INSIDE-MOVE, NORFACE, CReAM:
VI Workshop on Migration and Labor Economics
Venue: Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC)
Campus UAB – Bellaterra – Barcelona
18-19 October 2012
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Thursday 18 October 2012 |
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09.15-09.30 |
Welcome Address: Ada Ferrer-Carbonell (IAE-CSIC) |
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09.30-11.30 |
Session 1 – Labour Market, Peers and Inmigrant Entrepreneurs |
| Uta Schoenberg (University College London & CReAM) | |
| “Under pressure: The Impact of Peers on Wages” (with Christian Dustmann & Thomas Cornelissen) | |
| Discussant: Ana Rute Cardoso (IAE- CSIC) | |
| Albrecht Glitz (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) | |
| “Coworker Networks in the Labour Market“ | |
| Discussant: Oddbjørn Raaum (Frisch Centre for Economic Research) | |
| Susana Iranzo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) | |
| “Inmigrants and Entrepreneurship: a Road for Talent or Just the Only Road“ | |
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11.30-12.00 |
Coffee Break |
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12.00-13.20 |
Session 2 – Legal System and Migration |
| Jesus Fernandez Huertas Moraga (FEDEA) | |
| “Visa Policies, Networks and the Cliff at the Border” (with Simone Bertoli) | |
| Discussant: Thomas Cornelissen (University College London & CReAM) | |
| Bernt Bratsberg (Frisch Centre for Economic Research) | |
| “Economic Shocks, the Legal Environment and Work Related Migration” (with Jon Erik Dolvik and Oddbjorn Raaum) |
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| Discussant: Francesco Fasani (IAE- CSIC, MOVE & INSIDE) | |
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13.20-14.30 |
Lunch |
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14.30-15.30 |
Invited lecture |
| Christian Dustmann (University College London & CReAM) | |
| Title: “Why Are We Concerned About Immigration?“ | |
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15.30.15.45 |
Coffee Break |
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15.45-17.45 |
Session 3 – Labor Market Impact of Immigrants |
| Sebastian Braun (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) | |
| “Immigration and Structural Change: Evidence from Post-war Germany” (with Michael Kvasnicka) | |
| Discussant: Albrecht Glitz (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) | |
| Jan Stuhler (University College London & CReAM) | |
| “Empirical Evidence on the local labour market impact of immigration” (with Christian Dustmann & Uta Schoenberg) | |
| Discussant: Joan Lull (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & MOVE) | |
| Joan Monras Oliu (Columbia University) | |
| “Low Skilled Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Mexican Tequila Crisis“ | |
| Discussant: Sebastian Braun (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) | |
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Friday 19 October 2012 |
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09.30-11.30 |
Session 4 – Discrimination, Language and Undocumented immigrants |
| Lidia Farré (IAE-CSIC & INSIDE) | |
| “Rental Housing Discrimination and the Persistence of Ethnic Residential Segregation” (with Mariano Bosch and M. Angeles Carnero) | |
| Discussant: Joan Monras Oliu (Columbia University) | |
| Rajesh Ramachandran (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) | |
| “Language use in education and primary schooling attainment: Evidence from a natural experiment in Ethiopia“ | |
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| Francesco Fasani (IAE-CSIC, MOVE & INSIDE) | |
| “The Prospect of Legal status and the Employment Status of Undocumenetd Immigrants” (with Carlo Devillanova & Tommaso Frattini) | |
| Discussant: Bernt Bratsberg (Frisch Centre for Economic Research) | |
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11.30-12.00 |
Coffee Break |
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12.00-13.00 |
Invited lecture |
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| Sara de la Rica (Universidad del País Vasco) | |
| Title: “Immigration in Europe: What Have We Learned from Recent Evidence?” | |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00-15.20 |
Session 5 – Immigration and Education |
| Joan Llull (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & MOVE) | |
| “Immigration, Wages, and Education: a Labor Market Equilibrium Structural Model” | |
| Discussant: Jesus Fernandez Huertas Moraga (FEDEA) | |
| Esther Hauk (IAE- CSIC) | |
| “Immigration and the school system“ (with Facundo Albornoz & Antonio Cabrales) | |
| Discussant: Caterina Calsamiglia (UAB) | |
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15.20-15.40 |
Coffee Break |
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15.40-17.40 |
Session 6 – Parents and Children |
| Núria Rodríguez-Planas (IZA & IAE- CSIC) | |
| “Can’t buy mommy’s love? Universal child-care and children’s long-term cognitive development” (with Christina Felfe & Natalia Nollenberger) | |
| Discussant: Uta Schoenberg (University College London & CReAM) | |
| Anders Björklund (Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI) – Stockholms Universitet | |
| “The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Providing Skills: Evidence from Parental Deaths” (with Jerome Adda and Helena Holmlund) |
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| Discussant: Libertad Gonzalez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) | |
| Thomas Cornelissen (University College London & CReAM) | |
| “Early School Exposure, Test Scores, and Behavioral Outcomes“ (with Christian Dustmann & Claudia Trentini) | |
| Discussant: Núria Rodríguez-Planas (IZA & IAE- CSIC) | |