11th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²)

Friday, May 30:

				Participants are welcome to attend the IZA Research Seminar:
10:00	-	11:30		Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University )
				"The Structure of the Permanent Job Wage Premium: Evidence from Europe"
13:30	-	13:50		Registration
13:50	-	14:00		Welcoming Remarks Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA) Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				Session A: Immigrants as Couples and Women’s Choices
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
14:00	-	14:40		Panu Poutvaara (University of Munich), Martin Junge (DEA - Danish Business Research Academy), Martin D. Munk (Aalborg University )
				"International Migration of Couples"
14:40	-	15:20		Delia Furtado (University of Connecticut )
				"Immigrant Inflows and Fertility Decisions of High-Skilled Native-Born Women"
15:20	-	16:00		Agnese Romiti (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Giovanni Peri (University of California, Davis and IZA), Mariacristina Rossi (University of Turin)
				"Immigrants, Household Production and Women's Retirement"
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee/Tea Break and Photo Shoot
				Session B: Migration and the Role of Education
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University )
16:30	-	17:10		Chunbing Xing (Beijing Normal University )
				"Migrate for Education? Primary School Relocation and Migration of Rural Households"
17:10	-	17:50		Martina Viarengo (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva ), Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics), Imran Rasul (University College London), Myra Mohnen (University College London)
				"Nation-Building, Mass Migration and Compulsory Schooling Laws in US States"

Saturday, May 31:

				Session C: Migration, Innovation and the Highly Skilled
				Chair: Peter J. Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara)
09:00	-	09:40		Daniel Wilson (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley and IZA)
				"Taxation, Migration, and Innovation: The Effect of Taxes on the Location of Star Scientists"
09:40	-	10:20		Briggs Depew (Louisiana State University), Todd A. Sorensen (University of California, Riverside and IZA), Peter Norlander (University of California, Los Angeles)
				"Inter-Firm Mobility and Return Migration Patterns for Skilled Guest Workers"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee/Tea Break
11:30	-	12:50		Julian Simon Lecture
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University )
				Francine D. Blau (Cornell University )
				"Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation versus Culture"
12:50	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session D: Political Economy Aspects of Migration
				Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University)
14:00	-	14:40		Alicia Adsera (Princeton University ), John Palmer (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Mariola Pytlikova (KORA - Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research)
				"Border Controls, Benefits, and Rights: How States Shape Migration Patterns in a World of Multiple Origins and Destinations"
14:40	-	15:20		Mehmet S. Tosun (University of Nevada, Reno )
				"Political Economy of Asymmetric Aging, Migration and Fiscal Policy"
15:20	-	16:00		Aysit Tansel (Middle East Technical University ), Ali T. Akarca (University of Illinois at Chicago)
				"Impact of Internal Migration on Political Participation in Turkey"
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee/Tea Break
				Session E: Implications of Cultural Diversity
				Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
16:30	-	17:10		Andreas Kuhn (Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training ), Beatrice Brunner (University of Zurich)
				"Cultural Distance and Attitudes Towards Immigration: Evidence from Swiss Voting Results"
17:10	-	17:50		Duygu Guner (K.U.Leuven), Gokce Uysal (Bahcesehir University and IZA)
				"Culture, Religiosity and Female Labor Supply"
19:00				Conference Dinner

Sunday, June 01:

				Session F: Self-Selection, Network Effects and Economic Outcomes
				Chair: Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University)
09:00	-	09:40		Benjamin Elsner (IZA), Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
				"Let's be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection"
09:40	-	10:20		Steven Stillman (University of Otago ), Isabelle Sin (Motu Economic and Public Policy Research)
				"The Effect of Social Networks on Economic Outcomes: Evidence from Māori Ties to Their Rohe"
10:20	-	11:00		Anna Godoy (Institute for Social Research, Oslo)
				"Local Labor Markets and Earnings of Refugee Immigrants"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee/Tea Break
				Session G: Violence and Migration, Deportations and the Health of Immigrants
				Chair: Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
11:30	-	12:10		Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University, California ), Susan Pozo (Western Michigan University), Thitima Puttitanun (San Diego State University)
				"Immigration Enforcement, Child-Parent Separations and Recidivism by Central American Deportees"
12:10	-	12:50		Shoshana Neuman (Bar-Ilan University ), Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University,Temple University and IZA), Teresa Garcia-Munoz (University of Garanada), Tzahi Neuman (Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia)
				"Micro- and Macro Determinants of Self-Assessed-Health-Status of Immigrants in Europe"
12:50	-	14:15		Concluding Remarks and Farewell Lunch