPR and UCL)
				"Cooperation in Collective Action"
09:10	-	09:50		Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA*)), Armin Falk (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Sorting, Incentives and Performance"
09:50	-	10:30		Takao Kato (Colgate University and IZA*)), Derek C. Jones (Hamilton College)
				"The Effects of Employee Involvement on Firm Performance: Evidence from an Econometric Case Study"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
10:59				Session III: Social Interactions and Culture
				Chair: Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		Nathalie Greenan (Centre of Employment Studies*)), Emmanuelle Walkowiak (Princeton University)
				"IT, work organisation and social interactions"
11:40	-	12:20		Bruce A. Weinberg (Ohio State University and IZA*))
				"Social Interactions and Endogenous Association"
12:20	-	13:00		Michèle Belot (Cornell University and IZA*)), Sjef Ederveen (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Econ. Policy)
				"Cultural and institutional barriers in migration between OECD countries"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session IV: Wage Structures
				Chair: Karen A. Mumford (University of York and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Solomon Polachek (Binghamton University, New York and IZA*)), Jun (Jeff) Xiang (State University of New York at Binghamton)
				"The Effects of Incomplete Employee Information On Wage: A Cross-Country Analysis"
15:10	-	15:50		Patrick A. Puhani (Leibniz University of Hannover and IZA*)), Blaise Melly (SIAW, University of St. Gallen)
				"Privatization and Changes in Wage and Employment Structures"
15:50	-	16:30		Andrew Leigh (Parliament of Australia and IZA*))
				"Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00				Session V: Discrimination
				Chair: Bruce A. Weinberg (Ohio State University and IZA)
17:00	-	17:40		Aysit Tansel (Middle East Technical University and IZA*)), H. Mehmet Tasci (Middle East Technical University)
				"Determinants of Unemployment Duration for Men and Women in Turkey"
17:40	-	18:20		Mark R. Killingsworth (Rutgers University*))
				"Testing for Racial Discrimination in the Disciplining of Police Officers in a Large U.S. City"
18:20	-	19:00		Erdal Tekin (American University and IZA*)), H. Naci Mocan (University of Colorado at Denver)
				"Ugly Criminals"
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, July 02:

08:30				Session VI: Firms, Employment and Wages
				Chair: Patrick A. Puhani (Leibniz University of Hannover and IZA)
08:30	-	09:10		Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen and IZA*)), Marco Leonardi (University of Milan and IZA), Luca Nunziata (Nuffield College, Oxford and IZA)
				"Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality"
09:10	-	09:50		David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA*)), Junfu Zhang (Public Policy Institute of California), Brandon Wall (Public Policy Institute of California)
				"Employment Dynamics and Business Relocation: New Evidence from the National Establishment Time Series"
09:50	-	10:30		Anja Decressin (U.S. Census Bureau*)), Julia Lane (National Science Foundation), Kristin McCue (U.S. Census Bureau), Martha Stinson (U.S. Census Bureau)
				"Employer-Provider Benefit Plans, Workforce Composition and Firm Outcomes"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
11:00				Session VII: Search and Unemployment
				Chair: Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan and IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		Julián Messina (Universidad de Alicante and IZA*)), Ana Lamo (European Central Bank), Etienne Wasmer (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM))
				"Labor reallocation in imperfect labor markets: The case of Estonia and Poland"
11:40	-	12:20		Christian Holzner (Ifo Institute for Economic Research*))
				"Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation"
12:20	-	13:00		Mauro Sylos-Labini (University of Pisa*)), Manuel Bagüés (S. Anna School of Advanced Studies)
				"Do On-Line Labor Market Intermediaries Matter? The impact of AlmaLaurea on the University-to-Work Transition"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session VIII: Various Topics
				Chair: Nathalie Greenan (Centre of Employment Studies)
14:30	-	15:10		Elena G. F. Stancanelli (Paris School of Economics and IZA*))
				"Evaluating the Impact of the French Tax Credit Programme, “La Prime pour L’Emploi" a Difference in Difference Model"
15:10	-	15:50		Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan and IZA*))
				"Measuring the Effects of Employment Protection on Job Flows: Evidence from Seasonal Cycles"
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
18:30				Conference Dinner

Sunday, July 03:

				Departure after breakfast.