February 18, 2011
University of Mainz Campus / Alte Institutsbibliothek
Jakob-Welder-Weg 4, 55128 Mainz
Workshop Program
(The workshop is public and open to all)
| 9:20 - 9:30 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Keynote Speech | |
| 9:30 - 10:40 | How do Immigrants Spend their Time? The Process of Assimilation Daniel Hamermesh (University of Texas at Austin) and Stephen Trejo |
| Session A: Market Flows | |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Do High-Wage Workers Match with High-Wage Firms? Thorsten Schank (University of Mainz), Martyn Andrews, Leonard Gill and Richard Upward |
| Session B: Migration | |
| 12:40 - 13:20 | Migration Magnet: The Role of Work Experience in Rural-Urban Wage Differentials in Mexico Maren Michaelsen (Ruhr University of Bochum) and John Haisken-DeNew |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | The Distributional Impact of Emigration: The Case of EU Enlargement Benjamin Elsner (Trinity College Dublin) |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Migration Options for Skilled Labor and Optimal Investment in Human Capital Hamed Ghoddusi (Vienna Graduate School of Finance) and Baran Siyahhan |
| Session C: Discrimination, Inequality and Poverty | |
| Competition and Discrimination: A not so Obvious Relationship Clémence Berson (Paris School of Economics) |
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| 15:40 - 16:20 | Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany Martin Biewen (University of Tübingen) and Andos Juhasz |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | Labour Market Policies and Poverty in the US Klaus Wälde (University of Mainz) |
| End of the Workshop | |
| thereafter | Workshop Dinner at Weinstube Templer |
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