Lacea Labor Market Network
Lugar:
Universidad de los Andes
Fecha: De 21 de Mayo de 2015 hasta 22 de Mayo de 2017
Hora: De 8:00 am hasta 5:00 pm
Thursday, May 21st | |
| 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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, PaperDiscussant: Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes) |
Friday, May 22nd | |
| 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: 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. PaperDiscussant: 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 PaperDiscussant: Rodolfo Stucchi (IADB) |