10th International Conference on MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Opening Session

Greetings:
Patrick Guillaumont, Président de la FERDI
Vianney Dequiedt, Vice-President, Université Clermont Auvergne 

Opening remarks:
Çağlar Özden, Senior Economist, DECRG, World Bank
Hillel Rapoport, Paris School of Economics; Chair of the Scientific Committee 

Keynote Lecture 1: “Rural Risk and Anticipatory Migration: General-Equilibrium Effects of Improving Weather Forecasts”
Speaker: Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Chair: Patrick Guillaumont, FERDI

Parallel Session 1A: Migration and Innovation

Chair: Simone Bertoli (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Raj Choudhury (Harvard University): “Contextual Knowledge and Ethnic Migrant Inventors” (with Do Yoon Kim)

Discussant: Chris Parsons (University of Western Australia)

Nicolas Morales (University of Michigan): “The IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American Dream” (with Gaurav Khanna)

Discussant: David McKenzie (World Bank)

Dany Bahar (The Brookings Institution): “Diasporas, return migration and comparative advantage: a natural experiment of Yugoslavian refugees in Germany” (with Andreas Hauptmann, Cem Ozgüzel and Hillel Rapoport)

Discussant: Simone Bertoli (CERDI, UCA and CNRS

Parallel Session 1B: Short-term, Illegal and Return Migration

Chair: Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham)

 Clément Imbert (University of Warwick): “Short-term Migration Costs: Evidence from India's Employment Guarantee” (with John Papp)

Discussant: Romuald Meango (MEA, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging)

Jackie Wahba (University of Southampton): “Return migrants and the wage premium: does the legal status of the migrants matter?” (with Nelly El-Mallakh)

Discussant: Ekrame Boubtane (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Joan Monras (CEMFI, Madrid): “Understanding the consequences of legalizing undocumented immigrants” (with Javier Vazquez-Grenno)

Discussant: Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham)


Parallel Session 2A: Migration and Economic History

Chair: Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)

Philipp Ehrl (Universidade Católica de Brasília): “Inherited cultural diversity and wages in Brazil” (with Leonardo Monasterio)

Discussant: Cem Özgüzel (PSE)

Frédéric Docquier (IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain) : “Multiculturalism and Growth: Skill-Specific Evidence from the Post-World War II Period ” (with Riccardo Turati, Jérôme Valette and Chrysovalantis Vasilakis)

Discussant: Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics)

Prashant Bharadwaj (University of California San Diego): “Displacement and Development: Long Term Impacts of the Partition of India” (with Rinchan Ali Mirza)

Discussant: Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)

Parallel Session 2B: Migration, Agriculture and the Environment

Chair: Michel Beine (University of Luxembourg)

Taryn Dinkelman (Dartmouth College): “Labor Migration, Capital Accumulation, and the Structure of Rural Labor Markets” (with Grace Kumchulesi and Martine Mariotti)

Discussant: Joan Monras (CEMFI, Madrid)

Marieke Kleemans (University of Illinois): “Reevaluating Agricultural Productivity Gaps with Longitudinal Microdata” (with Joan Hamory Hicks, Nicholas Li and Edward Miguel)

Discussant: Valerie Mueller (Arizona State University and IFPRI)

Glenn Sheriff (US Department of State): “Labor Response to Climate Variation in Eastern Africa” (with Valerie Mueller, Xiaoya Dou and Clark Gray)

Discussant: Michel Beine (University of Luxembourg)

Keynote Lecture 2: “Temporary migrations” 

Speaker: Christian Dustmann (University College London)
Chair: Vianney Dequiedt (CERDI, Université Clermont Auvergne and CNRS) 19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner L’Auguste Brasserie, Place de Jaude, Clermont-Ferrand 

Parallel Session 3A: Refugee Economics
 
Chair: Hubert Jayet (LEM, Université Lille 1 and CNRS) Parallel Session 3B Room: Teilhard de Chardin Migration, Remittances and the Family

Andreas Fuchs (Heidelberg University): “Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away?” (with Axel Dreher and Sarah Langlotz)

Discussant: Luigi Minale (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)

Carlos Vargas-Silva (University of Oxford): “The impact of hosting refugees on the intra-household allocation of tasks: A gender perspective” (with Isabel Ruiz)

Discussant: Francesca Marchetta (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Craig Loschmann (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University): “The Local Economic Impact of Hosting Refugees: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda” (with Özge Bilgili and Melissa Siegel)

Discussant: Hubert Jayet (LEM, University of Lille)


Parallel Session 3B: Migration, Remittances and the Family

Chair: Jean-Louis Combes (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Christian Ambrosius (Freie Universität Berlin): “Do remittances crowd-in or crowd-out public expenditure?

Discussant: Jean-Louis Combes (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Simone Bertoli (CERDI, UCA and CNRS): “Migration and co-residence choices” (with Elie Murard)

Discussant: Jackie Wahba (University of Southampton)

André Gröger (Goethe University Frankfurt): “Easy Come, Easy Go? Economic Shocks, Labor Migration and the Family Left Behind”

Discussant: Taryn Dinkelman (Dartmouth College)

Parallel Session 4A : International Migration and Globalization

Chair: Frédéric Docquier (IRES, Université catholique de Louvain)

Brooke Loneragan (University of Western Australia): “Migration Surges” (with Chris Parsons)

Discussant: Jérôme Valette (CERDI)

Maheshwor Shrestha (World Bank): “Get rich or die tryin': Perceived earnings, perceived mortality rate and the value of a statistical life of potential work-migrants from Nepal”

Discussant: Andreas Hauptmann (IAB)

Costanza Biavaschi (University of Reading): “Taking the Skill Bias out of Global Migration” (with M. Burzynski, B. Elsner and J. Machado)

Discussant: Frédéric Docquier (IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain)

Parallel Session 4B: Migration and Social Outcomes

Chair: Çaglar Özden (World Bank)   

Samia Badji (GATE): “The heterogeneous effect of internal migration on the youth left behind in rural China” (with Sylvie Démurger)

Discussant: Delphine Boutin (CERDI, UCA and CNRS)

Yu Bai (Shaanxi Normal University): “Order Matters: The Effect of Second-Wave Migration on Student Academic Performance in Northwest China” (with Michael Neubauer, Tong Ru, Yaojiang Shi, Kaleigh Kenny and Scott Rozelle)

Discussant: Sylvie Démurger (GATE)

Steven Stillman (Free University of Bolzano): “The Effect of Social Networks on the Economic Outcomes of a Disadvantaged Group: Evidence from Tribal Affiliations” (with Isabelle Sin)

Discussant: Clément Imbert (University of Warwick).)

Session 1

Chair: Jim de Melo (FERDI and Université de Genève)

Ran Abramitzky (Stanford University): “Cultural Assimilation during Two Ages of Mass Migration” (with Leah Boustan and Katherine Eriksson)

Discussant: Gaspare Tortorici (Trinity College Dublin)

Çağlar Özden (World Bank): “Labor Market determinants of Migrant Selection” (with Michael Packard and Mathis Wagner)

Discussant: Costanza Biavaschi (University of Reading)

Session 2

Chair: Çağlar Özden (World Bank) and Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics)

Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham): “Countering Public Opposition to Migration: The Impact of Information Campaigns” (with Yotam Margalit and Hiroyuki Nakata)

Discussant: Çağlar Özden (World Bank)

David McKenzie (World Bank): “Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab” (with Catia Batista)   

Discussant: Steven Stillman (Free University of Bolzano)