IZA/ECONtribute Human Capital Meeting
ECONtribute and IZA cordially invite to the annual IZA/ECONtribute Human Capital Meeting on March 26th from 9:15am to 4pm. There will be eight presentations of 30 min in 3 sessions. Speakers include Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Lena Janys, Alexander Kempf and many others. In between sessions, there will be lunch and coffee breaks in breakout rooms to allow for social interaction and exchange.
If you want to participate, please send an email to pinger@wiso.uni-koeln.de or isphording@iza.org
Program
09:15 – 09:30 Meet and Greet
09:30 – 11:30 Session 1
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, DICE: Empirical Evidence on Sophistication about Self-Control
Lena Janys, University of Bonn: Abortion and mental health among young women: Endogenous selection and risky choices
Ranveig Falch, MPI Bonn: How Do People Trade Off Resources Between Quick and Slow Learners?
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch Break (in breakout rooms)
12:30 – 14:30 Session 2
Pamela Qendrai, IZA: Work permit regulations and labor market outcomes of non-EU graduates in Germany
Moritz Mendel, University of Bonn: The Option Value of Education: Learning from a validated Life Cycle Model
Rafael Suchy, University of Bonn: Robust Human Capital Investment under Risk and Ambiguity
14:30 – 14:50 Coffee Break (in breakout rooms)
14:50 – 16:10 Session 3
Alexander Kempf, University of Cologne: Finding your calling: Matching skills with jobs in the mutual fund industry
Michael Böhm, University of Bonn: “Since You’re So Rich, You Must Be Really Smart”: Talent, Rent Sharing, and the Finance Wage Premium
IZA/ECONtribute Human Capital Meeting
26.03.2021
09:15 - 16:10
Co-Organizers
IZA Institute of Labor Economics