2019 Conference Program Schedule
November 15-16, 2019
All sessions will be held in the Tepper Quad Room 4242.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
8 - 10 p.m. | Welcome Reception: Urban Tap Shadyside
216 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, walking distance from Hotel Indigo-East Liberty (host hotel)
Friday, November 15, 2019
8:15 a.m. | Transportation to the Tepper School
8:30 - 9 a.m. | Buffet Breakfast, Tepper Quad 4243
9 a.m. | Conference Session I: Macroeconomic Impacts of Migration
Chair: Ali Shourideh
- Migration and Sovereign Default Risk
Authors: George Alessandria (University of Rochester), Yan Bai (University of Rochester), and Minjie Deng (University of Rochester)
Discussant: Pablo Guerron (Boston College) - Should Germany Build a New Wall? Macroeconomic Lessons from the 2015-20(?) Refugee Wave
Authors: Christopher Busch (MOVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Zainab Iftikhar (University of Frankfurt), Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania), Alexander Ludwig (University of Frankfurt) and Irina Popova (University of Frankfurt)
Discussant: Tommaso Porzio (University of California San Diego)
noon | Simmons Auditorium A
Lunch
1:30 p.m. | Conference Session II: Migration Policy Design: Theory and Evidence
Chair: Chris Sleet
- What is the Optimal Immigration Policy? Migration, Jobs and Welfare
Authors: Joao Guerreiro (Northwestern University), Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University) and Pedro Teles (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Discussant: Ali Shourideh (Carnegie Mellon University) - The Effect of Increased Work Visas on Unauthorized Immigration
Authors: Brian K. Kovak (Carnegie Mellon University) and Rebecca Lessem (Carnegie Mellon University)
Discussant: Kelly Bishop (Arizona State University)
5 p.m. | Transportation from the Tepper School of Business to Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh East Liberty
6:15 p.m. | Transportation from Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh East Liberty to SOBA
6:30 - 9 p.m. | Dinner: SOBA Restaurant
5847 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 [Cocktails: 6:30 – 7 p.m. | Dinner: 7 – 9 p.m.]
Saturday, November 16, 2019
8 a.m. | Transportation to the Tepper School
8:15 a.m. | Buffet Breakfast, Tepper 4243
8:45 a.m. | Conference Session III: Internal Migration and Development
Chair: Laurence Ales
- The Effect of Migration Policy on Growth, Structural Change, and Regional Inequality in China
Authors: Tongtong Hao (University of Toronto), Ruiqi Sun (Tsinghua University), Trevor Tombe (University of Calgary) and Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto)
Discussant: Jessica Leight (American University) - Migration Policy and Observational Returns to Rural-Urban Migration in
the Developing World
Authors: David Lagakos (University of California San Diego), Samuel Marshall (Yale University), Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University), Corey Vernot (Yale University) and Michael E. Waugh (New York University)
Discussant: Todd Schoellman (Minneapolis Federal Reserve)