Program
The Labour Econometric Workshop will take place at the Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10, 185 Pelham St, Carlton, at The University of Melbourne.
Day 1 - Thursday 14 August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Registration |
| 9:00am - 9:15am | Welcome to Country |
| 9:15am - 9:30am | Opening remarks - Professor Phillip McCalman, Head of Department and Chair of Economics, The University of Melbourne |
| 9:30am - 10:10am | "Peer Effects in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder" Christiern Daniel Rose, University of Queensland Discussant: Tim Moore, Monash University Chair: Kieu-Trang Nguyen, The University of Melbourne |
| 10:10am - 10:50am | "Welfare Programs and Crime Spillovers" Claudio Labanca, Monash University Discussant: Anna Zhu, RMIT University Chair: Kieu-Trang Nguyen, The University of Melbourne |
| 10:50am - 11:20am | Morning Tea |
| 11:20am - 12:00pm | "Life-Cycle Bias Correction and Intergenerational Association in Crime" Yu-Wei Luke Chu, Victoria University of Wellington Discussant: Steeve Marchand, Melbourne Institute Chair: Karinna Saxby, Melbourne Institute |
| 12:00pm - 12:40pm | "Algorithmic Policing" Ranae Jabri, The University of Sydney Discussant: Klaus Ackermann, Monash University Chair: Karinna Saxby, Melbourne Institute |
| 12:40pm - 1:20pm | Lunch |
| 1:20pm - 2:20pm | Keynote Address - "Economics and AI" Chair: Marc Chan, The University of Melbourne |
| 2:20pm - 2:30pm | Break |
| 2:30pm - 3:10pm | "Wage and Employment Effects of Wage Subsidies" Maxime Gravoueille, Monash University Discussant: Silvia Griselda, e61 Institute Chair: Alexandra de Gendre, The University of Melbourne |
| 3:10pm - 3:50pm | "Labour Market Effects of the COVID Supplement" Erin Clarke, e61 Institute Discussant: Arianna Gatta, University of Queensland Chair: Alexandra de Gendre, The University of Melbourne |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:10pm - 4:50pm | "Instrumental Variables with Treatment Clusters" Didier Nibbering, Monash University Discussant: Serguei Maliar, Santa Clara University Chair: Michelle Escobar Carias, The University of Melbourne |
| 4:50pm - 5:30pm | "Flawed Oversight: Teachers Don’t Catch AI’s Grading Mistakes When AI is Harsh" Panos Sotirakopoulos, Curtin University Discussant: Hayley Fisher, The University of Sydney Chair: Michelle Escobar Carias, The University of Melbourne |
| 6:00pm | Dinner Woodward Conference Centre Level 10, 185 Pelham St, Carlton Note: only for attendees who registered |
Day 2 - Friday 15 August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Registration |
| 9:00am - 9:40am | "Doing More with Less: School Management and Education Productions" Samuel Stemper, The University of Auckland Discussant: Johannes Kunz, Monash University Chair: Ana Gamarra Rondinel, Melbourne Institute |
| 9:40am - 10:20am | "The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Employment, Educational, and Mental Health Outcomes of Young Women" Kristen Sobeck, Australian National University Discussant: Chikako Yamauchi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Chair: Ana Gamarra Rondinel, Melbourne Institute |
| 10:20am - 11:00am | "Heterogeneity, Uncertainty and Learning: Semiparametric Identification and Estimation" Jackson Bunting, University of Washington Discussant: Michael Keane, University of New South Wales Chair: Ana Gamarra Rondinel, Melbourne Institute |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Morning Tea |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | PhD Candidate Paper Presentations "The Motherhood Penalty and Labour Market Trajectories: Evidence from a Developing Country" Hang-Anh (Tia) Nguyen, University of Wollongong "Does Disability Funding Impact Employment Prospects? A Study of Australian Disability Funding Recipients and their Carers" Maathu Ranjan, Australian National University Chair: Martina Repetto, The University of Melbourne |
| 12:45pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Keynote Address - "Decomposing Wealth Differences: Earnings, Demographics, and Rates of Return" Chair: Cain Polidano, Melbourne Institute |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:00pm - 3:40pm | "Communities of Commerce: The Legacy of Chinese Immigration in Java" Quoc-Anh Do, Monash University Discussant: Gianluca Russo, Barcelona School of Economics Chair: Christopher Hoy, Melbourne Institute |
| 3:40pm - 4:20pm | "Selection and Heterogeneity in the Returns to Migration" Emilia Tjernstrom, Macquarie University Discussant: Robert Breunig, Australian National University Chair: Christopher Hoy, Melbourne Institute |
| 4:20pm - 4:30pm | Closing Comments - Professor Beth Webster, Director and Ronald Henderson Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne |
| 5:00pm | Dinner Il Mercato Centrale Melbourne 546 Collins St, Melbourne Note: only for attendees who registered |
Day 3 - Saturday 16 August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:00am - 12:00pm | Excursion - Note: only for attendees who registered |