Sixth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

Thursday, June 21:

13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
15:00				Session I: Demand, Supply and Wages
				Chair: Michael L. Bognanno (Temple University and IZA)
15:00	-	15:40		Jeff Frank (University of London*)), Alison L. Booth (Australian National University, University of Essex and IZA)
				"Marriage, Partnership, Cohabitation and Sexual Orientation: What Males Gain a Wage Premium?"
15:40	-	16:20		Alessandra Fogli (New York University*)), Laura Veldkamp (New York University)
				"Nature or Nurture? Learning and Female Labor Force Dynamics"
16:20	-	16:50		Coffee Break
16:50	-	17:30		Francesca Mazzolari (Centro Studi Confindustria*)), Giuseppe Ragusa (University of California Irvine)
				"Spillovers from High-Skill Consumption to Low-Skill Labor Markets"
17:30	-	18:10		Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam and IZA*))
				"A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings equation? Taking stock"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, June 22:

09:00				Session II: Experiments
				Chair: Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Luxembourg and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Wendelin Schnedler (University of Paderborn and IZA*)), Radovan Vadovic (ITAM, Mexico City)
				"Guilt-averse agents and the costs of control"
09:40	-	10:20		Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn*)), Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA), David Huffman (IZA), Uwe Sunde (IZA)
				"Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?"
10:20	-	11:00		Doris Weichselbaumer (University of Linz and IZA*)), Christiane Schwieren (University of Heidelberg)
				"Behavioural effects of competition: The case of cheating"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Session III: Education
				Chair: Paul Chen (Australian National University)
11:30	-	12:10		Analia Schlosser (Tel Aviv University and IZA*)), Victor Lavy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
				"Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School"
12:10	-	12:50		Robert W. Fairlie (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA*)), Daniel O. Beltran (University of California, Santa Cruz), Kuntal K. Das (University of California, Santa Cruz)
				"Are Computers Good for Children? The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session IV: Labor Markets and Work Flows
				Chair: Francesca Mazzolari (Centro Studi Confindustria)
14:30	-	15:10		Michael Elsby (University of Edinburgh*)), Ryan Michaels (University of Michigan), Gary Solon (University of Michigan & NBER)
				"The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment"
15:10	-	15:50		Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Luxembourg and IZA*))
				"Job Loss and Labor Market Transitions of Older Workers"
15:50	-	16:30		James B. Rebitzer (Boston University and IZA*)), Randall Cebul (Case Western Reserve University), Ray Herschman (WebMD), Lowell J. Taylor (Carnegie Mellon University), Mark Votruba (Case Western Reserve University)
				"Employer-Based Insurance Markets and Investments in Health"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00				Session V: Social Programs
				Chair: Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn)
17:00	-	17:40		Randall K. Q. Akee (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA*)), Michael Levin (US Census Bureau)
				"Errors in Earnings Reporting: The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility"
17:40	-	18:20		Chris Riddell (University of Waterloo*)), Peter Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
				"The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991"
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, June 23:

09:00				Session VI: Mobility and Search
				Chair: Doris Weichselbaumer (University of Linz and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Julien Guitard (CREST-INSEE*)), Pierre Cahuc (Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, CEPR and IZA), Bruno Crepon (CREST-INSEE and IZA), Marc Gurgand (PSE)
				"Equilibrium Effects of Counseling"
09:40	-	10:20		Catia Batista (Nova School of Business and Economics and IZA*)), Aitor Lacuesta (Bank of Spain), Pedro C. Vicente (University of Oxford)
				"Brain Drain and Brain Gain: Micro Evidence from an African Success Story"
10:20	-	11:00		Adalbert Mayer (Texas A&M University*)), Steven L. Puller (Texas A&M University)
				"The Old Boy (and Girl) Network: Social Network Formation on University Campuses"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Session VII: Family and Society
				Chair: Robert Willis (University of Michigan)
11:30	-	12:10		Paola Giuliano (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA*)), Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)
				"The Power of the Family"
12:10	-	12:50		Gordon B. Dahl (University of California, San Diego and IZA*)), Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
				"Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?"
13:00	-	14:30		Lunch
14:25				Session VIII: Internal Labor Markets
				Chair: Randall K. Q. Akee (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
14:30	-	15:10		Paul Chen (Australian National University*))
				"Reciprocity at the Workplace: Do Fair Wages Lead to Higher Effort, Productivity and Profitability?"
15:10	-	15:50		Robert Mohr (University of New Hampshire*)), Cindy Zoghi (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
				"The Distribution of Decision Rights within the Workplace: Evidence from Australian, Canadian, and UK Establishments"
15:50	-	16:20		Coffee Break
16:20	-	17:00		Iftikhar Hussain (London School of Economics*))
				"Does Naming and Shaming in the Public Sector Work? Evidence From a Tough School Accountability Regime"
17:00	-	17:40		Michael L. Bognanno (Temple University and IZA*)), Christian Belzil (CNRS, GATE and IZA)
				"Promotion Signals"
19:00				Dinner

Sunday, June 24:

				Departure after breakfast