= = Conference Guide 15th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics April 23-29, 2012 Buch, Ammersee, Germany Conference Center of Deutsche Post DHL Organizer: Anne Gielen (IZA and Erasmus University Rotterdam) 15th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics= April 23-29, 2012 = 1. Introduction The IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics was created in 1998, as an annual event taking place at the conference center of Deutsche Post AG at the Ammersee Lake (near Munich) in Bavaria, Germany. The Summer School is supported by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the European Economic Association (EEA), the European Association of Labor Economists (EALE), and the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE). The objective of the Summer School is to bring together a large number of PhD students and senior lecturers to study new areas in labor economics. Students have the opportunity to present their work and discuss ideas with established researchers in a relaxed and open atmosphere. The School is open to advanced graduate students from European universities, or Europeans studying abroad, engaged in the preparation of a doctoral dissertation or approaching that stage. Lecturers for the 15th IZA Summer School are Andrew Oswald (IZA and Warwick University) and Rainer Winkelmann (University of Zurich and IZA). Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 2. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA): Aims and Scope .............................................. 3 3. Lecturers of the Summer School ................................................................................ 4 4. Scientific Program .................................................................................................... 5 5. Course Outlines and Reading Lists ............................................................................ 6 6. Guidelines for Paper Presentations and Poster Sessions ............................................. 10 7. Conference Center .................................................................................................... 11 a. Description ........................................................................................................... 11 b. How to Reach the Conference Center .................................................................... 12 8. Travel Guidelines and Reimbursement ....................................................................... 14 9. Maps ....................................................................................................................... 16 a. Travelling by Car ................................................................................................... 16 b. Munich City ......................................................................................................... 17 c. Munich Airport Information .................................................................................... 17 O 2. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA): Aims and Scope The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) analyzes the problems associated with the organization of labor in a rapidly developing globalized economic environment. Within a framework of seven research areas, IZA focuses on original and internationally competitive research activities in all fields of labor economics. In addition, IZA provides policy consultancy concerning crucial topics of labor market policy. Main tasks of IZA • To undertake original and internationally competitive research activities in all fields of labor economics • To promote the transfer of scientific findings into practical policy concepts • To disseminate research results and concepts to the interested public Nature and contents of research activities at IZA • Innovative, empirical research using econometric analysis of large individual data sets • A microeconomic research focus oriented towards the business sector • International comparative research in close cooperation with foreign scientific institutes and organizations • Examination, documentation and evaluation of new concepts in labor market policy and of employment initiatives in business (scientific advice and evaluation) Personnel in areas of research, documentation, and information is supported by external economists within the framework of international joint research activities as well as by doctoral students taking part in the IZA research program. Both international and national research fellows work temporarily at IZA. A close cooperation with the University of Bonn has been established in order to give additional momentum to academic research and teaching. P 3. Lecturers of the Summer School Andrew Oswald (IZA and Warwick University) Andrew Oswald is Visiting Research Fellow at IZA in Bonn (since May 2011). He is also a Professor of Economics at Warwick University and held permanent and visiting posts at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Princeton, Dartmouth College, Cornell and Harvard University. His doctorate, in 1980 from Oxford, was on the theory of trade union behaviour. He has also worked on wages, unemployment, entrepreneurship, job satisfaction, happiness, and mental health. Andrew’s current research lies at the borders between economics, psychology, epidemiology and medicine. He has received a number of awards for contributions to economics and social science, including Princeton University's Lester Prize for the book The Wage Curve published by MIT Press, and an ESRC Professorship in the U.K. He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999. Rainer Winkelmann (University of Zurich and IZA) Rainer Winkelmann is Professor of Statistics and Empirical Economic Research at the University of Zurich. He studied economics at the Universities of Konstanz (Diplom Volkswirt, 1989), Paris, Washington University in St. Louis (M.A., 1990) and the University of Munich (Dr. oec. publ, 1993). From 1993-1995 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire and from 1995-1999, he was Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He has acted as an advisor to the New Zealand government on issues of immigration policy, the economic position of Maori and the effect of trade liberalization on income distribution. From December 1999 until October 2001, Rainer Winkelmann was Senior Research Associate at IZA, where he also served as Program Director for the IZA Research Program "The Future of Labor". His research interests include empirical labor economics, in particular unemployment, migration, and income distribution; and econometric models for count and panel data. He has published a book "Econometric Analysis of Count Data", and numerous papers in edited books and national and international journals such as Economica, Econometric Reviews, Empirical Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Population Economics, and Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. Q 4. Scientific Program - to be announced - Program Start: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 3 pm Arrival during morning until 1:30 pm End of Program: Saturday evening, April 28, departure Sunday April 29 after breakfast Participants are required to stay for the entire duration of the Summer School. R 5. Course Outlines and Reading Lists A. Andrew Oswald (IZA and Warwick University) "The Economics of Happiness and Health" Lecture 1: The Microeconomic Foundations of Human Happiness Lecture 2: Mental Health and the Biomarkers of Your Heart Lecture 3: Easterlin’s Paradox and the Macroeconomics of Happiness Lecture 4: Relative Comparisons and the Theory of Herd Behaviour Lecture 5: Where Will Research Go in the Coming Century? Reading List References to the modern literature on the economics of happiness will be given out as the course proceeds, but a useful introduction, and one probably worth buying, is: The Happiness Equation by N Powdthavee, Icon Books, London, 2010. The classic reference on herd behaviour in mathematical biology, which builds on work by Francis Galton, and is a great read for economists, is: Title: Geometry for the selfish herd Author(s): HAMILTON WD Source: JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 295-& DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(71)90189-5 Published: 1971 Other reading if you have time: Title: A simple model of herd behavior Author(s): BANERJEE AV Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Volume: 107 Issue: 3 Pages: 797-817 DOI: 10.2307/2118364 Published: AUG 1992 Title: Inequality at work: The effect of peer salaries on job satisfaction Author(s): CARD D; MAS A; MORETTI E; SAEZ E. Source: NBER Working Paper 16396 Published: 2010 S Title: The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years Author(s): Christakis Nicholas A.; Fowler James H. Source: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Volume: 357 Pages: 370-379 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa066082 Published: JUL 2007 Title: Comparison-concave utility and following behaviour in social and economic settings Author(s): Clark AE; Oswald AJ Source: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 133-155 DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00064-4 Published: OCT 1998 Title: Flocking is an effective anti-predation strategy in redshanks tringa-tetanus Author(s): CRESSWELL W Source: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 47 Issue: 2 Pages: 433-442 DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1057 Published: FEB 1994 Title: Relative versus absolute income, joy of winning, and