09:29 |
- |
09:30 |
|
Introduction and Welcome Marco Caliendo (Director of Research, IZA) |
|
09:30 |
|
|
|
Session 1 |
|
Chair:
Marco Caliendo (IZA)
|
|
09:30 |
- |
10:15 |
|
Richard A. Easterlin (University of Southern California), Malgorzata Switek (University of Southern California) |
|
"Growth and Happiness in Latin America: Trends and Fluctuations"
|
|
10:15 |
- |
11:00 |
|
Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick), Stephen Wu (Hamilton College US) |
|
"Well-Being across America: Evidence from a Random Sample of One Million U.S. Citizens"
|
|
11:00 |
- |
11:15 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
11:14 |
|
|
|
Session 2 |
|
Chair:
Richard Layard (London School of Economics)
|
|
11:15 |
- |
12:00 |
|
Erzo F.P. Luttmer (Harvard University), Amy Finkelstein (MIT and NBER), Matthew J. Notowidigdo (MIT) |
|
"Health and Happiness"
|
|
12:00 |
- |
12:45 |
|
Mary C. Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Daniel Wilson (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) |
|
"Happiness, Unhappiness, and Suicide: What Do the Data Reveal?"
|
|
12:45 |
- |
14:00 |
|
Lunch |
|
14:00 |
- |
15:30 |
|
Poster Session |
|
|
|
|
|
Alpaslan Akay (IZA) |
|
"Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? The Day-of-the-Week-Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Steffen Altmann (IZA), Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA) |
|
"Defaults in Social Interaction"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anne C. Gielen (IZA), Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA) |
|
"Unhappiness and Job Finding Rates"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Martin Kahanec (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA) |
|
"EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration: Lessons and Challenges"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Melanie Khamis (IZA) |
|
"Risk Attitudes, Time Preferences and the Incidence of Informality among Workers: Evidence from a Transition Country"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander Muravyev (IZA), Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA) |
|
"How Important are Labor Market Institutions for Labor Market Performance in Transition Countries?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andreas Peichl (IZA), Mathias Dolls (University of Cologne and IZA), Clemens Fuest (University of Oxford and IZA) |
|
"Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: US vs. Europe"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zahra Siddique (IZA) |
|
"Partially Identified Treatment Effects under Imperfect Compliance: The Case of Domestic Violence"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA), Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) |
|
"'With a Little Help from my Friends'. The Effects of Friendship Ties on Unemployment Transitions"
|
|
15:30 |
- |
15:45 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
15:44 |
|
|
|
Session 3 |
|
Chair:
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University)
|
|
15:45 |
- |
16:30 |
|
Alois Stutzer (University of Basel), Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne and IZA) |
|
"Economic Shocks, Labor Market Institutions and Workers' Welfare"
|
|
16:30 |
- |
17:15 |
|
Carol Lee Graham (Brookings Institution) |
|
"Why Societies Stay Stuck in Bad Equilibrium: Insights from Happiness Studies amidst Prosperity and Adversity"
|
|
17:15 |
- |
18:00 |
|
Rafael Di Tella (Harvard Business School) |
|
"Happiness for Central Banks"
|
|
19:30 |
|
|
|
Conference Dinner |
|
08:59 |
|
|
|
Session 4 |
|
Chair:
Eileen Crimmins (University of Southern California)
|
|
09:00 |
- |
09:45 |
|
David G. Blanchflower (Dartmouth College), Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick and IZA), Nicholas A. Christakis (Harvard Medical School) |
|
"Biomarkers, Well-Being, and Income"
|
|
09:45 |
- |
10:30 |
|
Andrew E. Clark (Paris School of Economics), Stephen V. Burks (University of Minnesota, Morris and IZA) |
|
"Preferences over Pay Profiles: Evidence from a High-Quit Industry"
|
|
10:30 |
- |
10:45 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
10:44 |
|
|
|
Session 5 |
|
Chair:
John S. Earle (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
|
|
10:45 |
- |
11:30 |
|
Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania), Betsey Stevenson (University of Pennsylvania) |
|
"Inequality and Subjective Well-Being"
|
|
11:30 |
- |
12:15 |
|
Rainer Winkelmann (University of Zurich), Liliana Winkelmann |
|
"Does Inequality Harm the Middle Class? Evidence From Switzerland"
|
|
12:15 |
- |
13:30 |
|
Lunch |
|
13:29 |
|
|
|
Session 6 |
|
Chair:
Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, George Washington University)
|
|
13:30 |
- |
14:15 |
|
Robert Frank (Cornell University) |
|
"Why Absolute Income and Relative Income Both Matter"
|
|
14:15 |
- |
15:00 |
|
Claudia Senik (University Paris - Sorbonne), Guven Cahit (Deakin University), Holger Stichnoth (Paris School of Economics) |
|
"You can't be happier than your Wife. Inequality of Happiness in Couples and Divorce"
|
|
15:00 |
- |
15:45 |
|
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (IAE Barcelona (CSIC)), Xavier Ramos (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and IZA) |
|
"Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes"
|
|
15:45 |
- |
16:00 |
|
Coffee |
|