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First IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists
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Place: Buch/ Ammersee
Date: June 6-9, 2002
Organizers: Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas at Austin and IZA) and Gerard A. Pfann (IZA)
The organizers wish to thank Ronald G. Ehrenberg, President of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) and IZA Research Fellow, for his cooperation in organizing this event.
The IZA/SOLE TransAtlantic Meetings are a joint initiative of IZA and the
Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) to underline the prominent role of
international labor market research in Europe as well as the US.
The
meetings are meant to stimulate international discussion and cooperation
among labor economists. Today's developments in labor market research go
so fast, are so exciting, and mushroom in so many places of this world,
that having joint meetings every half decade does not serve the needs of
our community.
Our idea is to provide an annual forum for economists
worldwide who are involved in labor market research. This forum discusses
many different aspects of problems that modern labor markets currently
face. We thus hope to enhance our knowledge of basic labor market
parameters and to improve our ability to predict the effects of changes in
labor market policies.
The first meeting took place from June 6th till June 8th, 2002 in Ammersee
in the south of Germany. For this year's meeting we certainly have not
been disappointed: 110 papers were submitted of which only
22 could be chosen. (Acceptance rate: 20%). The selection criteria that we
used were quite simple: the best papers and equal division between the two
continents.
The program existed of three afternoon sessions, two morning
and two evening sessions. The morning sessions covered the topics of
"Labor Mobility" and "Labor Supply and International Standards". The
afternoon sessions covered topics on "Wage Differentials, and Technology,"
"Schooling and the Labor Market" and "Reservation Wages and Unemployment
Policy". The evening sessions were single paper presentations on "The
Value of Life" by Orley Ashenfelter from Princeton University,
and on "Support Programs and Program Evaluation", presented by Petra Todd
from the University of Pennsylvania. All papers presenters were offered 45
minutes for their presentation followed by a general discussion from the
floor of at least 15 minutes.
The Second IZA/SOLE TransAtlantic Meeting of Labor Economists will also take place in Ammersee from June 5-8, 2003.
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Final Program 2002
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Thursday, June 6
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Chair: |
Thomas Bauer (IZA) |
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WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, MOBILITY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Winfried Koeniger (IZA)
"Defensive Innovations" |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee |
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16:30 - 17:30 |
Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE and IZA), John M. Abowd (Cornell University, US Census Bureau, CREST, and NBER), Sebastian Roux (CREST-INSEE)
"Wages, job mobility, and firm performance" |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Andrew Clark (CRNS, DELTA)
"Looking for market rents with subjective data" |
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Dinner |
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Gerard A. Pfann (IZA and Maastricht University) |
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THE VALUES OF LIFE |
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| 20:30 - 21:30 |
Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton University and IZA), Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago)
"Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life"
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Friday, June 7
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Chair: |
Gerard Pfann (IZA and Maastricht University) |
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LABOR MOBILITY |
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08:30 - 09:30 |
Lilo Locher (Bonn Graduate School of Economics and IZA)
"Determining the shape of a migration wave"
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09:30 - 10:30 |
Ira Gang (Rutgers University and IZA), Thomas Bauer (IZA), Gil S. Epstein (Bar Ilan University and IZA)
"Herd effects or migration networks: location choices of Mexican immigrants in the US" |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Lars Vilhuber (York University Canada and US Census Bureau), Audra Bowlus (University of Western Ontrario)
"Displaced workers, early leavers, and re-employment wages" |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Wolter Hassink (Utrecht University), Cees Gorter (Free University of Amsterdam), Giovanni Russo (Utrecht University)
"Hiring and Labour Market Tightness" |
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch |
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Chair: |
Winfried Koeniger (IZA) |
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SCHOOLING AND THE LABOR MARKET |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Vincent Hogan (University College Dublin), Ian Walker (University of Warwick)
"Education choices under uncertainty" |
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Robert A. Miller (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Life-cycle fertility and human capital accumulation" |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee |
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16:30 - 17:30 |
Peter Dolton (University of Newcastle), Gerry Makepeace (University of Newcastle)
"Computer literacy, labour market destinations and earnings" |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Coen N. Teulings (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute), Robert A. J. Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
"Education and efficient redistribution" |
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19:00 |
Dinner
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Christoph M. Schmidt (University of Heidelberg and IZA) |
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SCHOOLING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS |
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Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania and IZA), Kenneth I. Wolpin (University of Pennsylvania)
"Using experimental data to validate a dynamic behavioral model of child schooling assessing the impact of a school subsidy program in Mexico"
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Saturday, June 8
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Chair: |
Hielke Buddelmeyer (IZA) |
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LABOR SUPPLY AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS |
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08:30 - 09:30 |
Astrid Kunze (IZA), Mette Ejrnaest (University of Copenhagen)
"Wage dips and drops around first birth"
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09:30 - 10:30 |
Richard Burkhauser (Cornell University), Mary C. Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Andrew J. Houtenville (School of Industrial and Labor Relations), Nigar Nargis (Cornell University)
"Employment of working-age people with disabilities in the 1980s and 1990s" |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Jochen Kluve (University of California, Berkeley and IZA), Almudena Blanco (University of California, Berkeley and Universidad del Pais Vasco Bilbao)
"Why not stay at home? Nest-leaving behavior in Western Europe" |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Robert Flanagan (Standford University)
"Labor Standards and International Competitive Advantage" |
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch |
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Chair: |
Holger Bonin (IZA) |
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RESERVATION WAGES & UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Miles Corak (Statistics Canada, Carleton University and IZA), Wen-Hao Chen (Family and Labour Studies Division and Michigan State University)
"Firms, industries, and unemployment insurance" |
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Michael Lechner (University of St. Gallen and IZA), Michael Gerfin (University of Bern), Heidi Steiger (University of St. Gallen)
"Does subsidized employment get the unemployed back to work?" |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee |
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16:30 - 17:30 |
Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto), Tricia Gladden (University of Missouri-Columbia)
"Wealth, reservation wages, and labor market transitions in the US" |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Peter Mueser (University of Missouri), Carolyn J. Heinrich (University of North Carolina-Chapell Hill), (University of Missouri-Columbia)
"Welfare to temporary work: implications for labor market outcomes" |
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Conference Dinner |
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