2nd Mendoza Workshop in Economics (WinE)

Aula A, Edificio de Gobierno,

Faculty of Economic Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

December 21st, 2018, 9:30 - 18:30

9:45 - 10:00 Opening Remarks

40 minutes presentations, including questions from the audience.

First session

Chair: TBA

10:00 - 10:40 Gustavo Ventura (Arizona State University)

Taxation, Expenditures and the Irish Miracle

joint with Paul Klein (Stockholm University)

10:40 - 11:20 Juan Marcos Wlasiuk (Central Bank of Chile)

Wage Cyclicality of New and Continuing Jobs

joint with Elías Albagrli(Central Bank of Chile), Gabriela Contreras (Central Bank of Chile) and Matías Tapia (Central Bank of Chile)


11:20 - 11:40 Coffee Break


Second session

Chair: TBA

11:40 - 12:20 Emanuel Vespa (UC Santa Barbara)

Failures in Contingent Reasoning: The Role of Uncertainty

joint with Alejandro Martinez-Marquina (Stanford University) and Muriel Niederle (Stanford University, NBER and SIEPR)

12:20 - 13:00 Hector Chade (Arizona State University)

Screening in Vertical Oligopolies

joint with Jeroen Swinkelsy (Northwestern University)


13:00 - 14:30 Lunch


Third session

Chair: TBA

14:30 - 15:10 Federico Gutierrez (Vanderbilt University)

Reaching the Top of Falling Behind? The Role of Occupational Segregation in Women's Chances of Finding a High-Paying Job Over the Life-Cycle

15:10 - 15:50 Maria Jose Prados (University of Southern California)

Health And Earnings Inequality Over the Life Cycle: The Redistributive Potential of Health Policies


15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break


Fourth session

Chair: TBA

16:10 - 16:50 Gabriela Farfan (World Bank)

Do teachers use socio-economic cues to evaluate students?

joint with Alaka Holla (World Bank) and Renos Vakis (World Bank)

16:50 - 17:30 Sebastian Riera (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and FCA-UNCuyo)

Measuring Technical Efficiency in Winegrape Production in Mendoza, Argentina

joint with Bernhard Brümmer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) and Alejandro Gennari (FCA-UNCuyo)

17:30 - 18:10 Jorge Baldrich (Universidad de San Andrés)

Determinants of Budget Projection Errors in Latin America and the Caribbean

joint with Israel Fainboim (IMF) and Mario Pessoa (IMF)