The papers and extended abstracts presented at the 15th Annual Labour Econometrics Workshop held at the University of Wollongong on 10-11 August 2012 are available below.

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Schedule
2012
Friday, August 10th
9:30 AM

Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU

Corrado Giulietti, IZA Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Martin Guzi, IZA Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Martin Kahanec, Central European University
Klaus F. Zimmermann, IZA Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Building 11, UOW

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM

10:20 AM

The immigrant wage gap and assimilation in Australia: the impact of unobserved heterogeneity

Mosfeque Salehin, Australian National University
Robert Breunig, Australian National University

Building 11, UOW

10:20 AM - 11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Labor Supply of Fishermen: An Empirical Analysis

Tess Stafford, University of New South Wales

Building 11, UOW

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

12:20 PM

Identifying the Causal Effect of a Tax Rate Change When There are Multiple Tax Brackets

Caroline E. Weber, University of Michigan

Building 11, UOW

12:20 PM - 1:10 PM

2:00 PM

No Pass No Drive: Education and Allocation of Time

Rashmi Barua, Singapore Management University
Marian Vidal-Fernandez, University of New South Wales

Building 11, UOW

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

2:50 PM

The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination

Gonzalo Castex, Central Bank of Chile
Evgenia Dechter, University of New South Wales

Building 11, UOW

2:50 PM - 3:40 PM

4:00 PM

The White/Black Educational Gap, Stalled Progress, and the Long Term Consequences of the Crack Epidemic

William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University
Timothy J. Moore, University of Maryland at College Park

Building 11, UOW

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, August 11th
9:30 AM

Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
Subha Mani, Fordham University

Building 11, UOW

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM

10:20 AM

Do Private High Schools Make A Difference? Learning the Causal Effects of Private Schooling from a Natural Experiment in South Korea

Youjin Hahn, Monash University
Liang Choon Wang, Monash University

Building 11, UOW

10:20 AM - 11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Family Friendly Occupations and the US Gender Wage Gap

Michael Coelli, University of Melbourne

Building 11, UOW

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

2:00 PM

Revisiting Public Income Replacing Private Transfers: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Specification Errors

Elliott Fan, National Taiwan University

Building 11, UOW

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

2:50 PM

The Impact of User Fees on Health Care Utilisation: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Stefan Boes, University of Bern
Jackie Cumming, Victoria University of Wellington
Steven Stilman, University of Otago

Building 11, UOW

2:50 PM - 3:40 PM