CEMIR Junior Economist Workshop on Migration Research 2021

Program

• Friday, 10 September 2021

  • 09:45 - 10:00	Welcome & Introduction Yvonne Giesing, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva and Panu Poutvaara
    	Session 1: Migration and Education
    10:00 - 10:45	Brain Drain, Development and Global Inequality: A Generalized Approach CHRISTOPH DEUSTER (Institute for Employment Research Nuremberg), Narcisse Cha'ngom, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado Discussant: Farah Mallah
    10:45 - 11:30	Disentangling the Simultaneity of Education and Migration Decisions FARAH MALLAH (Harvard University) Discussant: Christoph Deuster
    11:30 - 12:00	Break
    12:00 - 13:00	Keynote Lecture: Ethnic Discrimination and Unemployment: Evidence from Online Recruitment DOMINIK HANGARTNER (ETH Zurich)
    13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
    	Session 2: Politics, Policies & Media
    14:00 - 14:45	The Effect of Recent Technological Change on US Immigration Policy BJOERN BREY (University of Nottingham) Discussant: Lorenzo Spadavecchia
    14:45 - 15:30	The Economic Effects of Immigration Restriction Policies: Evidence from the Italian Mass Migration to the U.S.  LORENZO SPADAVECCHIA (Bocconi University), Davide Coluccia Discussant: Sekou Keita
    15:30 - 16:15	The Usual Suspects. Offenders' Origin, Media Reporting and Natives' Attitudes Towards Immigration SEKOU KEITA (Institute for Employment Research Nuremberg), Thomas Renault, Jérôme Valette Discussant: Bjoern Brey
    16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
    	Session 3: Mobility and Residency
    16:45 - 17:30	Cushioning Effect of Immigrant Mobility CEM OZGUZEL (OECD) Discussant: Selina Gangl
    17:30 - 18:15	How Residence Permits Affect the Labor Market Attachment of Foreign Workers: Evidence from a Migration Lottery in Liechtenstein SELINA GANGL (University of Fribourg), Berno Büchel, Martin Huber Discussant: Cem Ozguzel
    19:00	Conference Dinner

• Saturday, 11 September 2021

  • 	Session 4:  Data Presentation
    09:00 - 09:30	Presentation of the Research Data Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees TINA HINZ (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees)
    	Session 5: Location Choices and Migration Decisions
    09:30 - 10:15	From Asylum Seekers to Illegal Migrants: The Intention to Overstay of Afghan Asylum Seekers in Germany MAY KHOURSHED (Max Planck Institute Munich), Romuald Méango Discussant: Joop Adema
    10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
    10:30 - 11:15	Mobile Internet Access and Desire to Migrate JOOP ADEMA (ifo Institute), Cevat Giray Aksoy, Panu Poutvaara Discussant: Mirjam Bächli
    11:15 - 12:00	The Effect of Studying with International Peers on Location Choices MIRJAM BÄCHLI (University of St. Gallen) Discussant: May Kourshed
    12:00 - 12:15	Coffee Break
    	Session 6: Assimilation and Integration
    12:15 - 13:00	Refugees’ Willingness to Invest in Host-Country Specific Skills – Evidence from a Discrete-Choice Experiment in Germany JUDITH SAURER (University of Würzburg), Christina Felfe, Christoph Sajons, Carina Hartmann Discussant: Olle Hammar
    13:00 - 13:45	The Cultural Assimilation of Individualism and Preferences for Redistribution OLLE HAMMAR (Uppsala University) Discussant: Judith Saurer
    13:45	Lunch and End of Conference