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

TimeSession
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
9:00am - 9:15amWelcome to Country
9:15am - 9:30amOpening 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 RoseUniversity 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 - 11:20amMorning 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 -  1:20pmLunch
1:20pm - 2:20pm

Keynote Address - "Economics and AI"

Professor Jens Ludwig, The University of Chicago

Chair:  Marc Chan, The University of Melbourne

2:20pm - 2:30pmBreak
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 - 4:10pmAfternoon 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

6:00pmDinner
Woodward Conference Centre
Level 10, 185 Pelham St, Carlton

Note: only for attendees who registered

Day 2 - Friday 15 August

TimeSession
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
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 - 11:30amMorning Tea
11:30am - 12:45pm

PhD Candidate Paper Presentations

"College Application Behavior Under Constrained Choice" Danyue Liang, University of New South Wales

"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 -  1:30pmLunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Keynote Address - "Decomposing Wealth Differences: Earnings, Demographics, and Rates of Return"

John Bailey Jones, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Chair:  Cain Polidano, Melbourne  Institute

2:30pm - 3:00pmAfternoon 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 - 4:30pmClosing Comments -
Professor Beth Webster, Director and Ronald Henderson Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
5:00pmDinner
Il Mercato Centrale Melbourne
546 Collins St, Melbourne

Note: only for attendees who registered

Day 3 - Saturday 16 August

TimeSession
10:00am - 12:00pm

Excursion - 

The Golden Mile - Marvellous Melbourne Tour - Melbourne Walks

Note: only for attendees who registered