Thursday, August 21st 2008

09.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. SESSION 1 (Room: AULA 3)
Mark Stabile (University of Toronto and RCEA)
“Does Family Income Affect the Wellbeing of Children? Evidence from the Canadian Child Benefit Expansions”
joint with Ken Milligan (UBC).

10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m SESSION 2 (Room: AULA 3)
Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario and RCEA)
“The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement”
joint with Gordon Dahl (UC-San Diego).

11.30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

12.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. SESSION 3 (Room: AULA 3)
Vincenzo Caponi (Ryerson University and RCEA)
“Illegal Immigrants in the US: Who Are They?”

01.00 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

03.00 p.m. – 04.00 p.m. SESSION 4 (Room: AULA 3)
Daniel Parent (McGill)
“Performance Pay, Wage Flexibility, and Hours Worked?”
joint Thomas Lemieux (UBC and RCEA) and Bentley MacLeod (Columbia).

Friday, August 22nd 2008

09.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. SESSION 5 (Room: AULA 3)
Chiara Binelli (UCL and RCEA)
“Returns to Education and Increasing Wage Inequality in Latin America”

10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m SESSION 6 (Room: AULA 3)
Giovanni Gallipoli (UBC and RCEA)
“Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies: a Quantitative Evaluation”
joint with Gianluca Violante (NYU), and Costas Meghir (UCL).

11.30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

12.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. SESSION 7 (Room: AULA 3)
Claudio Michelacci (CEMFI and RCEA)
"The Effects of Labor Market Conditions on Working Time: the US-EU Experience"

joint with Josep Pijoan-Mas, CEMFI and CEPR

01.00 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK




Location of the Rooms:
AULA 3: Faculty of Economics, Via Anghera' 22, Rimini