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16th IZA & 3rd IZA/CREST Conference: Labor Market Policy Evaluation

Organizers: Marco Caliendo(University of Potsdam and IZA),Bruno Cr�pon(CREST and IZA),泽维尔D 'Haultfoeuille(CREST),Arne Uhlendorff(CREST and IZA),Gerard J. van den Berg(University of Groningen and IZA)
Location: ONLINE
Date: September 30, 2021 - October 01, 2021

Event Manager:

Dominik Spitza(IZA)

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Program

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+++ presentation: 20 minutes +++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++

Thursday, September 30:

14:00 - 14:30 Meet and Greet
Session A: ALMP and Job Search
Chair:Marco Caliendo(University of Potsdam and IZA)
14:30 - 15:00 Sofie Cairo(Copenhagen Business School), Robert Mahlstedt (University of Copenhagen and IZA)
"Screening, Deterrence or Both? Work Requirements and the Labor Market Outcomes of Welfare Recipients"
15:00 - 15:30 Analia Schlosser(Tel Aviv University and IZA), Yannay Shannan (Bar Ilan University)
"Fostering Soft Skills in Active Labor Market Programs: Evidence from a Large-scale RCT"
15:30 - 16:00 Heike Vethaak(University of Leiden), Bas van der Klaauw (VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and CEPR)
"Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search Requirements for Unemployed Workers"
16:00 - 16:15 Break
Keynote
Chair:Arne Uhlendorff(CREST and IZA)
16:15 - 17:30 Patrick Kline(加州大学Berkeley and IZA), Evan K. Rose (University of California, Berkeley), Christopher R. Walters (University of Chicago)
"Systemic Discrimination among Large U.S. Employers"
17:30 - 17:45 Break
Session B: Methods
Chair:泽维尔D 'Haultfoeuille(CREST)
17:45 - 18:15 Michela Bia(LISER), Martin Huber (University of Fribourg), Lukas Laff�rs (Matej Bel University)
"Double Machine Learning for Sample Selection Models"
18:15 - 18:45 Michael C. Knaus(University of St. Gallen and IZA), Phillip Heiler (Aarhus University)
"Effect or Treatment Heterogeneity? Policy Evaluation with Aggregated and Disaggregated Treatments"
18:45 - 19:15 Isaac Opper(RAND Corporation), Matthew Baird (RAND Corporation), John Engberg (RAND Corporation)
"Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects: Evidence from a Job Training Program"
19:15 - 20:00 Get-Together

Friday, October 01:

14:30 - 15:00 Meet and Greet
Session C: Workers and Firms
Chair:Bruno Cr�pon(CREST and IZA)
15:00 - 15:30 Frank Schilbach(MIT), Supreet Kaur (University of California, Berkeley and IZA), Sendhil Mullainathan (University of Chicago and IZA), Suanna Oh (Paris School of Economics)
"Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?"
15:30 - 16:00 Nina Roussille(加州大学Berkeley), Simon J�ger (MIT and IZA), Chris Roth (University of Cologne), Benjamin Schoefer (University of California, Berkeley)
"Worker Beliefs About Rents and Outside Options"
16:00 - 16:30 Pauline Carry(CREST), Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA), Franck Malherbet (CREST (ENSAE) and IZA), Pedro S. Martins (Nova School of Business and Economics and IZA)
"Employment Effects of Restricting Fixed Term Contracts: Theory and Evidence"
16:30 - 16:45 Break
Session D: Policies
Chair:Gerard J. van den Berg(University of Groningen and IZA)
16:45 - 17:15 Jorge Luis Garc�a(Clemson University), Frederik H. Bennhoff (University of Z�rich), Duncan Ermini Leaf (University of Southern California), James J. Heckman (University of Chicago and IZA)
"The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education"
17:15 - 17:45 Nicolas R. Ziebarth(Cornell University and IZA), Johannes Geyer (DIW Berlin)
"Fundamentally Reforming the Public DI System: Evidence from German Notch Cohorts"
17:45 - 18:15 Daphn� Skandalis(University of Copenhagen and IZA), Ioana E. Marinescu (University of Pennsylvania and IZA), Maxim Massenkoff (Naval Postgraduate School)
"Racial Inequality in the U.S. Unemployment Insurance System"
18:15 - 19:00 Get-Together