Devo, Labor and Pol Econ Autumn Seminars 2007

DEVELOPMENT, LABOR AND POLITICAL ECONOMY AUTUMN SEMINARS 2007
Sponsored by IEP and IGIER

All seminars are held from 12.45 to 2.00 pm in ROOM 44, Via Sarfatti 25 (4th floor), unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday Sept. 12 - Labor
Libertad GONZALEZ (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
"The Effects of Immigration on Employment in Very Open Economies" joint with F. Ortega

Wednesday Sept. 19 - Political Economy
Andrea GALEOTTI (University of Essex)
"Personal Influence : Social Context and Political Competition" joint with A. Mattozzi

Wednesday Sept. 26 - Labor
Guy MICHAELS (LSE)
"The Long Term Consequences of Resource Based Specialization"

Wednesday Oct. 3 - Political Economy
Tommaso NANNICINI (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"Electoral Rules and Politicians' Behavior: A Micro Test" joint with S. Gagliarducci and
P. Naticchioni

Wednesday Oct. 10 - Labor
Andrea ICHINO (University of Bologna)
"Gender Based Taxation and the Allocation of Family Chores" joint with A. Alesina and L. Karabarbounis

Wednesday Oct. 17 - Development
Masayuki KUDAMATSU (IIES, Stockholm University)
"Ethnic Favoritism: Micro Evidence from Guinea"

Wednesday Oct. 24 - Political Economy
Fabrizio ZILIBOTTI (University of Zurich)
"Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt" joint With Z. Song and K. Storesletten

Wednesday Oct. 31 - Political Economy
Daniela IORIO (University of Pennsylvania)
"Electoral Uncertainty and the Stability of Coalition Governments"

Wednesday Nov. 7 - Development
Andrea MORO (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
"Gender Differences in the Labor Market and the Availability of Flexible Jobs"

Wednesday Nov. 14 - Labor
Alessandra FOGLI (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
"Nature or Nurture? Learning and Female Labor Force Dynamics" joint with L. Veldkamp (Stern School of Business, NYU)

Wednesday Nov. 21 - Development
Marta REYNAL (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
"The Causes of Civil War" joint with S. Djankov

Wednesday Nov. 28 - Development***ROOM 25, Via Sarfatti 25
Eliana LA FERRARA (Bocconi University)
"Soap operas and fertility. Evidence from Brazil" joint with A. Chong and S. Duryea

Wednesday Dec. 5 - Political Economy
Francesco BILLARI (Bocconi University)
"Why Kids Today? Evidence on the Old Age Security Motive from the Italian Pension Reform" joint with V. Galasso

Wednesday Dec. 12 - Development
Imran RASUL (UCL)
"How Many is Too Many? New Evidence on Class Size Effects from a Panel of University Students"

MONDAY DEC. 17 - DEVELOPMENT ***OCCASIONAL, TIME: 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM, ROOM: N14, VELODROMO, Piazza Sraffa
Emily OSTER (University of Chicago)
"The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India" joint with R. Jensen
AND
Jesse SHAPIRO (University of Chicago)
"What Drives Media Slant?  Evidence from US Newspapers" joint with
M. Gentzkow

Wednesday Dec. 19 - Labor
Alessandro TAROZZI (Duke University) 
"Using Census and Survey Data to Estimate Poverty and Inequality for Small Areas" joint with A. Deaton