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Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) IZA researchers regularly present their work in conferences, workshops, seminars and other scientific events in American Economic Association (AEA) Germany and abroad. Furthermore, several IZA resear- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher chers represent the institute through presentations at the Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute (ARGE) annual meetings of the most important international economic associations. IZA is represented on a regular basis Canadian Economics Association (CEA) at events of the following institutions: Econometric Society European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) European Doctoral Program (EDP) European Economic Association (EEA) European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) International Metropolis Project Population Association of America (PAA) Royal Economic Society (RES) Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS)

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Scientific Cooperation CIENTIFIC PR A IN THE S IZ AICGS (American Institute for Contemporary German IZA maintains formal or informal ties to numerous natio- Studies) nal and international research institutions, thereby foste- ring the creation of research networks. Within these co- Australian National University Research School of Social operations, joint research projects are carried out, and Sciences joint events are organized. The following institutions are Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan among IZA’s cooperation partners: CCIS (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies), University of California San Diego) CEMFI (Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros), Madrid CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research), London CHILD (Center for Household Income, Labour and Demographic Economics), University of Torino CILN (Canadian International Labour Network) CLS (Centre for Labour Market and Social Research), University of Aarhus CREST (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique), Paris Centre for European Labour Market Research, University of Aberdeen DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

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ESPE (European Society for Population Economics) SPEAR (Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis, and Research Centre), Australian National University ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute), Dublin Step (Studies in technology, innovation and economic poli- EUI (European University Institute) Florence cy), Norway Fondazione Rodolfo Debenetti, Bocconi University Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam German-Israeli-Foundation Universidade Nova de Lisboa IAB (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung), University College London Nürnberg University of Aarhus LABORatorio Riccardo Revelli, Torino University of Essex LSE (London School of Economics) Uppsala University Lund University William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business NHH (Norwegian School of Economics and Business School Administration) Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Berufs- und OECD Hochschulforschung, Universität-Gesamthochschule Kassel Osteuropa-Institut Munich ZEW (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung), Public Sector Economics Research Centre, University of Mannheim Leicester RIIM (Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis) Rockwool Foundation Research Unit

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Cooperation with the University of Bonn CIENTIFIC PR A IN THE S IZ IZA carries out basic research in close cooperation with IZA cooperates with the University of Bonn in the organi- the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and its zation of joint events such as the Bonn Economics Faculty of Law and Economics. Funding by Deutsche Post Research Seminar, with the participation of the economics World Net facilitated the foundation of the Bonn Graduate branch of the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI). School of Economics (BGSE) in 1998, which continues the long-standing doctoral program at the University of Bonn. Authorized IZA staff may supervise diploma theses, disser- The Graduate School enables selected Ph.D. candidates to tations, or postdoctoral lecturing qualifications carry out intensive, focused studies, including several (Habilitationen) of economics students at the University of months of residence at a research institute abroad. IZA Bonn. IZA’s library with its specialization in labor econo- takes part in the selection and supervision of students and mics is generally open to students of the University of offers courses within the framework of the BGSE program. Bonn as a reference library. IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann is member of the board of directors of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics. The successful cooperation between IZA and the University of Bonn is proof of a fruitful cooperation of Since October 2000, the Deutsche Forschungsgemein- public and privately sponsored research and education schaft (DFG) has sponsored a new “Graduiertenkolleg institutions. Quantitative Ökonomie” (a graduate-level program in quantitative economics) jointly with the state of North- rhine-Westphalia. The Graduiertenkolleg operates as a subsection of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics.

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IZA’s Guest Researchers Program aims at encouraging 1998 scientific exchange between internationally renowned researchers and young economists. Guest researchers November spend some time at IZA to discuss recent results of labor Øivind A. Nilsen, University of Bergen, Norway market research and to continue their own research pro- Rainer Winkelmann, University of Canterbury, jects. This form of scientific exchange has attracted many New Zealand top researchers to IZA and its research activities. It is the- Melanie Ward, University of Aberdeen, UK refore an important complement to the institute’s work. December Alan Barrett, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland Rob Euwals, University of Mannheim, Germany Barbara Dietz, Osteuropa-Institut, Munich, Germany Amanda Gosling, University of Essex; IFS, UK Jörgen Hansen, Concordia University, Canada Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin, USA Rosa M. Fernández Martínez, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain José Ignacio Garcia Perez, CEMFI, Spain Eric Zwintz, SELAPO, University of Munich, Germany

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January Lutz Bellmann, IAB, Nürnberg, Germany Gerard van den Berg, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Magnus Lofstrom, University of California, San Diego, USA Gerard A. Pfann, Maastricht University, Netherlands Jeffrey Yankow, Ohio State University, USA

February Christian Dustmann, University College London, UK Laszlo Goerke, University of Konstanz, Germany Bob Hart, University of Stirling, UK

228 S S OCE CIENTIFIC PR A IN THE S IZ Astrid Kunze, University College London, UK Maarten Lindeboom, Free University of Maarten Lindeboom, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,Netherlands Netherlands Andrew J. Oswald, Warwick University of Coventry, Georges de Menil, DELTA, France UK Richard Portes, London Business School and CEPR, UK Markus Pannenberg, DIW, Berlin, Germany Gilles Saint-Paul, University of Pompeu Fabra, Joachim Schwalbach, Humboldt University, Berlin, Barcelona, Spain Germany

March June Bernd Raffelhüschen, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Jan C. van Ours, Tilburg University, Netherlands Freiburg, Germany Regina T. Riphahn, University of Munich, Germany Alexander Sarris, University of Athens, Greece Wolfgang Schwerdt, University Paris I, France Dennis J. Snower, Birkbeck College, London, UK Christoph M. Schmidt, University of Heidelberg, Thomas Straubhaar, University of the Bundeswehr, Germany Hamburg, Germany Dennis J. Snower, Birkbeck College, London, UK Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Josef Zweimüller, University of Zurich, Switzerland Canada Gert G. Wagner, University of Frankfurt/Oder, July Germany Gerard van den Berg, Free University of Amsterdam, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, University of Linz, Austria Netherlands Guiseppe Bertola, European University Institute, April Florence, Italy Boris Blumberg, Maastricht University, Netherlands Zvi Eckstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel David A. Jaeger, Hunter College, City University of Gil Epstein, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel New York, USA Ira N. Gang, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Kostas Mavromas, University of Newcastle, UK Joop Hartog, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Øivind A. Nilsen, University of Bergen, Norway Arie Kapteyn, Tilburg University, Netherlands Efraim Sadka, Tel Aviv University, Israel Kevin J. Murphy, University of Southern California, Rüdiger Soltwedel, University of Kiel, Germany USA Victor Steiner, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany Stephen Nickell, London School of Economics, UK Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, May Canada Alan Barrett, ESRI, Dublin, Ireland Christiane Werner, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, James Dunlevy, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Canada Bernd Fitzenberger, University of Mannheim, Germany August Michael Funke, University of Hamburg, Germany Scott M. Fuess, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA Lars-Hendrik Röller, WZB; Humboldt University, Germany

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Nina Smith, Aarhus School of Economics, Denmark 2000

September January Stefan Bender, IAB, Nürnberg, Germany Anders Björklund, Stockholm University, Sweden Kurt Brannas, University of Umeå, Sweden M. Pilar Diaz-Vazquez, University of Santiago de Giorgio Brunello, University of Padova, Italy Compostela, Spain Richard Freeman, Harvard University, Cambridge; Scott M. Fuess, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA NBER, USA Hector Sala, University Autónoma de Barcelona, Harmen Lehment, University of Kiel, Germany Spain Dennis J. Snower, Birkbeck College, London, UK October Roger Wahlberg, Göteborg University, Sweden John M. Abowd, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Alison Booth, University of Essex, Colchester, UK February John P. Haisken-DeNew, DIW, Berlin, Germany Christian Belzil, Concordia University, Montreal, Francis Kramarz, CREST-INSEE, Paris, France Canada Birthe Larsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark Hans Peter Grüner, University of Mannheim, Germany Hartmut Lehmann, University of Louvain, Belgium Wadsworth, Jonathan, CEP, London School of Helmut Seitz, European University Viadrina, Economics, UK Frankfurt/Oder, Germany Michael Lechner, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Hartmut Lehmann, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, November UK Anders Björklund, Stockholm University, Sweden Georg Licht, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany Gebhard Flaig, ifo-Institut for Economic Research, Alexander Spermann, Institut für Angewandte Munich, Germany Wirtschaftsforschung, Tübingen, Germany Heinz P. Galler, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany March Michael Shields, University of Leicester, UK Christian Dustmann, University College London, UK Wolfgang Schwerdt, CREST-INSEE, Paris, France Lennart Flood, Göteborg University, Sweden Frank Windmeijer, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Christoph M. Schmidt, University of Heidelberg, London, UK Germany Michael Shields, University of Leicester, UK December Wendelin Schnedler, Bonn Graduate School of Torben M. Andersen, University of Aarhus, Denmark Economics, Germany Kurt Brannas, Umeå University, Sweden Robert Wright, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK Hartmut Lehman, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK April Reinholt Schnabel, University of Mannheim, Germany Christian Dustmann, University College London, UK Arthur van Soest, Tilburg University, Netherlands Horst Entorf, University of Würzburg, Germany

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Anders Björklund, Stockholm University, Sweden Regina T. Riphahn, University of Mainz, Germany Deborah Cobb-Clark, Centre for Labour Market and Ronald Schettkat, University of Utrecht, Netherlands Social Research (CLS), Denmark Kerstin Schneider, University of Dortmund, Germany Damon Clark, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Robert Völter, University of Mannheim, Germany UK Andrea Ichino, European University Institute, February Florence, Italy Erling Barth, Institute for Social Research, Norway Adriana Kugler, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Espen Bratberg, University of Bergen, Norway Spain Raul Eamets, University of Tartu, Estonia Dan-Olof Rooth, Kalmar University, Sweden Deb Fretz, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Hilmar Schneider, IWH, Halle, Germany Canada Kirk Scott, Lund University, Sweden Stepan Jurajda, Charles University, Prague, Czech Dominick Stephens, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Republic New Zealand Kaia Philips, University of Tartu, Estonia Susan Vroman, Georgetown University, Washington, Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP, London School of D.C., USA Economics, UK

December March Badi Baltagi, Texas A&M University, College Station, Joseph Altonji, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA Illinois, USA John Ermisch, University of Essex, Colchester, UK Stefan Bender, IAB Nürnberg, Germany Yannis Georgellis, Brunel University, UK Thomas Beissinger, University of Regensburg, Arie Kapteyn, Tilburg University, Netherlands Germany Ravi Pendakur, Department of Canadian Heritage, Patrik Guggenberger, Yale University, New Haven, Canada USA Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Jan Van Ours, Tilburg University, Netherlands Canada Stefan Wolter, Swiss Coordination Centre for Research Klaus Schoemann, Social Science Research Center in Education, Aarau, Switzerland (WZB), Germany April Antonio Ciccone, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2001 Spain Bart Cockx, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium January Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Slobodan Djajic, Graduate Institute of International Canada Studies, Geneva, Switzerland Bas Donkers, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Hartmut Lehmann, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Netherlands UK Mark Trede, University of Cologne, Germany

232 May June Germany L Singapore New York, USA C China C Canberra, Austrlia Sherrie Kossoudji, Christian Belzil, Wiji Arulampalam, Avner Ahituv, Gerhard Wagenhals, Myeong-Su Yun, Michael S Magnus Lofstrom, Zhang Junsen, D Jörgen Hansen, Robert Frank, Gus Che James R. Walker, Stephen J. Trejo, Petra Todd, Marion Terrill, Li Shi, Linda Richardson, T USA China Canada US Alb ondon, Canada anberr anada im Mennel, a vid A.J A an w S t a y v Feichtinger, , US Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, oon Beng, a, A attinger, A aeger us University of Pennsylvania, USA Univ tralia Cornell University, USA Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Australian NationalUniversity, Chinese University of HongKong, , Concordia University, Montreal, Concordia University, Montreal, University of Western Ontario, Hun ersity of Bonn, Germany Illinois State University, USA University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nan Australian NationalUniversity, S University of Michigan,AnnArbor, University of California, Irvine, USA Warwick University, UK T tate University of New York, University of Hohenheim, t echnic er C y ang Technological University, ollege al Univ , Cit ersity Wien, Austria y University of July October August September Main, Germany UK Marco Francesconi, Jonathan W Jennif Nicola Pavoni, Arie Kapteyn, Leif Danziger, Melvyn Coles, German Björn Christensen, Shoshana Neuman, UK Lehmann, Hartmut Hobijn, Bart S Wayne A.Cornelius, Mar vanArthur Soest, Lars Ljungqvist, US Daniel S. Hamermesh, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Ir Gil Epstein, Christian Dustmann, Stefan Bender, Sweden Economics, UK Diego, USA Isr c a N.Gang, ael o A t c t M.F o C er Smith, y aliendo ue ads Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan,Israel R ss, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA utgers University, New Brunswick, USA York University, Toronto, Canada RAND Corporation, USA University of Essex, Colchester, UK University College London, USA , IAB Nürnberg, Germany w Univ Univ Univ or Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University, Netherlands th, Kiel Institute of World Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, University of Essex, Colchester, er ersity of Warwick, UK University of California, San er University College London, UK sit CEP sit University of Texas atAustin, y o DIW Berlin, Germany y o , L f Nebr f Frankfurt, Frankfurt am ondon S IZ ask A R chool o eport 1998–2001eport a, Lincoln, USA f 233

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P. N. (Raja) Junankar, School of Economics and Finance, University of Western Sydney, Australia Christoph Knoppik, University of Regensburg, Germany Mette Verner, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark Itzhak Zilcha, Tel Aviv University, Israel

November Herbert Brücker, DIW Berlin, Germany Hartmut Lehmann, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Espen Moen, Norwegian School of Management (BI), Sandvika, Norway Jean-Marc Robin, INRA, Paris, France Knut Røed, Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway Edward Vytlacil, Stanford University, USA

December Jaap Abbrig, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Eli Berman, Boston University, USA Thorsten Braun, University of Aarhus, Denmark Herbert Brücker, DIW Berlin, Germany Hartmut Lehmann, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Monica Bütler, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Jeff Campbell, University of Chicago, USA Galina Didukh, RIIM, Vancouver, Canada Wolfram Kempe, IWH, Halle, Germany Mark Regets, National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Kang Qing Zhang, RIIM, Vancouver, Canada

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Gerard A. Pfann Klaus F. Zimmermann

Co-Editor Editor Journal of Empirical Finance DIW-Wochenbericht Macroeconomic Dynamics Economic Bulletin IZA Compact Journal of Population Economics

Co-Editor Recherches Economiques de Louvain Journal of Applied Econometrics Labour Economics European Economic Review International Journal of Manpower

Editor of Special Issues and Symposia in Scientific Journals Journal of Population Economics (1999): Illegal Migration (with L. Katseli/T. Straubhaar) Journal of Population Economics (2000): Fertility Studies Using Count Data Methods (with R. Winkelmann) Journal of Population Economics (2000): Gender Differences in Transition to Market Economies (with T. A. Mroz)

236 Jame s R . W alker andKlaus F. Zimmermann,May 30, 2001 May 30, 2001. during anaward ceremony organized by IZA inBonn on received theKuznets Prize from KlausF. Zimmermann Jame to thejournal.The first winnerwas U.S. economist a lation economics, theJournal of Population Economics In honorof SimonKuznets (1901-1985), apioneerinpopu- K (Chinese University of HongKong). Heidelberg), andIZA Research Fellow Junsen Zhang Program Director Christoph M.Schmidt (University of S. Hamermesh (University of Texas atAustin), IZA (Univ chief. Editors are IZA Research Fellow Alessandro Cigno literature. IZA Director KlausF. Zimmermanniseditor-in- state of inthetheoretical theart andpractice-oriented population andlaboreconomics. These reflect articles the Economics publishes refereed papers ontopics in recent research findings. The Journalof Population used by leading economists asaforum to disseminate renowned andinfluential quarterly publishedby IZA. Itis The Journalof Population Economics isaninternationally Journal of Population Economics w uzne ar ds the“Kuznets Prize” for outstanding contributions er s R sit ts Prize . W y o alk f Florence), IZA Program Director Daniel er (University of Wisconsin, Madison), who IZ A R eport 1998–2001eport 237

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Thomas K. Bauer Marcus Hagedorn Economic Journal European Journal of Political Economy German Economic Review International Migration Jörgen Hansen International Migration Review Empirical Economics Journal of Applied Econometrics Journal of Labor Economics Ashok Kaul Journal of Population Economics European Journal of Political Economy Labour Economics German Economic Review Konjunkturpolitik – Zeitschrift für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung Public Choice Astrid Kunze Review of Development Economics The Economics of Transition Scottish Journal of Political Economy Magnus Lofstrom Holger Bonin Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Journal of Population Economics Labour Economics Southern Economic Journal Rob Euwals Journal of Applied Econometrics Gerard A. Pfann Journal of Population Economics Empirical Economics Economics of Governance European Economic Review The Economic Journal Journal of Labor Economics Labour René Fahr Journal of Population Economics Hilmar Schneider Schmollers Jahrbuch Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung

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IZA in the Scientific Process Awards

Numerous prizes and awards show that the high quality of of Migration and Immigration Policy: An Analysis for IZA research receives growing appreciation in Germany Germany”). and abroad. The IZA website has also received several awards for excellence in providing scientific information Prize of the Association of the Friends of the DIW online. In the following, a selection of prizes and awards is Berlin to Rainer Winkelmann presented.

John G. Diefenbaker Award 1998 In July 2000, IZA Program Director Rainer to Klaus F. Zimmermann Winkelmann received the “Prize of the Association of the Friends of the DIW for the Best Paper 1984- In appreciation of his internationally acknowledged 1998/99 Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel research activities, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmer- (Second Prize)”. Parts of the award-winning study en- mann received the John G. Diefenbaker Award of the titled “Why Are the Unemployed so Unhappy: Canada Council for the Arts, which is granted in co- Evidence from Panel Data”, which was published in operation with the Alexander-von-Humboldt Founda- Economica in 1998, were cited in the IZA Compact tion. The Council stated that its decision was based newsletter in September 2000. on the high level of Zimmermann’s research publica- tions in labor economics and population economics. This is the first time that a German economist has Nobel Prize in Economics to James Heckman been among the prizewinners. The award ceremony took place in Vancouver/Canada. In October 2000, James J. Heckman (University of Chicago) and Daniel L. McFadden (University of California, Berkeley) received the Nobel Prize in Munich Alumni Dissertation Prize Economics. James Heckman has been IZA Research to Thomas K. Bauer Fellow since September 1998 and Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics, which is pub- With its annual “Alumni Dissertation Prize” the lished by IZA. The Nobel Prize was awarded to Volkswirte Alumni Club (VAC) Munich honors out- Heckman for his development of theory and methods standing academic achievements of junior economists for analyzing selective samples. His approach is highly at the Economics Department of the University of relevant to the work at IZA. Munich. Thomas K. Bauer received this prize in 1998 for his analysis on “Arbeitsmarkteffekte der Migration und der Einwanderungpolitik: Eine Analyse für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland” (“Labor Market Effects

240 S S OCE CIENTIFIC PR A IN THE S IZ Sir Austin Robinson Memorial Prize to Rob Euwals IZA World Wide Web Presentation Nominated for the Web Business Award In August 2001, IZA Research Affiliate Wendelin Schnedler received the Young Economist Award of the In March 2001, IZA was nominated for the Web European Economic Association (EEA) for his work Business Award. Globalbizshows.com gives this award on “Performance Pay and Job Characteristics” (IZA to companies and organizations for their efforts in rai- DP 235). In addition, Alois Stutzer and Rafael Lalive sing awareness of the online community in the field of (both IZA Research Affiliates from the University of economics. Along with the World Bank, the World Zurich) received the award for their joint work on Economic Forum and other institutions, IZA was “The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching nominated because it “stood out from the rest of its and Subjective Well-Being” (IZA DP 300). field as having made major contributions online.”

IZA Website Among the “Best of the Best 2001”

In April 2001, the editors of the search engine vec- trum aktuell presented the IZA website with the “Best of the Best 2001” award. A team of competent online editors gives this award to German-language sites with premium-quality content.

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