Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet 2017

Welcoming Coffee and Registration

Forewords

Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University) "Back to Fundamentals: Decentralization without Prices" - Chair: Yann Bramoullé

Auditorium - 2nd floor

Keynote 1

Coffee break

A1 - Asymmetric and Private Information, Mechanism Design

Room 003 - G. Dandelot

Chair: Rahel Jigi Kitessa

› Manipulability and tie-breaking in constrained school choice - Benoit Decerf, University of Namur 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Drugs, Showrooms and Financial Products: Competition and Regulation when Sellers Provide Expert Advice - David Bardey, University of Los Andes 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Motivating versus Funding - Raphael Soubeyran, LAMETA 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› CAN INCENTIVE-COMPATIBLE VALUE ELICITATION METHODS HELP DESIGN PES SCHEMES? Evidence from lab and field - Rahel Jigi Kitessa, Tilburg University [Tilburg] 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A2 - Education, development programs I

Room 004 - T. Arbeau

Chair: Paulo Bastos

› The Effect of Modularisation on School Dropout: A Natural Experiment - Deni Mazrekaj, KU Leuven [Leuven] 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Grading Leniency and Economic Geography - Lorenzo Neri, Queen Mary University of London 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Education Politics, Schooling Choice and Public School Quality: The Impact of Income Polarisation - Michel Lubrano, Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-Marseille School of Economics 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Good schools or good students? Evidence on school effects from universal random asignment of students to high schools - Paulo Bastos, Development Research Group, World Bank 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A3 - Environment I

Room 522 - S. Bernhardt

Chair: Matthieu Glachant

› Differentiating permits allocation across areas - Jean-Philippe Nicolai, ETH Zurich 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Preferences for Energy Efficiency vs. Renewables: How Much Does a Ton of CO2 Emissions Cost? - Scasny Milan, Charles University 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Environmental regulation in economy with price signalling - Maria Chistyakova, Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Communication Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations: Theory and Evidence - Matthieu Glachant, Mines-Paristech 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A4 - Gender & Discrimination

Room 005 - E. Jaques-Dalcroze

Chair: Francesca Barigozzi

› Why Don't Women Climb to the Top? Evidence from French Politics - Quentin Lippmann, Paris School of Economcs 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Ethnic Discrimination on an Online Marketplace of Vacation Rentals - Morgane Laouénan, CNRS 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› What if women earned more than their spouses ? An experimental investigation of work-division in couples - Hélène Couprie, Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Qualifications 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Women's career choices, social norms and child care policies - Francesca Barigozzi, University of Bologna 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A5 - Health, Care and Insurance I

Room 102 - J-M. Damase

Chair: Paola Villar

› Evaluating health policy interventions using bounds with an application to Italian bail-out program - Domenico Depalo, Banca d'Italia 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› The “Double Expansion of Morbidity” Hypothesis: Evidence from Italy - Desislava Dankova, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Self-control, Fatigue and Body Weight Evidence from Transitions to Night Shifts - Rémi Yin, Ecole d'Économie de Paris - Paris School of Economics 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Private Health Investments under Competing Risks: Evidence from Malaria Control in Senegal - Paola Villar, Ecole d'Économie de Paris - Paris School of Economics 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A6 - Economics of the elderly

Room 521 - L. Jouvet

Chair: Helmuth Cremer

› Maybe "honor thy father and thy mother": uncertain family aid and the design of social long term care insurance - Chiara Canta, NHH, Bergen 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Social security wealth and household asset holdings: new evidence from Belgium - Mathieu Lefebvre, Bureau d'économie théorique et appliquée 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Social insurance for long-term care with deductible and linear contributions - Justina Klimaviciute, Universite de Liege 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Long term care policy with nonlinear strategic bequests - Helmuth Cremer, Toulouse School of Economics 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A7 - Macroeconomics, Growth I

Auditorium - 2nd floor

Chair: Thomas Seegmuller

› Public Debt, Endogenous Growth Cycles and Indeterminacy - Maxime Menuet, Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Is Capital Back? The Role of Land Ownership and Savings Behavior. - Max Franks, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Market and Political Power Interactions in Greece: A Theory - Tryphon Kollintzas, Athens University of Economics and Business 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Growth and bubbles: The interplay between productive investment and the cost of rearing children - Thomas Seegmuller, Seegmuller, Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A8 - Illegal behavior, Corruption & Crime

Room 103 - B. Martinu

Chair: Rafael Ribas

› Corruption: The long shadow of the Gulag - Gerhard Toews, University of Oxford (UK) 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Spatial Nexus in Crime and Unemployment in Times of Crisis - Eirini Tatsi, Stockholm University 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› "Mafia Inc.": When Godfathers Become Entrepreneurs - Giuseppe Sorrenti, University of Zürich 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› The External Cost of Prostitution - Rafael Ribas, University of Amsterdam 11:55-12:20 (25min)

A9 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Room 104 - B. Bartok

Chair: Markus Knell

› Democratization and the conditional dynamics of income distribution - Michael Dorsch, Central European University 10:40-11:05 (25min)

› Hours Inequality - Lara Vivian, Aix-Marseille School of Economics 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› An integrated approach for top-corrected Ginis - Maria Metzing, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Perceptions of Inequality - Markus Knell, Oesterreichische Nationalbank 11:55-12:20 (25min)

Lunch

B1 - Education, development programs II

Room 522 - S. Bernhardt

Chair: Jean Hindriks

› LATE With Mismeasured or Misspecified Treatment: An Application On Woman Empowerment in India - Denni Tommasi, European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Shocks on the labor market, children's time allocation and women's empowerment: Insights from the 2011 Egyptian uprising - Clémentine Sadania, Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› The causal impact of breakfast club provision on academic attainment - Christine Farquharson, Institute for Fiscal Studies 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› School segregation and intergenerational mobility - Jean Hindriks, Center of Operation Research and Econometrics [Louvain] 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B2 - Optimal taxation

Room 003 - G. Dandelot

Chair: Doina Radulescu

› Taxation and Informality - Felipe Lobel, Fundacao Getulio Vargas / EPGE 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Design of optimal corrective taxes in the alcohol market - Kate Smith, Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty: Measurement and Optimal Taxation - Paul Hufe, Centre for European Economic Research 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› One vs. Two Instruments for Redistribution: The Case of Public Utility Pricing - Doina Radulescu, University of Bern, KPM 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B3 - Household behavior and family economics I

Room 004 - T. Arbeau

Chair: Emilson Silva

› Marital Matching, Economies of Scale and Intrahousehold Allocations - Khushboo Surana, University of Leuven 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Revealed preferences for diamond goods - Sam Cosaert, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› Investing in agriculture when it is worth it. Empirical evidence from rural Uganda. - Olivia Bertelli, Lancaster Univeristy 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› Optimal Timing in Rotten Kid Families - Emilson Silva, University of Alberta 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B4 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents I

Room 005 - E. Jaques-Dalcroze

Chair: Besart Avdiu

› Strategic Sovereign Defaults under International Sanctions - Edoardo Grillo, Collegio Carlo Alberto 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Work incentives on the intensive margin in France - Michael Sicsic, INSEE Paris, Centre de recherches en économie et droit - Paris 2 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› The deterrence effect of real-world operational tax audits - Laura Pagani, University of Milano Bicocca 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› Capital and Labor Income Taxation in Small and Developing Countries - Besart Avdiu, Goethe-University Frankfurt 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B5 - Welfare, Well-being and Poverty

Room 102 - J-M. Damase

Chair: Steve Lehrer

› Embedding Effects in the OECD Better Life Index - Louisa Reumont, Freie University Berlin 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Raising the take-up of social assistance benefits through a simple mailing: evidence from a French field experiment - Sylvain Chareyron, Travail, Emploi et Politiques Publiques, ERUDITE 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› The gold digger and the machine. Evidence from the artisanal and industrial gold rush in Burkina Faso - Victoire Girard, Laboratoire d'économie d'Orleans 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› Targeting Policies: Multiple Testing and Distributional Treatment Effects - Steven Lehrer, Queen's University 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B6 - Labor market, Unemployment

Room 521 - L. Jouvet

Chair: Etienne Lehmann

› Regional Equilibrium Unemployment with Agglomeration Effects - Guillaume Wilemme, Aix-Marseille School of Economics 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Partial Unemployment Insurance and Hour Decisions - Laïla Aït Bihi Ouali, Aix Marseille School of Economics - GREQAM 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› The Changing Nature of Gender Selection into Employment: Europe over the Great Recession - Linas Tarasonis, Aix-Marseille School of Economics 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› Optimal Income Taxation with Unemployment and Wage Responses: A Sufficient Statistics Approach - Etienne Lehmann, Centre de Recherches Economie et Droit - Université Pantheon-Assas Paris II 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B7 - Environment II

Auditorium - 2nd floor

Chair: Grégory Ponthière

› The Influence of Political Pressure Groups on the Stability of International Environmental Agreements - Achim Hagen, Humboldt Universität 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› A partial consensus for public good provision - Anwesha Banerjee, Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› The Tragedy of the Commons and Socialization: Theory and Policy - Gregory Ponthiere, University Paris 12 and PSE 14:30-14:55 (25min)

B8 - Equity, justice and other normative criteria and measurement I

Room 103 - B. Martinu

Chair: Sauro Mocetti

› So close yet so unequal: Reconsidering spatial inequality in U.S. cities - Francesco Andreoli, Luxembourg Institute of Socio Economic Research 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Estimating Intergenerational Mobility with Coarse Data: A Nonparametric Approach - Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› Bread and Social Justice: Measurement of Inequality and Social Welfare Using Anthropometrics - Mohammad Abu-Zaineh, Aix-Marseille School of Economics 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› Intergenerational mobility in the very long run: Florence 1427-2011 - Sauro Mocetti, Bank of Italy 14:55-15:20 (25min)

B9 - Miscellaneous I

Room 104 - B. Bartok

Chair: Benoît Tarroux

› The social cost problem, rights and the (non)empty core - Stéphane Gonzalez, Gonzalez 13:40-14:05 (25min)

› Refuge and Refugee Migration: How Much of a Pull Factor are Recognition Rates? - Joseph-Simon Goerlach, Bocconi University 14:05-14:30 (25min)

› Benevolent Mediation in the Shadow of Conflict - Andrea Canidio, INSEAD 14:30-14:55 (25min)

› On the Roots of the Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights: Evidence from France and Japan - Benoît Tarroux, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Management 14:55-15:20 (25min)

Coffee break

Alan Krueger (Princeton University) "Policy for Independent Workers" - Chair: Alain Trannoy

Auditorium - 2nd floor

Keynote 2

Concert offered by the Conservatoire

Break

Transfer with private bus

Gala dinner