9th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²)

Sunday, June 03:

08:45	-	09:00		Registration and Coffee/Tea
09:00	-	09:15		Welcoming Remarks Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
				Session A: Immigrant Integration and Labor Market Performance
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
09:15	-	10:00		Hans Bloemen (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
				"Language Proficiency of Migrants: The Relation with Job Satisfaction and Matching"
10:00	-	10:45		Laura Pagani (University of Milan Bicocca), Carlo Dell'Aringa (Catholic University of Milan), Claudio Lucifora (Catholic University of Milan and IZA)
				"A “Glass-Ceiling” Effect for Immigrants in the Italian Labour Market?"
10:45	-	11:15		Coffee/Tea Break
				The Julian Simon Lecture
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
11:15	-	12:35		Guillermina Jasso (New York University and IZA)
				"Studying Immigrant Self-Selection"
12:35	-	14:00		Lunch and Photo Shoot
				Session B: Who is Returning and Who is an Inventor?
				Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
14:00	-	14:45		Meghna Sabharwal (University of Texas at Dallas), Roli Varma (University of New Mexico)
				"Why One Leaves? Return Migration of Academic Scientists and Engineers from the United States to India."
14:45	-	15:30		Max Nathan (London School of Economics)
				"Same Difference? Ethnic Inventors, Diversity and Innovation in the UK"
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee/Tea Break
				Session C: Attitudes and Trust: It Takes Two to Tango
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
16:00	-	16:45		Verena Dill (University of Trier)
				"Ethnic Concentration and Right-Wing Voting Behavior in Germany"
16:45	-	17:30		Martin Ljunge (University of Copenhagen)
				"Trust Issues: Evidence from Second Generation Immigrants"
19:30	-	22:00		Dinner Garden Party at the Director's Klaus F. Zimmermann's and Astrid Zimmermann-Trapp's House

Monday, June 04:

09:00	-	09:15		Coffee/Tea
				Session D: Migration Policies and Their Success
				Chair: Ulf Rinne (IZA)
09:15	-	10:00		Giovanni Facchini (Erasmus University Rotterdam and IZA), Alessandra Casarico (Bocconi University), Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan and IZA)
				"Spending More Is Spending Less: Policy Dilemmas on Irregular Migration"
10:00	-	10:45		Pierre M. Picard (University of Luxembourg and IZA), Tim Worrall (University of Manchester)
				"Sustainable Migration Policies"
10:45	-	11:15		Coffee/Tea Break
				Special Lecture
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
11:15	-	12:35		Oded Galor (Brown University and IZA), Quamrul Ashraf (Williams College)
				"The 'Out of Africa Hypothesis', Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development"
12:35	-	13:45		Lunch
				Session E: Educational Considerations
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)
13:45	-	14:30		Massimiliano Tani (Macquarie University, Sydney and IZA)
				"Does Immigration Policy Affect the Education-Occupation Mismatch? Evidence from Australia"
14:30	-	15:15		Stefan C. Wolter (University of Bern and IZA), Maria Cattaneo (Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education)
				"Migration Policy Can Boost PISA Results – Findings from a Natural Experiment"
15:15	-	15:20		Concluding Remarks Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA)