German Network of Young Microeconometricians:
Topics in Health & Human Capital Formation
27th & 28th March, 2015
Collaborative Research Centre SFB 884: “Political Economy of Reforms”
Conference Venue: Senate Hall (Senatssaal) – University of Mannheim
Funded by
German Network of
Young Microeconometricians:
Topics in Health & Human Capital Formation
Friday, 27th March, Senatssaal
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome
Bettina Siflinger
SFB 884/University
of Mannheim
09:05 – 09:50 The Income Effect of Hospital Reimbursement Prices on Volume of Care
Martin Salm, Tilburg University
09:50 – 10:00
10:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
Moving Up a Gear: The Impact of Compressing Instructional Time into Fewer Years of Schooling
Jan Marcus, DIW Berlin
Does Early Child Care Help or Hurt Children's Development?
Christina Felfe, University of St. Gallen
The Youngest Get the Pill: School Starting Age and ADHD in Germany
Amelie Wuppermann, University of Munich
Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recessions at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness
Marc Piopiunik, Ifo Munich
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Selection on Observables and Imperfect Instruments
A Unique Bond: Does Losing your Co-Twin Affect your Remaining Life-Span?
14:45 – 16:15 Pension Generosity and Mental Health
Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior
Helmut Farbmacher, MEA Munich
Bettina Drepper, Tilburg University
Anna Raute, University of Mannheim
Natalia Danzer & Alexander Danzer,
Ifo Munich
University of Munich
Nicolas Ziebarth, Cornell University
Coffee
16:30 – 17:30 Virtually No Effect? Different Types of Computer Use and the Effect of Classroom Computers on
Student Achievement
19:30
Lena Janys, University of Bonn
Coffee
Can Financial Incentives Close the Baby Gap?- Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave
Benefits
16:15 – 16:30
Pia Pinger
University of Bonn
Coffee
A General Semiparametric Approach to Inference with Marker-Dependent Hazard Rate Models
14:30 – 14:45
&
Dinner at Onyx
Ludger Wössmann, Ifo Munich
German Network of
Young Microeconometricians:
Topics in Health & Human Capital Formation
Saturday, 28th March, Senatssaal
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome
Bettina Siflinger
&
SFB 884/University
of Mannheim
09:05 – 09:50 Tba
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker,
University of Bonn
09:50 – 10:00
Coffee
Skills, Occupational Choice and Educational Attainment
Miriam Gensowski, Univerity of Copenhagen
Marriage Market and Intergenerational Effects of Elite Higher Education: Evidence from Chile
Katja Kaufmann, University of Mannheim
10:00 – 12:00 The Transmission of Inequality Across Multiple Generations: Testing Recent Theories with
Evidence from Germany
Discharge on the Day of Birth, Parental Response and Health and Schooling Outcomes
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 14:45
Pia Pinger
University of Bonn
Jan Stuhler, University Carlos III Madrid
Miriam Wüst, SFI Copenhagen
Lunch
Homo Oeconomicus or Homo Hippocraticus? Professional Norms and Physician Behavior
Iris Kesternich, KU Leuven
Formation of Human Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment
Fabian Kosse, University of Bonn
Reducing Overconfidence
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch,
University of Bonn
Coffee
14:45 – 15:45 Disentangling Stress from Nutrition as Determinants of the Long Run Effects of Adverse
Conditions Around Birth on Economic and Health Outcomes Late in Life
Gerard van den Berg,
SFB 884/University of Mannheim
15:45 – 15:50 Closing Remarks
Bettina Siflinger
&
SFB 884/University
of Mannheim
Pia Pinger
University of Bonn