Fernando Barrios
21
May
22
May
Activo
Presencial
Lacea Labor Market Network
Facultad de Economía
Facultad de Economía
Thursday, May 21st |
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| Morning sessions Chair: William Maloney (The World Bank- Uniandes) | |
| 9:00 - 9:05 |
Opening remarks. William Maloney (The World Bank - Uniandes) |
| Session-1: | Firm dynamics |
| 9:05 - 9:50 |
Dual Employment Protection Legislation and the Size Distribution of Firms Roman Fossati (University of Bristol), Andres Erosa Paper Discussant: Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA) |
| 9:50 - 10:35 |
Do Entry Regulation and Taxes Hinder Firm Creation and Formalization? Evidence from Brazil Gabriel Ulyssea (PUC Rio), Rudy Rocha, Laysa Rachter Paper Discussant: William Maloney (The World Bank and Universidad de Los Andes) |
| 10:35 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| Session-2: | Exporting |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Preparing to Export Claudio Labanca (UC San Diego), Danielken Molina, Marc-Andreas Muendler Paper Discussant: Juan Felipe Mejía (EAFIT, Medellín) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics: Evidence From 25 years of Brazilian Matched Employer Employee Rafael Dix-Carneiro (Duke University), Brian Kovak Paper Discussant: Juan Miguel Villa Lora (IADB) |
| 12:30 2:00 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon Sessions Chair: Marcela Eslava (Uniandes) | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Keynote Presentation Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA) |
| Session-3: | Employment |
| 3:00 - 3:45 |
Motivations, Monitoring Technologies, and Pay for Performance. Tito Cordella (The World Bank), Antonio Cordella Paper Discussant: Andrés Zambrano (Universidad de Los Andes) |
| 3:45 4:00 |
Coffee break |
| 4:00 4:45 |
Fear of Labor Rigidities: The role of expectations on employment growth in Peru Pablo Lavado (Universidad del Pacífico), Gustavo Yamada Paper Discussant: Carlos Ospino (Universidad de Los Andes) |
| 4:45 5:30 |
Procuring Firm Growth: The Effects of Government Purchases on Firm Dynamics Dimitri Szerman (PUC Rio), Claudio Ferraz, Federico Finan, Paper Discussant: Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes) |
Friday, May 22nd |
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| Chair: Juan Miguel Villa Lora (IADB) | |
| Session-4: | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Competition and the Racial Wage Gap: Testing Becker´s Model of Employer Discrimination Rodrigo Soares (Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV), Guilherme Hirata Paper Discussant: Hugo Ñopo (IADB) |
| 9:45 10:30 |
Parametric Pension Reform and the Intensive Margin of Labor Supply, Evidence from Colombia Dario Maldonado, Darwin Cortés, Giselle Vesga Paper Discussant: Hugo Ñopo (IADB) |
| 10:30 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| Session-5: | Training vouchers |
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Long Term Impacts of Vouchers for Vocational Training: Experimental Evidence for Colombia Arlen Guarin (Banco de la República, Colombia), Orazio Attanasio, Carlos Medina, Costas Meghir Paper Discussant: Sandra García (Universidad de Los Andes, School of Government) |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Training Vouchers and Labor Market Outcomes in Chile Claudia Vazquez (IADB), Rafael Novella, David Kaplan , Gracias Rucci Paper Discussant: Carlos Medina (Banco de la República de Colombia) |
| 12:15 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| Session-6: | |
| 1:30 2:15 |
Knowledge Spillovers of Innovation Policy through Labor Movility : Evidence from de FONTAR Program in Argentina Rodolfo Stucchi (IADB) Victoria Castillo, Lucas Garone, Alessandro Maffioli, Sofia Rojo. Paper Discussant: Jose Tessada (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) |
| 2:15 3:00 |
Motivation or management practices as motors of growth in microfirms: lessons from a randomized experiment in chile Jeanne Lafortune, Julio Riutort, Jose Tessada Paper Discussant: Rodolfo Stucchi (IADB) |
