Vilfredo Pareto Doctorate in Economics

University of Turin Collegio Carlo Alberto

VIII Italian Doctoral Workshop in Empirical Economics December 17-18, 2015

Thursday, December 17th

h. 9.00 – 9.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

h. 9.30 – 9.40 Welcome speech: Andrea Gallice – Academic coordinator of the “V. Pareto” Doctorate in Economics,

University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto

h. 9.40 – 10.20 Session 1: Labor Economics I h. 9.40 – 10.20 Jaime Montaña Doncel – University of Turin

Matching heterogeneous skills demand and supply under limited rationality

Discussant: Pietro Garibaldi – University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto

h. 10.20 – 11.40 Session 2: Health Economics

h. 10.20 - 11.00 Gabriel Facchini-Palma – European University Institute

Congestion in the maternity ward: Keep calm and call the surgeon

Discussant: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll – Collegio Carlo Alberto

h. 11.00 - 11.40 Chiara Ardito – University of Turin

To work or not to work? The impact on health of rising pension age

Discussant: Gilberto Turati – University of Turin

h. 11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break

h. 12.00 – 13.00 Keynote speech

Claudio Lucifora – Catholic University of Milan What if your boss is a woman? Work organization, work-life balance and gender

discrimination at the workplace

h.13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

h.14.00 – 16.00 Session 3: Labor Economics II h. 14.00 - 14.40 Bernardo Fanfani – University of Turin

Collective Bargaining and the Evolution of Wage Premia Dispersion in Italy

Discussant: Lia Pacelli – University of Turin

h. 14.40 - 15.20 Clara Welteke – Free University of Berlin

Peer effects in labor supply decisions among mothers with children

Discussant: Maria Laura Di Tommaso – University of Turin and Collegio Carlo

Alberto

h. 15.20 – 15.50 Coffee break

h. 15.50 – 17.10 Session 4: Labor Economics III h. 15.50 – 16.30 Bernhard Schmidpeter – Johannes Kepler University Linz

A New Look on the Earnings Loss of Displaced Workers: The Role of Post-

Displacement Job Quality

Discussant: Roberto Leombruni – University of Turin

h. 16.30 - 17.10 Diogo Britto – University of Bologna

Unemployment Insurance and the Duration of Employment: Evidence from a

Regression Kink Design

Discussant: Fabio Berton – University of Turin

Friday, December 18th

h. 9.00 – 9.30 Welcome Coffee

h. 9.30 – 11.30 Session 5: Political and Crime Economics h. 9.30 - 10.10 Valerio Dotti – University College London

The Political Economy of Immigration and Population Ageing

Discussant: Edoardo Grillo – Collegio Carlo Alberto

h. 10.10 - 10.50 Rocco D’Este – University of Warwick

Breaking the Crystal Meth Economy: The Effects of Over the Counter Medicine

Restrictions on Drug-Related Crime in the United States

Discussant: Giovanni Mastrobuoni – University of Essex

h. 10.50 - 11.30 Marco Le Moglie – University of Turin

Mafia inc.: when godfathers become entrepreneur

Discussant: Nadia Campaniello – University of Essex

h.11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break

h.12.00 – 13.20 Session 6: Industrial Organization h. 12.00 - 12.40 Sara Calligaris – University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Misallocation, Total Factor Productivity and Markups in Italy: Evidence from Firm-

Level Data

Discussant: Davide Vannoni – University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto

h. 12.40 - 13.20 Federico Curci – University Carlos III of Madrid

The taller the better? Agglomeration determinants and urban structure

Discussant: Mario Pagliero – University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto

h.13.20 – 14.30 Lunch

h. 14.30 – 15.50 Session 7: Economics of Education h. 14.30 - 15.10 Luca Facchinello – Stockholm School of Economics

The impact of early grading on academic choices: mechanisms and social

implications

Discussant: Piotr Bialowolski – University of Turin

h. 15.10 – 15.50 Sofoklis Goulas – University of North Carolina

May I be excused? Identification of returns to absences and class peer effect

Discussant: Matteo Migheli – University of Turin

h.15.50 – 16.20 Coffee break h. 16.20 – 17.40 Session 8: Development Economics h. 16.20 - 17.00 Sanghmitra Gautam – University College London

Quantifying Welfare effects in the presence of Externalities: An Ex-Ante Policy

Evaluation of a Sanitation Intervention

Discussant: Marco Guerzoni – University of Turin

h. 17.00 – 17.40 Nicolas Pardo – Humboldt University of Berlin

Do local governments compete in expenditures? Evidence from Colombian

Municipalities

Discussant: Branimir Jovanovic – University of Turin