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IZA - Conference Program
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IZA Workshop on Gender Convergence: Why Are Women Becoming More Like Men (and Men More Like Women) in the Labor Market?
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Program |
+++ presentation: 40 minutes +++ floor discussion: 20 minutes +++
Friday, April 04:
08:30 |
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09:00 |
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Registration |
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09:00 |
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09:15 |
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Welcome Address
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
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Session A: Gender Convergence and Labor Supply |
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09:15 |
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10:15 |
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Joyce P. Jacobsen (Wesleyan University), Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA), Mutlu Yuksel (Dalhousie University and IZA) |
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"Convergences in Men's and Women's Life Patterns: Lifetime Work, Lifetime Earnings, and Human Capital Investment"
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10:15 |
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11:15 |
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Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University), Victoria Vernon (Empire State College) |
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"Marriage Legislation and Male/Female Convergence in Labor Supply and Time Use"
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11:15 |
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11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
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12:30 |
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Christina Hakanson (Sveriges Riksbank) |
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"Solving the Puzzle - Hours Constraints, Technical Change and Female Labor Supply"
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12:30 |
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14:00 |
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Lunch |
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Session B: Gender and Wage and Earning Gaps |
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14:00 |
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15:00 |
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Solomon Polachek (Binghamton University, New York ), Xu Zhang (State University of New York, Farmingdale), Xing Zhou (Nankai University) |
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"A Biological Basis for the Gender Wage Gap: Fecundity and Age and Educational Hypogamy"
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15:00 |
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16:00 |
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Elena Kotyrlo (Umeaa University), Magnus Wikström (Umea University), Niklas Hanes (Umea University) |
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"Earnings and Employment: Gender and Ethnic Gaps in Families with Pre-school Age Children"
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16:00 |
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16:15 |
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Coffee Break |
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16:15 |
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17:15 |
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Barry Hirsch (Georgia State University ), Julia Manzella (Georgia State University) |
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"Who Cares - and Does It Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work"
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19:30 |
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Dinner |
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Saturday, April 05:
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List of Participants |
James Albrecht (Georgetown University and IZA)
Benjamin Elsner (IZA)
Manuel Fernandez Sierra (University of Oxford)
Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University and IZA)
Christina Hakanson (Sveriges Riksbank)
Barry T. Hirsch (Georgia State University and IZA)
Joyce P. Jacobsen (Wesleyan University)
Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
Elena Kotyrlo (Umeaa University)
Astrid Kunze (Norwegian School of Economics and IZA)
Shelly Lundberg (University of California, Santa Barbara and IZA)
Julia Manzella (Georgia State University)
Viet Ha Nguyen (University of Bonn)
Marco Paccagnella (Bank of Italy)
Daniele Paserman (Boston University and IZA)
Nico Pestel (IZA)
Solomon Polachek (Binghamton University, New York and IZA)
Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Nottingham and IZA)
Susan Vroman (Georgetown University and IZA)
Caroline Wehner (IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn) |
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