Day 1) January 9 (Saturday) , 2016
Opening Remarks
9:00-9:05
Session 1: Labor I
9:05-11:20
Chair: Yasuyuki Sawada (The University of Tokyo)
1. Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
“Research Teamwork in Technology Race”
2. Yoonsoo Park (Korea Development Institute)
”Employment protection and long-term employment relationship”
3. Daiji Kawaguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
“Estimating the causal impact of alcohol consumption on earnings using genotype as the instrumental variable”
Session 2: Ability, Morbidity and Mortality
11:30-12:15
Chair: Daiji Kawaguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
1. Hitoshi Shigeoka (Simon Fraser University)
“Evaluating the ‘Least Restrictive Environment’ Mandate:
The Effects of Mainstreaming on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development”
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00
2. Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica)
“The Impact of Schooling on Morbidity”
3. Tetsuya Matsubayashi (Osaka University) and Michiko Ueda (Syracuse University)
“Relative Age in School and Suicide among Young Individuals in Japan:
A Regression Discontinuity Approach”
Session 3: Labor II
15:15-17:30
Chair: Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
1. Andrew Sim (The University of Tokyo)
“Schooling Investment in Frictional Labor Markets”
2. Carl Sanders (Washington University in St.Louis)
“The Dimensionality of Worker Skills”
3. Drew Griffen (The University of Tokyo)
“Evaluating the Effects of Child Care Policies on Children's Cognitive Development and Maternal Labor Supply”
Day 2) January 10 (Sunday) 2016
Session 4: Political Economy
9:30-11:45
Chair: Jungmin Lee (Sogang University)
1. Eric Weese (Yale University)
“Coalition structures of insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan”
2. Gordon B. Dahl (University of California San Diego)
“Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?”
3. Yasuyuki Sawada (The University of Tokyo)
“Election, Implementation, and Social Capital in School-Based Management:
Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of COGES Project in Burkina Faso”
Session 5: Competition, Discrimination, and Segregation
11:45-12:30
Chair: Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica)
1. Yi Lu (National University of Singapore)
“Does Competitive Experience Affect Gender Difference in Economic Preference and Academic Performance?”
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00
2. Jungmin Lee (Sogang University)
“Ripped Off? Price Discrimination against Foreign Shoppers: Evidence from a Field Experiment at a Shopping Mall”
3. Menghan (Mandy) Shen (Columbia University)
“The Intergenerational Effect of School Desegregation”
Session 6: Econometric Theory and Applications
15:15-17:30
Chair: Yasuyuki Sawada (The University of Tokyo)
1. Arthur Lewbel (Boston College)
“Unobserved Preference Heterogeneity in Demand Using Generalized Random Coefficients”
2. Hidehiko Ichimura (The University of Tokyo)
“The Influence Function of Semiparametric Estimators”
3. Myoung Jae Lee (Korea University)
“Regression discontinuity with integer running variables”