Lacea Labor Market Network
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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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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, ![]() Discussant: 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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. ![]() 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 ![]() Discussant: Rodolfo Stucchi (IADB) |