Microeconometrics Conference

CEMFI, Madrid, 20-21 November 2003

Program

Thursday, 20 November 2003
13.00-14.00          
Lunch
14.00-14.40
Jean-Marc Robin (CREST)

"Wage Distributions and Wage Dynamics in Europe and the US: Lessons From a Simple Job Search Model"
14.40-15.20
Kevin Denny (University College Dublin)

"The Effects of Human Capital on Social Capital: A Cross-Country Analysis"
15.20-15.30
10 minute break
15.30-16.10
Miguel Portela (Tinbergen Institute)

"Measurement Error in Growth Regressions: Re-Evaluating the Role of Education"
16.10-16.50
Pedro Carneiro (University College London)

"Understanding What Instrumental Variables Estimate: Estimating Marginal and Average Returns to Education"
16.50-17.00
10 minute break
17.00-17.40
Maia Guell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

"Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries"
17.40-18.20
Colm Harmon (University College Dublin)

"The Causal Impact of Parental Education Levels on the School Leaving Behaviour of Sons and Daughters"
18.20-18.30
10 minute break
18.30-19.10
Jordi Jaumandreu (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

"Innovation and Jobs: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms"
19.10-19.50
Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez (University of St. Gallen)

"Anchoring Bias and Covariate Nonresponse"
21.30
Dinner at Restaurante "La Ancha", Calle Zorrilla 7, Madrid


Friday, 21 November 2003
9.00-9.40
Hans Bloemen (Free University Amsterdam)

"An Empirical Model of Collective Household Labour Supply with Nonparticipation"
9.40-10.20
Sergi Jiménez-Martín (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

"An Evaluation of the Life-Cycle Effects of Minimum Pensions on Retirment Behavior"
10.20-10.30          
10 minute break
10.30-11.10
Christophe Kolodziejczyk (CAM, Copenhagen, and Deep, Lausanne)

"Progressive Income Taxation and Swiss Married Women's Labour Supply: A Conditional Preferences Life-cycle Consistent Approach"
11.10-11.50
Ernesto Villanueva (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

"The Impact of Interest-Rate Subsidies on Household Long-Term Debt: Evidence from a Large Program"
11.50-12.00
10 minute break
12.00-12.40
Anne Møller Danø (AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark)

"Road Injuries and Long-Run Effects on Disposable Income, Wages, and Employment"
12.40-13.20
Markus Frölich (University of St. Gallen)

"Regional Variation in Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies"
13.30-14.30
Lunch

Management Committee Meeting

Conference venue:  CEMFI, Casado del Alisal 5, 28014 Madrid
                                 Phone: +34 914 290 551, Fax: +34 914 291 056
                                 Area map
Administrator:         Ms Araceli Requerey, MMC@cemfi.es
Local organizer:       Manuel Arellano, arellano@cemfi.es


Participants

Pedro Albarran
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
palbarra@eco.uc3m.es
Christian Andersson
Uppsala University
christian.andersson@nek.uu.se
Manuel Arellano
CEMFI
arellano@cemfi.es
Samuel Bentolila
CEMFI
bentolila@cemfi.es
Hans Bloemen
Free University Amsterdam
hbloemen@feweb.vu.nl
Olympia Bover
Bank of Spain
bover@bde.es
Martin Browning
CAM, University of Copenhagen
Martin.Browning@econ.ku.dk
Pedro Carneiro
University College London
p.carneiro@ucl.ac.uk
Jesus M. Carro
CAM, University of Copenhagen
Jesus.Maria.Carro@econ.ku.dk
Kevin Denny
University College Dublin
kevin.denny@ucd.ie
Juan J. Dolado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
dolado@eco.uc3m.es
Mette Ejrnæs
CAM, University of Copenhagen
Mette.Ejrnes@econ.ku.dk
Markus Frölich
University of St. Gallen
Markus.Froelich@unisg.ch
Jaume García Villar
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
jaume.garcia@upf.edu
Giacomo De Giorgi
University College London
uctpgde@ucl.ac.uk
Maia Guell
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
maia.guell@upf.edu
Colm Harmon
University College Dublin
colm.harmon@ucd.ie
Jordi Jaumandreu
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
jordij@eco.uc3m.es
Sergi Jiménez-Martín
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
sergi.jimenez@upf.edu
Per Johansson
Uppsala University
per.johansson@ifau.uu.se
Tewodros Aragie Kebede
Agricultural University of Norway
iostak@bukk.nlh.no
Christophe Kolodziejczyk
CAM, University of Copenhagen
Christophe.Kolodziejczyk@econ.ku.dk
José M. Labeaga
UNED
jlabeaga@cee.uned.es
Maite Martínez-Granado
CEMFI
mmartine@cemfi.es
Elena Martinez-Sanchis
University College London
elena_m@ifs.org.uk
Ildefonso Méndez
CEMFI
mendez@cemfi.es
Anne Møller Danø
AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark
amd@akf.dk
Connie Nielsen
CAM, University of Copenhagen
Connie.Nielsen@econ.ku.dk
Vincent O' Sullivan
University College Dublin
Vincent.OSullivan@ucd.ie
Miguel Portela
Tinbergen Institute
portela@mail.tinbergen.nl
Jean-Marc Robin
CREST
jean-marc.robin@univ-paris1.fr
Coen Teulings
Tinbergen Institute
teulings@few.eur.nl
Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez
University of St. Gallen
rosalia.vazquez-alvarez@unisg.ch
Ernesto Villanueva
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
ernesto.villanueva@upf.edu
Ian Walker
University of Warwick
i.walker@warwick.ac.uk
Gema Zamarro
CEMFI
gzamarro@cemfi.es