IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²)

Friday, June 25:

12:00	-	13:00		Welcoming Address by Klaus F. Zimmermann and Lunch
13:00				Session I: Return/Repeat Migration
				Chair: Barry R. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA)
13:00	-	14:00		Jennifer Hunt (Rutgers University and IZA*))
				"Are Migrants More Skilled than Non-Migrants? Repeat, Return and Same-Employer Migrants"
				Discussant: Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Florence and IZA)
14:00	-	15:00		Augustin de Coulon (King's College London and IZA*)), Matloob Piracha (University of Kent and IZA)
				"Self-Selection and the Performance of Return Migrants: A Source Country Perspective"
				Discussant: Holger Stichnoth (ZEW Mannheim and IZA)
15:00	-	15:30		Coffee / Tea Break
15:30				Session II: Immigrants Geographic Location and Homeownership
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (University of Bonn)
15:30	-	16:30		David A. Jaeger (University of St. Andrews and IZA*))
				"Local Labor Markets, Admission Categories, and Immigrant Location Choice"
				Discussant: René Fahr (University of Paderborn and IZA)
16:30	-	17:30		Sherrie Kossoudji (University of Michigan and IZA*)), Stanley A. Sedo (University of Michigan)
				"Immigrant and Native Asset Accumulation in Home Ownership"
				Discussant: Mariola Pytlikova (CERGE-EI and IZA)
17:30	-	18:00		Coffee / Tea Break
18:00				Session III: Impact on Natives
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (Temple University)
18:00	-	19:00		M. Daniele Paserman (Boston University and IZA*)), Sarit Cohen-Goldner (Bar-Ilan University)
				"The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel"
				Discussant: Magnus Lofstrom (Public Policy Institute of California and IZA)
20:00				Dinner Talk by Rita J. Simon (American University) "Immigration and Crime Across Seven Nations"

Saturday, June 26:

08:15	-	08:45		Coffee / Tea
08:45				Session IV: International Migration, Net Inflows and Trends
				Chair: Barry R. Chiswick (George Washington University and IZA)
08:45	-	09:45		Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University and IZA*))
				"International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of Economic and Non-Economic Determinants"
				Discussant: Alexandru Voicu (CUNY - College of Staten Island and IZA)
09:45	-	10:45		Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex and IZA*))
				"Explaining Trends in UK Immigration"
				Discussant: Stephanie Wei Wang (London School of Economics)
10:45	-	11:15		Coffee / Tea Break
11:15	-	12:15		The Julian Simon Lecture by Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA) "Immigration Policy: Methods of Economic Assessment"
12:15	-	13:15		Lunch
13:15				Session V: Migration and Smuggling
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (Temple University)
13:30	-	14:30		Guido Friebel (Goethe University Frankfurt and IZA*)), Sergei Guriev (Princeton University)
				"Smuggling Humans: A Theory of Debt-Financed Migration"
				Discussant: Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen and IZA)
14:30	-	15:30		Christina Gathmann (LISER and IZA*))
				"The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border"
				Discussant: Sher Verick (ILO International Labour Organization and IZA)
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee / Tea Break
16:00				Session VI: Human Capital and New Frontiers in Surveys
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (University of Bonn)
16:00	-	17:00		Regina T. Riphahn (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IZA*)), Philipp Bauer (University of Basel)
				"Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants"
				Discussant: Holger Bonin (IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and IZA)
17:00	-	18:00		Guillermina Jasso (New York University and IZA*)), Douglas S. Massey (Princeton University), Mark R. Rosenzweig (Harvard University), James P. Smith (RAND and IZA)
				"The U.S New Immigrant Survey: Overview and Preliminary Results Based on the New-Immigrant Cohorts of 1996 and 2003"
				Discussant: Hartmut Esser (University of Mannheim and IZA)
20:00				Dinner