DAY 1 : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22

9:00 am Welcome: Lionel FONTAGNÉ, Director of the Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne

9:20 am Session 1: Institutions and migration (Chair: Hélène Latzer, CES-Paris 1)

David DE LA CROIX (Université Catholique de Louvain): Migration, human capital, and selection patterns of university scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1088-1685)

Hillel RAPOPORT (Paris School of Economics): From Exodus to Exitus: Politically selective emigration after Germany's failed 1848 revolutions and the rise of the Nazi Party

Coffee break

11:20 am Session 2: Institutions and development (Chair: Mathilde Maurel, CES-Paris 1)

Mathieu COUTTENIER (University of Lyon): Fertile ground for conflict

Serena COCCIOLO (Stockholm University): Experience of inclusive institutions and the value of participation: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Lunch

2:20 pm Session 3: Institutions and pre-industrial growth (Chair: Nicolas Canry, CES-Paris 1)

Matteo CERVELLATI (University of Bologna): Sovereign polities and pre-industrial development: Theory and evidence for Europe 1000-1850

Cecilia GARCÍA-PEÑALOSA (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Taxation and the timing of the demographic transition to modern growth

Coffee break

4:20 pm Session 4: Anti-social behaviour (Chair: Michela Limardi, U. Lille & CES-Paris 1)

Emmanuelle AURIOL (Toulouse School of Economics): Anti-social behavior in non-profit organizations

Romain ESPINOSA (Université de Rennes 1): Law and norms: Experimental evidence with liability rules

Social dinner

DAY 2: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23

9:00 am Welcome: Ariane DUPONT-KIEFFER, Dean of the École d’Économie de la Sorbonne

9:20 am Session 5: State capacity (Chair: Ugo Gragnolati, CES-Paris 1)

Noel D. JOHNSON (George Mason University): Taxes, national identity, and nation building: Evidence from France

Nauro CAMPOS (Brunel University): Economic integration and state capacity

Coffee break

11:20 am Session 6: Ethnicity (Chair: Laetitia Duval, CES-Paris 1)

Pierre ANDRÉ (Université de Cergy-Pontoise): Ethnic favoritism: Winner takes all or power sharing? Evidence from school constructions in Benin

Gian Luca TEDESCHI (University of Nottingham): State history, cultural transmission and institutional trust in Africa

Lunch

2:00 pm Session 7: Gender and fertility (Chair: Morgane Laouenan, CES-Paris 1)

Jessica PAN (National University of Singapore): The mommy effect: Do women anticipate the employment effects of motherhood?

Lara VIVIAN (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Female employment and job polarization: The case of Germany

Adjourn