Spring 2017 Visitors Workshop

Each year, IRLE hosts visiting scholars and visiting student researchers who come to Berkeley from all over the world to work on projects related to labor and employment. At this workshop, visitors will present research at various stages and receive feedback from their peers and the wider community.

Light refreshments will be provided. If you plan on attending during lunch or coffee, RSVPs are recommended.

Schedule

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[column size=”1/4″]10:30 – 11:00 AM
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[column size=”3/4″]Coffee and Intro
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[column size=”1/4″]11:00 – 11:30 AM
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[column size=”3/4″]Marie Connolly, UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT MONTREAL
Class Size: When the Tail Matters
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[column size=”1/4″]11:30 – 12:00 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Xianqiang Zou, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Intergenerational Mobility Pathways: Evidence From a Long Panel From Rural China
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[column size=”1/4″]12:00 – 12:45 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Lunch
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[column size=”1/4″]12:45 – 1:15 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Yukiko Asai, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
How Does An Increase in Overtime Premium Affect the Workweek Length?
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[column size=”1/4″]1:15 – 1:45 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Jan Luksic, GOETHE UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT
The Macro Labor Supply Elasticity Revisited: Integrating Taxes and Expenditures
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[column size=”1/4″]1:45 – 2:00 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Asma Benhenda, PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Stay A Little Longer? Teacher Turnover, Seniority, and Quality In French Disadvantaged Schools
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[column size=”1/4″]2:30 – 3:15 PM
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[column size=”3/4″]Ling Huang, PEKING UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
The Origins and Evolutions of Failing Math Education in the US: 1900 – 2017
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Speakers

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[column size=”4/5″]Yukiko Asai is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science. She has researched parental leave, maternal employment, and subsidized childcare.
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[column size=”4/5″]Lydia Assouad is a graduate student at the Paris School of Economics. She is currently researching income inequalities in the Middle East.
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[column size=”4/5″]Asma Benhenda is a PhD student at the Paris School of Economics. Her research focuses on teachers and education. In addition to her scholarly works, Asma has written for Le Monde and other general-interest publications.
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[column size=”4/5″]Marie Connolly is an associate professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Her work has focused on social mobility, subjective wellbeing, and the rock music industry.
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[column size=”4/5″]Ling Huang has taught at Peking University of China and is currently researching math education in the United States.
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[column size=”4/5″]Jan Luksic is a graduate student at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on public economics, particularly the economic analysis of taxation.
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[column size=”4/5″]Xianqiang Zou is a PhD candidate at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is currently researching the impact of One Child Policy on intergenerational mobility, and the intergenerational transmission pathways in rural China.
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