WORKSHOP PROGRAM Conference room G-101, Arne Rettedalshus

WORKSHOP PROGRAM Conference room G-101, Arne Rettedalshus

Contact Information For any questions please do not hesitate to contact Åse Lea: Cell phone: +47 47 26 28 95 Office phone: +47 51 83 37 47 e-mail: ase.lea@uis.no Academic Program The first presentation will start at 8:45 am Tuesday June 14 th, and the last presentation will end at 4:40 pm Wednesday June 15 th. Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. For details, see below. The academic program will take place at the, Arne Rettedalshus, room G-101. Electronic Equipment There will be a laptop and a beamer for use in the conference room. Please note that our conference laptop can only upload Power Point presentations that are compatible with Windows Office 2003 or earlier versions. PDF-files will also work. Hotel Accommodation All participants will stay at Skagen Brygge Hotel, which is centrally located in Stavanger a 15 minutes taxi ride from the University. Please take a taxi directly to the hotel when you arrive at the airport. The hotel provides you with wireless internet connection, free for all guests. Hotel address: Skagenkaien 28 30, 4006 Stavanger Phone number: +47 51 85 00 00 Transport Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 8:15 am Maxi Taxis will pick you up outside the hotel and bring you to Campus. There will also be Maxi Taxis taking you back to the hotel immediately after the academic workshop program ends at 4:50 pm. Web Page We have posted the workshop program at: www.uis.no/rege/workshop. Here you can download some of the papers that will be presented. If available, please e-mail Åse your paper for presentation. Sponsors This conference is sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council project The Effects of Labor Force Participation on Spouses, Children and Peers and the.

Monday June 13 th Hiking trip to the Pulpit Rock We are very happy that so many of you are interested in the hiking trip. The day will pass as follows: 1030 We meet outside Skagen Brygge Hotel. A short walk to the ferry. 1100 Ferry from Stavanger to Tau, approximately 30 minutes ferry ride. 1130 We go by bus to the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge, approximately 30 minutes drive. 1230 - Hiking trip to the magnificent Pulpit Rock, 600 m above sea level. During the hike we will enjoy a brown bag lunch provided by us. Please remember to bring your own water. 1645 Hot meal at the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge 1830 Bus from Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge to the ferry 1915 The ferry from Tau to Stavanger It is important that you bring outfit for slightly changing weather conditions. Good shoes, jacket, sunglasses, sun cream, a hat and enough water.

Tuesday June 14 th The academic program will take place at the, Arne Rettedalshus room G-101. Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. Chair: Mark Votruba, Case Western Reserve University 0830 Coffee, fruit and cold drinks available 0840-0845 Welcome, Mari Rege, 0845-0940 Letting down the team? Evidence of Social Effects of Teams Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara 0940 1035 The effect of relative earnings information on labor market turnover Ingeborg Foldøy Solli, (joint work with Mari Rege) 1035-1050 Break 1050 1145 The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring Eric Bettinger, Stanford University 1145 1245 Lunch 1245 1340 Timing and Incentives: Impacts of Student Aid on Academic Achievement Juanna Joensen, Stockholm School of Economics 1340 1435 Motivation and Incentives in Education: Evidence from a summer reading experiment Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University 1435 1450 Break 1450 1545 Early Access and Health and Black-White Inequality Ken Chay, Brown University 1545 1640 Does Money Matter? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Academic Performance Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (joint work with Sandra Black, Paul Devereux and Katrine Løken) 1930 Workshop dinner at Bølgen & Moi http://www.bolgenogmoi.no

Wednesday June 15 th The academic program will take place at the, Arne Rettedalshus room G-101. Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. Chair: Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 0830 Coffee, fruit and cold drinks available 0845-0940 TBA Pedro Carneiro, University College London 0940 1035 Comparing intersecting distribution functions: a general framework with application to policy evaluation Tarjei Havnes, University of Oslo (joint work with Rolf Aaberge and Magne Mogstad) 1035-1050 Break 1050 1145 Is parental use of the social safety net a hammock that lulls children into lives of complacency? Evidence from disability pension use in Norway Mark Votruba, Case Western Reserve University (joint work with Mari Rege and Magne Mogstad) 1145 1245 Lunch 1245 1340 Job displacement and health Paul Devereux, University College Dublin (joint work with Sandra Black and Kjell Gunnar Salvanes) Kjell Gunnar Salvanes 1340 1435 A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration Leah Platt Boustan, University of California, Los Angeles (joint work with Ran Abramitzky and Katherine Eriksson) 1435 1450 Break 1450 1545 Early Non Marital Childbearing and the "Culture of Despair Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland (joint work with Phillip B. Levine) 1545 1640 Shared parenting and the risk of divorce Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago (joint work with Mari Rege) 1930 Workshop dinner at Tango http://www.tango-bk.no

List of Participants: Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara Eric Bettinger, Stanford University Leah Platt Boustan, University of California, Los Angeles Pedro Carneiro, University College London Ken Chay, Brown University Paul Devereux, University College Dublin Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University Venke Furre Haaland, Tarjei Havnes, University of Oslo Juanna Joensen, Stockholm School of Economics Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland Katrine Løken, University of Bergen Mari Rege, Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Ingeborg Foldøy Solli, Kjetil Telle, Statistics Norway, Mark Votruba, Case Western Reserve University