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2nd IZA Junior/Senior Symposium

Organizers: Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA),Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
Location: University of Texas, Austin, USA
Date: May 01, 2017 - May 02, 2017

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann(IZA)


Program

Preliminary Version, April 6, 2017


+++ presentation: 30 minutes +++ main discussant: 15 minutes +++
+++ senior discussant: 5 minutes +++
(Pierre Cahuc, European- and Middle Eastern-based authors;
Daniel Hamermesh, North American-based authors)

+++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++

Monday, May 01:

08:58 - 09:00 Welcoming Remarks
Daniel S. Hamermesh
(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
09:00 - 10:00 Tommaso Colussi(IZA), Ingo E. Isphording (IZA), Nico Pestel (IZA)
"Minority Salience and Political Extremism"
Discussant:Joniada Milla(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Discussant:Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
10:00 - 11:00 Serena Canaan(American University of Beirut)
"Parental Leave, Intra-household Specialization and Children's Well-being"
Discussant:Xi Chen(Yale University and IZA)
Discussant:Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Tyler Ransom(Duke University)
"Understanding Migration Aversion Using Elicited Expectations and Counterfactuals"
Discussant:Pavel Jelnov(Leibniz University of Hannover)
Discussant:Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Extra Presentation
Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
"How the Economics Profession Works"
14:30 - 15:30 Dan Zeltzer(Tel Aviv University)
"Gender Homophily in Referral Networks: Consequences for the Medicare Physician Pay Gap"
Discussant:Michael Suher(New York University)
Discussant:Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
15:30 - 16:30 Xi Chen(Yale University and IZA)
"Investment in the Womb: Identifying Gender Discrimination through the Lens of Prenatal Ultrasound Scans"
Discussant:Tommaso Colussi(IZA)
Discussant:Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Patrick Button(Tulane University), Philip Armour (RAND Corporation), Simon Hollands (Pardee-RAND Graduate School)
"A Comprehensive Analysis of the Effects of US Disability Discrimination Laws on the Employment of the Disabled Population"
Discussant:Tugba Zeydanli(Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg)
Discussant:Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
19:30 晚餐在餐馆�·方达San Miguel�2330 W。North Loop, Austin

Tuesday, May 02:

08:45 - 09:45 Pavel Jelnov(Leibniz University of Hannover)
"Economics of the Time Zone: Let there Be Light"
Discussant:Patrick Button(Tulane University)
Discussant:Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
09:45 - 10:45 Joniada Milla(Wilfrid Laurier University)
"Teacher Incentives and Sorting: Performance Pay Incentives in Secondary Education"
Discussant:Dan Zeltzer(Tel Aviv University)
Discussant:Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 Tugba Zeydanli(Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg), Kerim Keskin (ADA University)
"Tunnel Effect versus Loss Aversion: Evidence from the Workplace"
Discussant:Tyler Ransom(Duke University)
Discussant:Pierre Cahuc(CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Michael Suher(New York University), Jorge Perez (Brown University)
"The Efficacy of Hiring Credits in Distressed Areas"
Discussant:Serena Canaan(American University of Beirut)
Discussant:Daniel S. Hamermesh(Royal Holloway, University of London and IZA)
14:15 Social Event