6th Annual Meeting on the Economics of Risky Behaviors (AMERB)

Thursday, May 08:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration Coffee and Tea
09:00	-	09:20		Welcoming Remarks Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA) Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA) Gustavo Javier Canavire Bacarreza (Director for the Center for Research on Economics at Universidad EAFIT and IZA)
				Session A:
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University)
09:20	-	10:00		Robert W. Fairlie (University of California, Santa Cruz), Ariel Kalil (University of Chicago)
				"The Effects of Computers on Cyberbullying, Social Isolation and Other Outcomes among Schoolchildren: Evidence from a Field Experiment"
				Discussant: Benjamin Hansen (University of Oregon)
10:00	-	10:40		Olivier Marie (ROA, Maastricht University), Arnaud Chevalier (Royal Holloway University of London and IZA)
				"Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and the Criminal Activity of the ‘Children of the Wall’"
				Discussant: David Simon (University of Connecticut)
10:40	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session B:
				Chair: Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University)
11:00	-	11:40		Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University), Gwyn Pauley (Johns Hopkins University), Mardge Cohen (Cook County Hospital), Tracey Wilson (State University of New York), Barton Hamilton (Washington University, St. Louis), Robert Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis and IZA)
				"Health, Human Capital and Domestic Violence"
				Discussant: Hyuncheol Bryant Kim (Cornell University)
11:40	-	12:20		Giulia La Mattina (University of South Florida)
				"Civil Conflict, Sex Ratio and Intimate Partner Violence in Rwanda"
				Discussant: Michael Jetter (Universidad EAFIT)
12:20	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session C:
				Chair: Monica Patricia Ospina Londono (Universidad EAFIT)
14:00	-	14:40		Glenn Harrison ( Georgia State University, CEAR), Steffen Andersen (Copenhagen Business School), Morten Lau (Copenhagen Business School), Jimmy Martínez-Correa (Copenhagen Business School)
				"The Preferences and Beliefs of Criminals"
				Discussant: Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne)
14:40	-	15:20		Darwin Cortes (Rosario University), Julieth Santamaría (World Bank), Juan F. Vargas (Rosario University)
				"Income Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Break Down of Ponzi Schemes"
				Discussant: Giulia La Mattina (University of South Florida)
15:20	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Session D:
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
15:40	-	16:20		Peter Siminski (University of Wollongong), Jason M. Lindo (Texas A&M University and IZA), Oleg Yerokhin (University of Wollongong)
				"Breaking the Link Between Legal Access to Alcohol and Motor Vehicle Accidents: Evidence from New South Wales"
				Discussant: Olivier Marie (ROA, Maastricht University)
16:20	-	17:00		Michael French (University of Miami), Gulcin Gumus (Florida Atlantic University and IZA)
				"Fast Times During Spring Breaks: Are Traffic Fatalities Another Consequence?"
				Discussant: Daniel I. Rees (University of Colorado Denver )
17:00				Reception
19:00				Dinner

Friday, May 09:

08:50	-	09:20		Coffee and Tea
				Session E:
				Chair: Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza (Universidad EAFIT)
09:20	-	10:00		Shoshana Neuman (Bar-Ilan University), Tersea Garcia-Munoz (University of Granada), Tzahi Neuman (Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia)
				"Health Risk Factors among the Older European Populations: Personal and Aggregate Country Effects"
				Discussant: Chandler McClellan (National Bureau of Economic Research )
10:00	-	10:40		Robert Kaestner (University of Illinois), Michael Darden (Tulane University), Darius Lakdawalla (University of Southern California)
				"Are Investments in Disease Prevention Complements? The Case of Statins and Health Behaviors"
				Discussant: Carlos Alberto Medina Durango (Central Bank of Colombia )
10:40	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session E: (continued)
				Chair: Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza (Universidad EAFIT)
11:00	-	11:40		Benjamin Hansen (University of Oregon), Glen Waddell (University of Oregon and IZA)
				"Walk Like a Man: Do Juvenile Offenders Respond to Being Tried as an Adult?"
				Discussant: Juan Felipe Mejia (Universidad EAFIT)
				Keynote Address
				Chair: Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University)
11:40	-	12:40		Steven Raphael (University of California, Berkeley)
				"Why Are so Many Americans in Prison"
12:40	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session F:
				Chair: Glenn Harrison ( Georgia State University, CEAR)
14:00	-	14:40		Ben Vollaard (Tilburg University), Martin Salm (Tilburg University and IZA)
				"Learning about Risk in a New Environment"
				Discussant: Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University)
14:40	-	15:20		Hyuncheol Bryant Kim (Cornell University), Beliyou Haile (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)), Taewha Lee (Yonsei University)
				"HIV testing, HIV/AIDS Knowledge, and Sexual Behavior"
				Discussant: Lina Marcela Cardona Sosa (Central Bank of Colombia )
15:20	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Session G:
				Chair: Deborah A. Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne)
15:40	-	16:20		Olga N. Shemyakina (Georgia Tech), Camelia Minoiu (International Monetary Fund)
				"Armed Conflict, Household Victimization and Child Health in Côte d'Ivoire"
				Discussant: Nadia Campaniello (University of Essex)
16:20	-	17:00		Benjamin Lessing (University of Chicago)
				"How to Build a Criminal Empire from Behind Bars: Prison Gangs and Projection of Power"
				Discussant: Olga N. Shemyakina (Georgia Tech)
19:00				Dinner

Saturday, May 10:

08:50	-	09:20		Coffee and Tea
				Session H:
				Chair: Daniel I. Rees (University of Colorado Denver )
09:20	-	10:00		David Simon (University of Connecticut)
				"Does Early Life Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Permanently Harm Childhood Welfare? Evidence from Cigarette Tax Hikes"
				Discussant: Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza (Universidad EAFIT)
10:00	-	10:40		Joshua Graff Zivin (University of California, San Diego), Maria Damon (New York University), Harsha Thirumurthy (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
				"Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Western Kenya"
				Discussant: Volkan Topalli (Georgia State University)
10:40	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session I:
				Chair: Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University)
11:00	-	11:40		Nadia Campaniello (University of Essex), Evelina Gavrilova (University of Torino)
				"Gender in the Crime Market: Arrest and Wage Gaps"
				Discussant: Robert Kaestner (University of Illinois)
11:40	-	12:20		Xi Chen (Yale University)
				"Spatial Identification of Stigma Behavior through Social Networks: Peer Effects on Paid Blood Plasma Donation"
				Discussant: Rodrigo R. Soares (Sao Paulo School of Economics)
12:20	-	13:30		Concluding Remarks Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University, Temple University and IZA) and Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University and IZA ) Farewell Lunch
14:00	-	17:00		City Tour