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)