First IZA@DC Young Scholar Program

Monday, October 22:

				Session A: Education
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Soham Sahoo (Indian Statistical Institute), Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute)
				"Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India"
11:00	-	12:00		Xingfei Liu (Concordia University), Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA)
				"Estimating Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Participation: Using a “Natural” Experiment to Validate a Structural Labor Supply Model"
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch Paul Muller and Pia Pinger join the lunch with Joshua Angrist and Francis Vella The other students go for lunch together with Steffen Künn
13:00	-	15:00		Individual Meetings with IZA Research Fellows
15:00	-	16:00		Collective Meeting with Joshua Angrist (MIT and IZA)
				GU Faculty Seminar
16:00	-	18:00		Joshua Angrist (MIT and IZA)
				"Explaining Charter School Effectiveness"

Tuesday, October 23:

				Session B: Job Search
				Chair: Luca Flabbi (Georgetown University and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Annabelle Krause-Pilatus (IZA and IZA), Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University and IZA), Ulf Rinne (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants"
11:00	-	12:00		Paul Muller (VU University Amsterdam), Bas van der Klaauw (VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and IZA), Pieter Gautier (VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and IZA), Michael Rosholm (Aarhus University and IZA), Michael Svarer (Aarhus University and IZA)
				"Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance"
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch Xingfei Liu and Jan Kabatek join the lunch with Jean-Marc Robin and Francis Vella The other students go for lunch together with Steffen Künn
13:00	-	15:00		Individual Meetings with IZA Research Fellows
15:00	-	16:00		Collective Meeting with Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
				GU Faculty Seminar
16:00	-	18:00		Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
				"Matching, Sorting and Wages"

Wednesday, October 24:

				Session C: Evaluation
				Chair: John S. Earle (George Mason University and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Pia Pinger (University of Mannheim and IZA), Gerard van den Berg (University of Mannheim and IZA), Johannes Schoch (University of Mannheim)
				"Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life"
11:00	-	12:00		Kelvin Seah (University of Otago)
				"The Effect of Immigration Shocks on Native Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch Xing Gao and Soham Sahoo join the lunch with Raquel Fernández and Francis Vella The other students go for lunch together with Steffen Künn
13:00	-	15:00		Individual Meetings with IZA Research Fellows
15:00	-	16:00		Collective Meeting with Raquel Fernández (New York University and IZA)
				GU Faculty Seminar
16:00	-	18:00		Raquel Fernández (New York University and IZA)
				"The Disappearing Gender Gap"

Thursday, October 25:

				Session D: Benefits, Taxation
				Chair: James Albrecht (Georgetown University and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Thomas Deckers (University of Bonn and IZA), Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA), Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch (University of Bonn)
				"Nominal or Real? The Impact of Regional Price Levels on Satisfaction with Life"
11:00	-	12:00		Jan Kabátek (Tilburg University), Patricia Apps (Sydney University Law School and IZA), Ray Rees (CES, University of Munich), Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University and Netspar)
				"Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children"
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch Thomas Deckers and Theodore Koutmeridis join the lunch with John C. Ham and Francis Vella The other students go for lunch with Steffen Künn
				Session E: Wages
				Chair: Susan Vroman (Georgetown University and IZA)
13:00	-	14:00		Xiang Gao (Xiamen University), Shihe Fu (Xiamen University)
				"Workplace Social Interaction and Wage Premium"
14:00	-	15:00		Theodore Koutmeridis (University of Warwick)
				"Information, Finance and Wage Inequality"
15:00	-	16:00		Collective Meeting with John C. Ham (University of Maryland and IZA)
				GU Faculty Seminar
16:00	-	18:00		John C. Ham (University of Maryland and IZA)
				"The Role of Cognitive Ability, Personality Traits and Gender in Gift Exchange Outcomes"
19:30				Workshop Dinner at Restaurant "John F's" at "Holiday Inn Georgetown"

Friday, October 26:

				GU Faculty Seminar
10:30	-	12:30		Petra E. Todd (University of Pennsylvania and IZA)
				"How Beliefs about HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors: Evidence from Malawi"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch Annabelle Krause and Kelvin Seah join the lunch with Petra E. Todd and Francis Vella The other students go for lunch with Steffen Künn
13:30	-	14:30		Collective Meeting with Petra E. Todd (University of Pennsylvania and IZA)