Program IFN Stockholm Conference 2008

Updated May 21, 2008

The program is subject to changes.

The presenter is in bold. Each presentation should take 35 minutes, the discussant may use 10 minutes and 5 minutes are devoted to general discussion.

--- Wednesday May 21 ---

19.00

Pre Conference Dinner, Waxholm's Hotel

--- Thursday May 22 ---

08.45–09.00

Registration

09.00–09.10

Welcoming

Session I

Chair: Anna Sjögren

09.10–10.00	Imran Rasul – University College London Family Networks and School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment appendix (co-authors: Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo de Giorgi and Marcos A. Rangel) Discussant: Erik Lindqvist – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
10.00–10.50	Patricia Cortes – University of Chicago Cheap Maids and Nannies: How Low-skilled Immigration is Changing the Labor Supply of High-skilled American Women (co-author: Jose Tessada) Discussant: Alexander Gelber – Harvard University
10.50–11.20	Coffee
11.20–12.10	Kevin Milligan – University of British Columbia Evidence from Maternity Leave Expansions of the Impact of Maternal Care on Early Child Development (co-author: Michael Baker) Discussant: Christopher Ruhm – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
12.10–13.40	Lunch
Session II	Chair: Betsey Stevenson

13.40–14.30	Anna Sjögren – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) Reduced Child Care Fees Bring More Babies (co-authors: Eva Mörk and Helena Svaleryd) Discussant: Imran Rasul – University College London
14.30–15.20	Analía Schlosser – University of Tel Aviv Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children (co-authors: Joshua Angrist and Victor Lavy) Discussant: Libertad Gonzalez – University Pompeu Fabra
15.20–15.50	Coffee
15.50–16.40	Per Pettersson Lidbom – Stockholm University Does Child Spacing Affect Children's Outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish Reform (co-author: Peter Skogman Thoursie Discussant: Patricia Cortes – University of Chicago
16.40–17.30	Libertad González – University Pompeu Fabra The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior (co-author: Berkay Özcan) Discussant: Justin Wolfers – University of Pennsylvania
18.45–22.00	Boat trip with dinner

--- Friday May 23 ---

09.00–09.10	Information
Session III	Chair: Helena Svaleryd
09.10–10.00	Marianne Simonsen – University of Aarhus Non-cognitive Child Outcomes and Universal High Quality Child Care (co-author: Nabanita Datta Gupta) Discussant: Rafael Lelive – University of Lausanne
10.00–10.50	Christopher Ruhm – University of North Carolina, Greensboro Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking (co-authors: Wen-Jui Han and Jane Waldfogel) Discussant: Anders Björklund – SOFI, Stockholm University
10.50–11.20	Coffee – Remember to check out
11.20–12.10	Rafael Lalive – University of Lausanne Estimating the Effect of Maximum Parental Leave Duration on Mothers' Subsequent Labor Market Careers (co-author: Josef Zweimüller) Discussant: Analía Schlosser – University of Tel Aviv
12.10–13.40	Lunch
Session IV	Chair: Eva Mörk
13.40–14.30	Betsey Stevenson – Wharton University of Pennsylvania Women’s Education and Family Behaviour: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility (co-author: Adam Isen) Discussant: Jonas Vlachos – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Stockholm University
14.30–15.20	Lena Edlund – Columbia University Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China’s One-child Policy (co-authors: Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi and Junsen Zhang) Discussant: Yves Zenou – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Stockholm University
15.20–16.20	Coffee and summation of the conference Anders Björklund, Christopher Ruhm and Justin Wolfers

--- Wednesday May 21 ---

--- Thursday May 22 ---

Session I

Chair: Anna Sjögren

Session II

Chair: Betsey Stevenson

--- Friday May 23 ---

Session III

Chair: Helena Svaleryd

Session IV

Chair: Eva Mörk