IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (ESSLE 2006)

Thursday, September 14:

09:00				Session One:
09:00	-	10:00		Francis Kramarz (CREST (ENSAE) and IZA*))
				"Nepotism at Work? Family Networks and Youth Labor Market Entry"
10:00				Session Two:
10:00	-	11:00		Iwan Barankay (University of Pennsylvania and IZA*)), Oriana Bandiera (LSE and CEPR), Imran Rasul (UCL and CEPR)
				"Social Connections and Incentives in the Workplace: Evidence from"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee
11:30				Session Three:
11:30	-	12:30		Michele Pellizzari (University of Geneva and IZA*)), Giacomo De Giorgi (Stanford University), Silvia Redaelli (Università Bocconi)
				"Be as Careful of The Books You Read as of The Company You Keep:"
12:30	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session Four:
14:30	-	15:30		Guy Michaels (London School of Economics and IZA*))
				"The Division of Labor, Coordination, and the Demand for Information"
15:30				Session Five:
15:30	-	16:30		Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University and IZA*)), Matthew Freedman (University of Maryland), John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland and NBER), Julia Lane (National Science Foundation)
				"Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee
17:00				Posters 1:
17:00	-	18:30		Ulrike Malmendier (University of California, Berkeley and IZA*)), Hanh Lee (Stanford University)
				"The Bidder’s Curse"
				Pieter A. Gautier (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and IZA*)), Ronald P. Wolthoff (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute)
				"Simultaneous Search with Heterogeneous Firms and Ex Post Competition"
				Giacomo De Giorgi (University of Geneva*)), Manuela Angelucci (University of Arizona)
				"Indirect Effects of an Aid Program: How Do Liquidity Injections Affect Non-Eligibles'"
				Frederico S. Finan (University of California, Berkeley and IZA*)), Claudio Ferraz (University of California, Berkeley)
				"Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effect of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral"
				Andrea Ichino (European University Institute and IZA*)), Pietro Garibaldi (Università di Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto and CEPR), Francesco Giavazzi (Università Bocconi, MIT, NBER and CEPR), Enrico Rettore (Università degli Studi di Padova)
				"College Cost and Students' Performance: Evidence from Tuition Discontinuities"
				Enisse Kharroubi (Bank of France*))
				"Labor Market Flexibility and Growth"
				M. Daniele Paserman (Boston University and IZA*))
				"Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Field Evidence from"
				Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA*))
				"Has the Family Planning Policy Improved the Quality of the Chinese New Generation?"
				Lori Beaman (Northwestern University*))
				"Refugee Resettlement: The Role of Social Networks and Job Information Flows in the Labor"
				Judith A. Frias (Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS)*))
				"The Role of Labor Unions in Wages: The Case of Mexico"
19:00	-	20:30		Dinner

Friday, September 15:

09:00				Session Six:
09:00	-	10:00		Stephen J. Nickell (Nuffield College, Oxford and IZA*)), Giulia Faggio (LSE)
				"Patterns of Work Across the OECD"
10:00				Session Seven:
10:00	-	11:00		Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA*)), Thomas Dohmen (IZA), David Huffman (IZA)
				"Assortative Mating and Intergenerational Transmission of Trust and Risk Attitudes"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee
11:30				Session Eight:
11:30	-	12:30		Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD and IZA*)), Vicente Cunat (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
				"Globalization and the Provision of Incentives Inside the Firm: The Impact of"
12:30	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30	-	16:30		Policy Roundtable
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee
17:00				Posters 2:
17:00	-	18:30		Pietro Garibaldi (Collegio Carlo Alberto and IZA*))
				"Hiring Freeze and Bankruptcy in Unemployment Dynamics"
				Tuomas Pekkarinen (VATT, Helsinki and IZA*)), Sari Pekkala (Government Institute for Economic Research, Finland), Roope Uusitalo (Labour Institute for Economic Research)
				"Educational Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish"
				David B. Huffman (University of Pittsburgh and IZA*))
				"Incentives and the Allocation of Effort Within the Workday"
				Nils Gottfries (Uppsala University and IZA*)), Mikael Carlsson (Sveriges Riksbank), Stefan Eriksson (Uppsala University)
				"Testing Theories of Job Creation: Does Supply Create Its Own Demand?"
				Alexander Whalley (University of Calgary*)), Jeffrey Smith (University of Michigan, UWO, IFS, NBER, IZA and PSI), Nathaniel Wilcox (University of Houston)
				"Are Program Participants Good Evaluators?"
				Johannes Abeler (University of Oxford and IZA*)), Steffen Altmann (IZA), Sebastian Kube (University of Karlsruhe), Matthias Wibral (IZA)
				"When Equality is Unfair - Social Norms Between and Within Levels of a Hierarchy"
				Charles G. Ackah (University of Nottingham*)), Simon Appleton (University of Nottingham), Oliver Morrissey (University of Nottingham)
				"Who Gained from Trade Liberalisation in Ghana: Unskilled vs. Skilled Households?"
				Germana Giombini (University of Urbino*)), Giorgio Calcagnini (Università di Urbino)
				"How Does Employment Protection Legislation Affect Firm Investment? : The European Case"
19:00	-	20:30		Dinner

Saturday, September 16:

09:00				Session Nine:
09:00	-	10:00		Oliver Hart (Harvard University*)), John Moore (Edinburgh University and LSE)
				"Contracts as Reference Points"
10:00				Session Ten:
10:00	-	11:00		Espen R. Moen (Norwegian Business School (BI)*)), Guido Menzio (University of Pennsylvania)
				"Incomplete Self-Enforcing Labor Contracts"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee
11:30				Session Eleven:
11:30	-	12:30		Benjamin J. Daniel (Harvard University*))
				"Fairness and Efficiency"
12:30	-	14:30		Lunch
14:30				Session Twelve:
14:30	-	15:30		Michael Elsby (University of Edinburgh*)), Ryan Michaels (University of Michigan), Gary Solon (University of Michigan)
				"Reassessing the Ins and Outs of Unemployment Again: Everyone’s a Winner"
15:30				Session Thirteen:
15:30	-	16:30		Dale T. Mortensen (Northwestern University and IZA*)), Éva Nagypál (Northwestern University)
				"More on Unemployment and Vacancy Fluctuations"
16:30	-	17:00		Coffe
17:00				Keynote Address:
17:00	-	18:30		Jean Tirole (IDEI*)), Roland Bénabou (Princeton University and CEPR)
				"Economic Incentives, Self Motivation and Social Pressure"
19:00	-	21:00		Conference Dinner
				Organizers:
				Armin Falk (IZA, University of Bonn and CEPR) Jörn-Steffen Pischke (LSE, IZA and CEPR) Gilles Saint-Paul (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, IZA and CEPR)