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Conference GLO-Bonn-2025. Program DAY III. (Dec 5 CET) Sessions to access online in Bonn & India, China, Asia, USA-Westcoast, Australia, New Zealand. North-America Job Market Sessions.

  • The full Program of the in-person & online Global GLO-JOPE Conference 2025, December 3-5 Bonn is available. 
  • Here we list DAY III (Dec. 5 CET) for your last minute orientation.
  • Time schedule given below is CET (Berlin). Check Time Zone Converter to orient yourself.
  • To be able to participate, you need to have registered already in the respective Zoom Rooms listed below. Registration Links and instructions to read are provided HERE.

December 5, 2025. All sessions are CET Berlin.

—- 0:30 BREAK
1:00-03:00 CET  = 11:00-13:00 AEDTSydney II“. Australia-New Zealand-US West Coast & else
— Chair: Liwen Guo (University of New South Wales & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Max Tani (UNSW Canberra & GLO) ——— ROOM SYDNEY

  • Maria Laura Di Tommaso (Università di Torino), Silvia Mendolia, Silvia Palmaccio, Giulia Savio (143)
    Is Physical Unattractiveness a Risk Factor for Sexual Violence Perpetration? Evidence from the U.S
  • Husame Doganay, Tony Fang, Xingfei Liu (University of Alberta), Saba Ranjbar, Arthur Sweetman. (47)
    Earnings Assimilation in Canada (2006-2021): A Seemingly Unrelated Regression Approach
  • Michael Windsor (Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre), Astghik Mavisakalyan, Loan Vu, Alan Duncan. (68)
    Breathe In The Air: Institutional Quality, Political Participation and Air Pollution in Transition Countries
  • Zhengwei YAN (Central University of Finance and Economics), Xu Zhang (Central University of Finance and Economics). (127-J)
    The Externalities of Private Tutoring on Students’ Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes: Evidence and Mechanisms

3:00 BREAK

3:30-5:30 CET = 8:00-10:00 am New Delhi “India” ——— ROOM INDIA
— Chair: Kompal Sinha (Macquarie University, JOPE Editor & GLO)

 Zoom Moderator: Leena Bhattacharya (WageIndicator Foundation & GLO)

  • Shobhit Kulshreshtha, Leena Bhattacharya (Tilburg University), Padmaja Ayyagari. Later Sunset, Better Health? GLO Discussion Paper 1648
  • Souvik Banerjee, Preeti Jaiswal (IIT Bombay), Sankar Mukhopadhyay (142-J)
    Motherhood and Labour Market Outcomes: Penalty or Premium?
  • Kompal Sinha (Macquarie University). (48)
    The relationship between socioeconomic status and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: results from the IndiQol Study.

6:00 – 8:00 CET = 13:00 – 15:00 Beijing time IESR (China) Invited Session ——— ROOM CHINA
— Chair: Xue Sen (IESR & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Juno (Xiangyan) Qiu (IESR)

  • Hanming Fang, Jiayin Hu, Miao Yu (Peking University)
    Maternity Leave Extensions and Gender Gaps: Evidence from an Online Job Platform
  • James Kai-sing Kung, Wenbing Wu (University of Melbourne)
    The Rise of the Chinese Clan
  • Yunbo Liu, Zexuan Wang (Minzu University of China), Zesen Zhang, Jue Bai, Xiaoyang Ye
    Occupational Cognition and Employment Choices in Manufacturing: Evidence from the Information Intervention Experiment with Vocational College Students
  • Xiaogang Li, Ze Song (Nankai University), Puyang Sun, Hong Zou
    Stagnation and Differentiation in Growth: Quality Effects of Consumer Goods for Chinese Households

8:30 – 10:30 Three parallel sessions

8:30 – 10:30 FERTILITY in-person Bonn P-S1-3. ——— ROOM 1
 Chair: Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Liwen Guo (University of New South Wales & GLO)

  • Sua Kang (Korea University), Wookun Kim, Kanghyock Koh. (30)
    Childbirth, Baby Bonus, and Maternal Mental Health
  • Vilmundur Torfason, Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland) (69)
    The impact of economic and social factors on fertility in Iceland, 2014-2022
  • Niko Chtouris (Senior Editor Springer Nature)
    Publishing with Springer Nature

GLO-supported book series in Population Economics:
Edumetrics. Measuring Human Capital for the 21st Century
Authors: Claude Diebolt, Nadir Altinok; forthcoming Springer 2026.

8:30 – 10:30 AFRICA I in-person Bonn P-S2-3. ——— ROOM 2
 Chair: Niels-Hugo Blunch (Washington and Lee University & GLO) 
— Zoom Moderator: Leena Bhattacharya (WageIndicator Foundation & GLO)

  • Salamatu Nanna Adam (CERGE-EI). (73)
    Statistics and Stories: Experimental Evidence on HIV Testing in Ghana
  • Adeola Oyenubi, Uma Kollamparambil, Lesego Masenya (University of the Witwatersrand). (93-J)
    Comparative Life Evaluation: A Relative Density Analysis of Native and Migrant Populations
  • Giorgio d’Agostino, Donatella Lanari, Luca Pieroni (University of Perugia) (102)
    Shifting Attitudes: The Impact of COVID-19 on Perceptions towards Immigrants in Africa

8:30 – 10:30 POPULATION ECONOMICS online-only P-S3-3. ——— ROOM 3
 Chair: Shuaizhang Feng (IESR & Jinan University & JOPE Editor, GLO) 
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)

  • Sofya Feygenson (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Jun Hyung Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). (86)
    Unstable Jobs, Delayed Families: A Hidden Markov Model of Life-Course Transitions in South Korea
  • Wenjun Zhao (Hitotsubashi University).(45-J)
    The Role of Collateral in Marriage: How Property Division upon Divorce Affects Household Labor Supply. 
  • Bastien Bernela, Liliane Bonnal, Inès TOURE (Poitiers Economics Laboratory, University of Poitiers), and Ahmed Tritah. (148-J)
    Educational mismatch, spatial mobility, and wage inequality: Evidence from France young graduates
  • Despina Gavresi (University of Luxembourg), Andreas Irmen, Anastasia Litina (70-J)
    Population Aging and the Rise of Populism in Europe

10:30 BREAK

11:00-13:00 Three parallel sessions

11:00-13:00 WELLBEING in-person Bonn P-S1-4. ——— ROOM 1
 Chair: Mehrzad B. Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Liwen Guo (University of New South Wales & GLO)

  • Giulia Briselli (ESCP Business School), Wookun Kim (SMU, CESifo). (29)
    Unintended Consequences of Immigration Reform: Marriage Market, Intra-Household Bargaining, and Well-Being.
  • Mehrzad B. Baktash (University of Trier & GLO). (2)
    Home Alone? Work from Home and Loneliness.
  • Olena Nizalova (University of Kent, VirtYS & GLO)
    GLO’s Young Scholar Monitoring Program (VirtYS)

GLO-supported book series in Population Economics:
Loneliness in Europe. Determinants, Risks and Interventions
Editors: Sylke V. Schnepf, Béatrice d’Hombres, Caterina Mauri; Springer 2024, Open Access

11:00-13:00 AFRICA II in-person Bonn P-S2-4. ——— ROOM 2
 Chair: Kirsten Schüttler, Chief Economist Africa, GIZ & GLO
— Zoom Moderator: Leena Bhattacharya (WageIndicator Foundation and GLO)

  • Niels-Hugo Blunch (Washington and Lee University & GLO) (112-J)
    Stairway to Heaven? Human Capital and Religion in Ghana
  • Christiaan de Swardt (RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research & Ruhr University Bochum), Renate Hartwig.  (17)
    The Marriage Squeeze: Measuring and Explaining Marriage Market Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Luca Buzzanca, Carlo Caporali (Gran Sasso Science Institute) (50-J)
    Drought, Mafia and Slavery: The Nigeria-Italy Case Study

11:00-13:00 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT online-only P-S3-4. ——— ROOM 3
 Chair & Zoom Moderator: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent & GLO)

  • Vijetha Koppa (Zayed University Dubai) (36)
    Does easier access to Alcohol increase Domestic Violence – Evidence from Local Option Elections
  • Pawani Dasgupta (University of Groningen), Maite Laméris, Milena Nikolova. (104) Macroeconomic Conditions during the Impressionable Years and Adult Civic Engagement
  • Yaron Zelekha (Ono Academic College) (9)
    Systemic Bias in Criminal Justice: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments
  • Hai-Anh H. Dang (World Bank), Cuong Viet Nguyen (111)
    Employing data imputation to track poverty and welfare trends over extended time periods: An application to a poorer country

13:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00 – 16:00 Two parallel sessions

14:00 – 16:00 FAMILY in-person Bonn P-S1-5. ——— ROOM 1
 Chair: Eva Dziadula (University of Notre Dame & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)

  • Stefan Schneck (Institut für Mittelstandsforschung)
    The origins of entrepreneurship: How parental role models and socialization shape later entrepreneurial intentions
  • Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Gargi Sarkar (IIT Kanpur), Sarani Saha, Sounak Thakur. (129) Dowries, Debts and Children’s Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India
  • Cynthia Bansak, Eva Dziadula (University of Notre Dame), Madeline Zavodny. (21)
    The Role of Coresident Grandparents in Maternal Employment among Asians in the US.

14:00 – 16:00 CARE in-person Bonn P-S2-5. ——— ROOM 2
— Chair: Olena Nizalova (University of Kent & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Kishan Narayan (Northeastern University & GLO)

  • Andrea Berlanda (Università di Padova), Elisabetta Lodigiani, Lorenzo Rocco (84)
    Immigration and Adult Children’s Care for Elderly Parents: Evidence from Western Europe
  • I Chun Chen (Mahidol University), Ruttiya Bhula-or (56-J)
    Economic Sustainability of Community-Based Long-Term Care for Aging Populations: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis of Labor Market and Financing Challenges in the United States and Thailand
  • Olena Nizalova (University of Kent), Julien Forder
    Revisiting the Economic Case for Social Care Spending: Informal Care

16:00 BREAK

16:30-18:30 Final session Bonn

16:30-18:30 HEALTH III in-person P-S1-6. ——— ROOM 1
— Chair: Holger Strulik (University of Goettingen)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)

  • Josep Amer Mestre, Manuel Serrano-Alarcon (Joint Research Centre) (99-J)
    Unpacking the Current Surge in Sick Leave: Insights from Spanish Administrative Data
  • Siew Ling Yew (Monash University), Jie Zhang. (124)
    Health externalities to labor productivity and optimal policies with endogenous fertility, labor, and longevity
  • Jakob Madsen, Zeresh Errol, Holger Strulik (University of Goettingen). (59-J)
    From Spirits to Crime: Two Centuries of Alcohol and Homicide in the West

18:30 Conference End in Bonn
Optional trips to Christmas Markets in Bonn & Bonn – Bad Godesberg

19:00 – 21:00 GLO JOBMARKET SESSIONS NORTH AMERICA I + II
( 2 parallel sessions in breakout rooms. Note that participants will be able to move between the two sessions once entered the room.)
EASTERN TIME: 13:00–15:00 ——— ROOM AMERICA

Session 5.A: Health Economics — North America
— Chair: Bingxiao Wu (Rutgers University)
— Zoom Moderator: Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Uppsala University & GLO )

1. Ami Adjoh-Baliki (Howard University, ami.adjoh@bison.howard.edu), Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Child Mental Health in Ghana https://amiadjohbaliki.com/

2. Vikrant V Kamble (University of Delaware, vvkamble@udel.edu), The 1973 Oil Embargo and Infant Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Macroeconomic Shockhttps://vikrant-v-kamble.github.io/

3. Zincy Wei (Northwestern University (Kellogg), zixin.wei@kellogg.northwestern.edu), The Economics of Choosing Traditional Medicine: Theory and Evidence from India https://sites.google.com/view/zincy-wei/home

4. Elizabeth Krause (University of Kentucky, elizabeth.krause@uky.edu), The Effect of Immediate Postpartum Contraceptives on Teen Birth Spacing and Infant Health: Evidence from Changes in the Medicaid Payment Structurehttps://sites.google.com/view/elizabethkrause/

5. Arin Shahbazian (Virginia Tech, arin1989@vt.edu), Time to Weight Loss and Subsequent Weight Maintenance: A Survival Analysishttps://arin-shahbazian.github.io/

6. Yu Liu (Tulane University, yliu79@tulane.edu), Higher Education and Adult Health: Evidence from China’s College Entrance Exam Suspensionhttps://kellyyliu.github.io/

Discussants:

  • Tewodros G. Gutema, tewodros.gutema@bison.howard.edu
  • Jesugnon Ezechias Djima, jdjima@uh.edu
  • Md Tahmeed Hossain, tahmeedh@mail.smu.edu
  • Matthew McKetty, mcketty@wisc.edu
  • Anushka Mullick, amullic2@binghamton.edu
  • Shailee Manandhar, shailee.manandhar@rutgers.edu

Session 5.B: Human Capital, Education, and Labor Markets — North America
— Chair: Tyler Ransom (University of Oklahoma & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Uppsala University & GLO)

1. Claire Kim (University of Wisconsin-Madison, ckkim3@wisc.edu), Incentivizing Effort: Conditional Pocket Money and Adolescent Skill Formationhttps://sites.google.com/view/clairekykim

2. Ke Lyu (University of Nevada, Reno, lvke1220@gmail.com), How do minimum wages affect nonemployer businesses in the United States?https://kerrlyu.github.io/

3. Md Wahid Ferdous Ibon (Rutgers University, mfi16@economics.rutgers.edu), The Effect of Parental Job Loss on College Enrollment and Dropout in the UShttps://www.wahidferdousibon.com/

4. Taekyu Eom (University at Buffalo, SUNY, taekyueo@buffalo.edu), Cap-and-Apply: Unintended Consequences of College Application Policy in South Koreahttps://sites.google.com/view/taekyueom

5. Seungmin Yang (Kansas State University, yangsm9597@ksu.edu), More Peers, Less Support?: International Peer Effects in Doctoral Programshttps://sites.google.com/view/mikeyang/home

6. Sudong Hua (Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Fudan University., sudonghua.econ@gmail.com), Limits to Skill-based Countercyclical Adaptation in Business Cycleshttps://sites.google.com/view/sudonghua/

Discussants:

  • Lei Bill Wang, wang.13945@osu.edu
  • Sabarna Mukherjee, sabarnamoU@gmail.com
  • Lele Zhao, lzhao6@tulane.edu
  • Ge Sun, gsun4@nd.edu
  • Zhiyang Feng, zfeng56@wisc.edu
  • Xuchao Gao, xuchaog@smu.edu

21:00 BREAK

21:30 – 23:30 GLO JOBMARKET SESSIONS NORTH AMERICA III + IV
( 2 parallel sessions in breakout rooms. Note that participants will be able to move between the two sessions once entered the room.)
EASTERN TIME: 15:30 – 17:30 ——— ROOM AMERICA

Session 6.A: Labor and Demographic Economics — North America
— Chair:  Fan Wang (Houston & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Uppsala University & GLO)

1. Lei Bill Wang (Ohio State University, wang.13945@osu.edu), Attention vs Choice in Incomplete Welfare Take-up: What Works for WIC?https://sites.google.com/view/leibillwang/home?authuser=0

2. Sabarna Mukherjee (University at Buffalo, sabarnamoU@gmail.com), The Cyclical Behavior of a Firm’s Optimal Market and Referral Hiringhttps://sites.google.com/view/sabarnamukherjee/about

3. Lele Zhao (Tulane University, lzhao6@tulane.edu), Education as Insurance: Property Division and Women’s Educationhttps://lelezhao-econ.github.io/

4. Ge Sun (University of Notre Dame , gsun4@nd.edu ), Expected Fertility, Labor Market Contracts, and the Gender Wage Gaphttps://sybil-sun.github.io

5. Zhiyang Feng (University of Wisconsin Madison, zfeng56@wisc.edu), Where Are You From and What Will You Choose? Career Path and Intergenerational Mobilityhttps://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/zhiyangfeng/home

6. Xuchao Gao (Southern Methodist University, xuchaog@smu.edu), Single by Choice or Rejection? Evidence on Mating Preferences in Chinahttps://xuchaogao.github.io

Discussants:

  • Ami Adjoh-Baliki, ami.adjoh@bison.howard.edu
  • Vikrant V Kamble, vvkamble@udel.edu
  • Zincy Wei, zixin.wei@kellogg.northwestern.edu
  • Elizabeth Krause, elizabeth.krause@uky.edu
  • Arin Shahbazian, arin1989@vt.edu
  • Yu Liu, yliu79@tulane.edu

Session 6.B: Micro-Development Economics — North America
— Chair:  Rafiuddin Najam (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Uppsala University & GLO)

1. Tewodros G. Gutema (Howard University, tewodros.gutema@bison.howard.edu), Conflict, Climate Shocks, and Food Insecurity: Evidence from a Dynamic Event Study Analysis

2. Jesugnon Ezechias Djima (University of Houston, jdjima@uh.edu), Rethinking Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from West Africa Beyond the Co-Residence Sample Biaswww.jesugnonezechiasdjima.com

3. Md Tahmeed Hossain (Southern Methodist University, tahmeedh@mail.smu.edu), Historical Religious Conflict and the Persistence of Communal Divisions: Evidence from Temple Destruction in Medieval Indiahttps://mdtahmeedhossain.github.io/

4. Matthew McKetty (University of Wisconsin – Madison, mcketty@wisc.edu), Sun, Sand, and Services: Tourism and Household Welfare in Jamaicamatthewmcketty.com

5. Anushka Mullick (Binghamton Univerity, amullic2@binghamton.edu), Maternal Working Hours and Children’s Cognitive Outcomes in India: Evidence from Bunching Designshttps://sites.google.com/view/anushkamullick/home

6. Shailee Manandhar (Rutgers University, shailee.manandhar@rutgers.edu), The impact of the 2015 earthquake on internal and international migration in Nepalhttps://sites.google.com/view/shaileemanandhar/home

Discussants:

  • Claire Kim, ckkim3@wisc.edu
  • Ke Lyu, lvke1220@gmail.com
  • Md Wahid Ferdous Ibon, mfi16@economics.rutgers.edu
  • Taekyu Eom, taekyueo@buffalo.edu
  • Seungmin Yang, yangsm9597@ksu.edu
  • Sudong Hua, sudonghua.econ@gmail.com

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Call for Submissions: GLO Annual Online Conference Job Market Sessions (December 5-7, 2024) for North America and China

Planning to enter the job markets in North America or China in this season as a PhD student or postdoc? Why not present your work to advertise for you in special sessions organized during the forthcoming GLO Annual Online Conference ? (You can be currently based anywhere.)

NOTE: Program now available and accessable ONLINE on December 5-7, 2024: 36 job market candidates present their papers in 6 sessions. Register for the event for free here: GLO Annual Online Conference

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its annual online conference, which will be held from December 5-7, 2024. GLO Young Scholars Program invites job market candidates (PhD students or postdocs currently on the market in North America or China) to submit their research for presentation in dedicated job market sessions. This is a valuable opportunity to showcase your work and gain exposure in a supportive and high-profile environment. A special Q&A mentoring session for the selected presenters will take place after the presentations.

Session Focus: The job market sessions will focus on research related to labor, demography, health, or human resources broadly defined. We welcome submissions from candidates in all related disciplines.

Submission Requirements: Proposals must include:

  • A paper or extended abstract of one’s Job Market Paper
  • A CV

Submissions can be made either via link or as an attachment.

Session Regions Preferences: The job market sessions will also be organized by region based on their preferences for the timing of their presentations and the market of potential employers:

  • North America
  • China

Please indicate your session preference in your submission. Presentations will be in English.

Submission Deadline: All submissions must be received by November 15th, 2024. Notification of decision will be sent on November 25th, 2024

Submission Process: Please click on the link below (or scan the QR code below) to submit your information and the required documents. If you have any questions regarding the submission process, feel free to contact Dr. Le Wang, Director of GLO Young Scholars Program.

https://shsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9M2nYtcv7A61t7U

Benefits of Being Selected as a Presenter:

  • Presenters are invited to provide a link to their personal websites which will be featured on the GLO website in the conference program, enhancing their portfolio’s visibility within the global research community.
  • Presenters will have access to a special Q&A mentoring session focused on the job market experience, where committee members and peers share insights and advice.
  • The online format minimizes costs, making participation accessible to candidates with limited financial resources. This encourages a diverse set of institutions to be represented.
  • Gain valuable experience presenting your research in a highly supportive environment, helping you refine your job market pitch and assess the progress of your work.
  • Presenters will be eligible for an invitation to join the prestigious GLO network as a research affiliate, providing further opportunities for collaboration and professional growth.

We look forward to your participation and to supporting the next generation of scholars in labor and related fields. Please complete the following form to submit your information and the required documents. If you have any questions regarding the submission process, feel free to contact Dr. Le Wang, Director of GLO Young Scholars Program.

Organizing Committee:

Le Wang (Chair) Virginia Tech

North America: Chanita Holmes (Virginia Tech), Nazanin Sedaghatkish (Sam Houston State), Fan Wang (Houston), Bingxiao Wu (Rugters)

China: Shihe Fu (Wuhan University), Xincheng Qiu (Peking University), LIqiu Zhao (Renmin University)

Featured image: Unsplash

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ASSA Job Market 2023: Junior researchers on the job market present their work online at the GLO Global Conference 2022

The GLO Global Conference 2022 took place online (and selectively also in-person) around the globe for 24 hours on December 1-3 with a pre-conference event on November 30, 2022. Online participation was free: FULL Program.

The GLO Global Conference 2022 program also announces 4 sessions of ASSA Job Market 2023 candidates presenting their work on December 2 & 3. By providing this opportunity, GLO promotes placement activities of junior researchers.

The ASSA Job Market 2023 program was put together by Le Wang, University of Oklahoma. It is also provided below.

Featured image: Tim-Gouw-Unsplash

Updated December 7, 2022.

Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22.30 – 24.30 CET Berlin time zone

ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket
Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 3).
Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma

ASSA I: Child Outcomes. Chair: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma
Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I

  1. Alessandro Toppeta (UCL, alessandro.toppeta.15@ucl.ac.uk), “Skill Formation with Siblings” Personal Website
  2. Osaretin Olurotimi (University of Wisconsin-Madison, olurotimi@wisc.edu), “The Effect of Conflict on Children’s Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Uganda” Personal Website
  3. Richard Cole Campbell (University of Illinois at Chicago, rcampb25@uic.edu), “Need for Speed: Fiber and Student Achievement” Personal Website
  4. Silvia Griselda (Bocconi University, silvia.griselda@unibocconi.it), “The Gender Gap in Math: What are we Measuring?” Personal Website
  5. Vinitha Rachel Varghese (University of Illinois Chicago, vvargh2@uic.edu), “Impact Of School Consolidation On Enrollment and Achievement: Evidence From India” Personal Website

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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22.30 – 24.30 CET Berlin time zone

ASSA II: Implications of Public Policies. Chair: Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma
Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II

  1. Seunghoon Lee (MIT, shoonlee@mit.edu), “Low-Hanging Fruit: The Benefits and Costs of a Small Food Waste Tax and Implications for Climate Change” Personal Website
  2. Shogher Ohannessian (University of Illinois Chicago, sohann2@uic.edu), “The Effect of the SSI Student Earned Income Exclusion on Education and Labor Supply” Personal Website
  3. Pablo A. Troncoso (University of Georgia, Pablo.Troncoso@uga.edu), “Employment Effect of Means-Tested Program: Evidence from a Pension Reform in Chile” Personal Website
  4. Sarah Deschênes (Northwestern University, sarah.deschenes@northwestern.edu), “Expanding Access to Schooling in Nigeria: Impact on Marital Outcomes” Personal Website
  5. Oscar Galvez-Soriano (University of Houston, ogalvezs@central.uh.edu), “Impact of English instruction on labor market outcomes: The case of Mexico” Personal Website

Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18.30 – 20.30 CET Berlin time zone

ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket
Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 2).
Zoom links will be available early in the conference week.
Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma

ASSA III: Health Economics. Chair: Bingxiao Wu, Rutgers University
Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I

  1. Meiqing Ren (University of Illinois at Chicago, mren8@uic.edu), “Is Health Insurance a Barrier to Women’s Entrepreneurship? Evidence from State Infertility Insurance Mandates in the United States” Personal Website
  2. Miranda Mendiola Valdez (University of Connecticut, miranda.mendiola_valdez@uconn.edu), “Can HIV/AIDS Treatment Hurt Women? Evidence from Malawi” Personal Website
  3. Md Shahadath Hossain (Binghamton University, hossain@binghamton.edu), “Parental Health Shocks and Child Health in Bangladesh” Personal Website
  4. Jaclyn Yap (Fordham University, jyap4@fordham.edu), “The Heterogeneous Effects of Climate-related Disasters on Child Health: Evidence from Indonesia” Personal Website
  5. Malabi Dass (Oklahoma State, malabi.dass@okstate.edu), “The Nexus between Trade, Women labor force participation and Child Health: The Case of Indonesia”, Personal Website
  6. Michelle Escobar Carías (Monash University, m.escobarcarias@gmail.com), “Heat and Economic Preferences” Personal Website

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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18.30 – 20.30 CET Berlin time zone

ASSA IV: Labor and Urban Markets. Chair: Fan Wang, University of Houston
Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II

  1. Minseon Park (University of Wisconsin-Madison, mpark88@wisc.edu), “Location Choice, Commuting, and School Choice” Personal Website
  2. Anjali Chandra (Fordham University, achandra7@fordham.edu), “The Roadblocks to Success: Evidence from India’s Road Construction Program” Personal Website
  3. Heejin Kim (UIUC, heejink2@illinois.edu), “The Effects of a Local Improvement on Housing Markets and Neighborhoods: Evidence from Chicago” Personal Website
  4. Xincheng Qiu (University of Pennsylvania, qiux@sas.upenn.edu), “Vacant Jobs” Personal Website
  5. Jacob Kohlhepp (UCLA, jkohlhepp@ucla.edu), “The Inner Beauty of Firms” Personal Website
  6. Nazanin Sedaghatkish (Virginia Tech, nazanins@vt.edu), “Identification of Loan Effects on Personal Finance: A Case for Small U.S. Entrepreneurs” Personal Website

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Job available: Postdoctoral researcher opportunity at the University of East Anglia (UK)

GLO Fellows Prof. Andrew Jones and Dr. Apostolos Davillas seek to fill a position for a highly skilled postdoctoral researcher with closing date 12 April 2021. See for details below.

We are seeking a highly skilled postdoctoral researcher at Senior Research Associate level to deliver the research objectives defined by the “(In)Consistency of responses to self-assessed health measures and implications for biosocial research” ESRC grant and research project. You will work with Prof. Andrew Jones and Dr. Apostolos Davillas on econometric analysis of longitudinal data.

As a Senior Research Associate, you will be actively involved in all aspects of the project. You will help to build and analyse data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. Ideally, on the conceptualisation side, you will be able also to provide support on appropriate econometric analysis and techniques to be employed, as well as on the interpretation of our findings given the existing literature.

You will have a postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as economics, statistics or relevant quantitative discipline and experience in econometric analysis and techniques. You will also be required to have experience in managing and working with large, multi-purpose social science datasets.

This full-time post is offered on a fixed term basis to 31 October 2022.

Closing date: 12 April 2021.

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Fully funded PhD opportunity in the UK on “Regional inequalities in health”.

The successful candidate will undertake econometric analysis to explore regional inequalities in health in the UK using detailed biomarker data available in a large national representative social science datasets. Contact: GLO Fellow Apostolos Davillas.

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The Institute of Global Economic Problems in Baku/Azerbaijan joins GLO as institutional supporter. Natig Shirinzade becomes GLO Country Lead Azerbaijan

Chairman Natig Shirinzade of the Institute of Global Economic Problems has recently participated at the GLO-EBES 25 conference on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin to present a paper on “Migration and Social Mobility within and between Countries and its Economic Consequences in the Period of Globalization”. GLO is the Global Labor Organization, EBES the Eurasia Business and Economics Society. The full program of the conference is found here.

At the Berlin conference, Chairman Natig Shirinzade and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann discussed intensively collaborations between both organizations. Zimmermann accepted an invitation of Chairman Shirinzade to visit Baku and Azerbaijan soon to discuss research and policy projects. Natig Shirinzade has accepted the position of GLO Country Lead Azerbaijan to represent GLO in this country.

The Institute of Global Economic Problems is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in Baku, Azerbaijan. Its mission is to provide scientists, political figures and society with true and confident information about the global economic processes, the global social problems, including migration problems, and other problems that affect economic sustainability problems. It aims to organize a live platform for discussions, dialogues, for assisting the exchange of opinions and views. The institute is considering a wide range of cooperation and collaboration with European and World think tanks and institutes. It believes that through tight connections of adequate dialogue between the scientists, organizations, countries and continents it will be able to achieve the goal to help society, the people, to overcome the forthcoming waves of globalization, which undoubtedly will influence everyone. With the help of attracted experts from the fields of sociology and economics, the Institute intends to prepare both theoretical and empirical articles on world social and economic problems.

Chairman Natig Shirinzade (right)and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann on May 25, 2018 in Berlin.

www.globin.org

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New Jobs at Gent University on Global Global Governance and Integration Studies

On the suggestion of GLO Fellow Stijn Baert: The is in search of two

Professors of Global Governance and/or Regional Integration Studies

Check here for information and application details:

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