Schedule

Day 1: Thursday, December 14th

9:00-9:20

Welcome & Opening remarks

9:20-10:10

Credit and Employment Policies for Firms: Evidence from the COVID Pandemic (slides)

Speaker: Federico Huneeus (Duke University & Central Bank of Chile)

Discussant: Benjamín Villena-Roldán (slides)

10:10-11:00

Welfare Effects of Child Care Policies (slides)

Speaker: Jorge Rodríguez (Universidad de los Andes, Chile)

Discussant: Ítalo López (slides)

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

One Says Goodbye, Another Says Hello: Turnover and Compensation in the Early Care and Education Sector (slides)

Keynote Speaker: Flavio Cunha (Rice University)

12:30-14:00

Lunch (By invitation)

14:00-14:50

Returns to Human Capital Investment Beyond College: The Becas Chile Program (slides)

Speaker: Sebastián Gallegos (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)

Discussant: Jorge Rodríguez (slides)

14:50-15:40

The Effect of Paying Parents to Adopt: Evidence from Minnesota’s Foster-Care System (slides)

Speaker: Diana MacDonald (Banco de México)

Discussant: Pamela Jervis (slides)

15:40-16:10

Coffee Break

16:10-17:00

When education is not enough: Explaining labor informality inertia in Chile (slides)

Speaker: Adolfo Fuentes (University of Edinburgh)

Discussant: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra (slides)

19:00-21:00

Workshop Dinner at Castillo Forestal (Av. Cardenal José María Caro 390, Santiago)

Day 2: Friday, December 15th

9:30-10:20

Economics and Measurement: New measures to model decision making (slides)

Speaker: Pamela Jervis (Universidad de Chile)

Discussant: Sebastián Fleitas (slides)

10:20-11:10

Changing nature of work and work capacity (slides)

Speaker: Italo López (University of Southern California)

Discussant: Diana MacDonald (slides)

11:10-11:40

Coffee Break

11:40-12:30

Working hours policy reforms: Implications for labor market allocations and productivity (slides)

Speaker: Benjamín Villena-Roldán (Universidad Andrés Bello)

Discussant: Adolfo Fuentes (slides)

12:30-13:30

Lunch (By invitation)

13:30-14:20

Difference-in-Differences in Equilibrium: Evidence from Placed-Based Policies (slides)

Speaker: Sebastián Fleitas (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Discussant: Sebastián Gallegos (slides)

14:20-15:10

How Much Is a Formal Job Worth? Evidence from Mexico (slides)

Speaker: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Discussant: Federico Huneeus (slides)

All sessions have 35 minutes for the speaker, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 5 minutes of general comments and questions.

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