Conference program 2025

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Each presenter is allocated 20 minutes, which includes time for questions and discussion. We advise you to prepare a 15-minute presentation and plan for 5 minutes of discussion.​

Venue: Faculty of Economics and Administration, Lipová 41a, Brno

Wednesday, May 21 (optional program)

  • 12:30 - 15:30 | OPTIONAL COURSE – JAMES TREMEWAN, PART 1 (Room S306)

    James Tremewan (Tor Vergata University of Rome)
    "Faking data (in a good way): size, power, and the replication crisis"

    In this short course, we will look at some examples of how simulating data can be a useful tool for achieving more replicable research. The size and power of statistical tests are the two parameters that tell you how much you should update your prior about the truth of a hypothesis after observing the outcome of an experiment. We will first discuss "exact tests," where the size is mathematically correct, and show through simulations how tests that rely on asymptotics or unverifiable assumptions can lead to underestimating the rate of false rejections of the null. We will then use the same method to perform bespoke power analysis in a way that takes account of the actual tests you will be using and your best guess of the distributions of data you will gather. Finally, we will use simulations to investigate how poor experimental design and publication bias can lead to exaggerated statistical significance and magnitudes of treatment effects.

    The course takes place over two sessions: Wednesday, May 21, 12:30 - 15:30 and Thursday, May 22, 10:00 - 13:00.
    The course is free of charge; please confirm your participation by email.

  • 16:30 - 18:00 | PUBLIC LECTURE – DAVID NEUMARK (Mendel Museum)

    David Neumark
    "Field Experiment Evidence on Age Discrimination and Age Stereotypes"

    Organized within the Masaryk University Seminar Series.
    Venue: Mendel Museum, Mendlovo nám. 1a, Brno

Thursday, May 22

  • 10:00 - 13:00 | OPTIONAL COURSE – JAMES TREMEWAN, PART 2 (Room S306)

  • 13:30 - 15:00 | ARRIVALS, REGISTRATION (Faculty lobby)

  • 15:00 | WELCOME REMARKS (Room P101)

  • 15:15 - 16:30 | SESSION 1 (Room P101)

    Room P101
    Chair: Martin Guzi

    Katharina Adler (University of Würzburg): Gender Discrimination in Online Negotiations – Evidence from a Field Experiment

    Theodor Kouro (CERGE-EI): Let Me Choose What I'm Best at: A Natural Field Experiment with Volunteers

    Dylan Thompson (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Concert-induced streaming: Estimates of the dynamic inter-temporal effect of concert demand on recorded music consumption

  • 16:30 - 17:00 | AFTERNOON BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)

  • 17:00 - 18:15 | KEYNOTE LECTURE – DOROTHEA KÜBLER (Room P101)

    Dorothea Kübler
    "Are hiring algorithms acceptable and useful? Evidence from the lab and the field"
    Hosted by Miloš Fišar

  • 18:30 - 21:30 | WELCOME DRINK (Faculty green roof)

Friday, May 23

  • 9:00 - 9:30 | REGISTRATION – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)

  • 9:30 - 10:30 | SESSION 2

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics – Cooperation and Trust
    Room P102
    Chair: Jonathan Stäbler

    Alessandro Stringhi (Prague University of Economics and Business): Income Mobility and Trust: Experimental Evidence

    Veronica Pizziol (University of Grenoble Alpes – GAEL): Authority Selection and Compliance in a Public Bad Game

    Christos Apostolides (Masaryk University): Betrayal Aversion: The Roles of Beliefs and Ambiguity

    Labour Economics – Women’s Employment
    Room P106
    Chair: Dinara Alpysbayeva

    Lucia Torres Frasele (Masaryk University): The Impact of Menopause Hormone Therapy on Women’s Health and Employment

    Quynh Huynh (University of Leeds): Mobile Internet and Structural Transformation in Vietnam

    Candan Erdemli (Central European University): Work From Home and Child Penalties

  • 10:30 - 11:00 | MID-MORNING BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)

  • 11:00 - 12:00 | SESSION 3

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    Room P102
    Chair: Miloš Fišar

    Matthias Holzmann (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt): Excuse My Behavior: Social Norms and Moral Costs

    Abu Afzal Tauheed (Masaryk University): (En)Gendering Marital Status in Indian Job Market: A Web-Based Field Experiment Study

    Francesca Marazzi (University of Rome Tor Vergata): Who Cares? Responsibility, Redistribution, and Political Ideology

    Labour Economics – Education
    Room P106
    Chair: Martin Guzi

    Tina Rozsos (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Switch happens: were school switchers initially assigned to the wrong schools?

    Lukas Jonas (RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research): The effect of computer science at higher education institutions on local labour markets

    Julio Garbers (LISER): Small Pictures, Big Biases: The Adverse Effect of an Airbnb Anti-Discrimination Policy

  • 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH (at the conference venue)

  • 13:00 - 14:15 | KEYNOTE LECTURE – DAVID NEUMARK (Room P101)

    David Neumark
    "What Can We Conclude from the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment? – Recent Progress"
    Hosted by Luca Fumarco

    The U.S. research literature on the employment effects of minimum wages is often described as contradictory and inconclusive. In this lecture, Prof. Neumark will present new evidence from a survey and empirical analysis that shows that indeed most work finds that higher minimum wages reduce employment of low-skilled workers, and that some important evidence suggesting the opposite is flawed and reaches the wrong conclusion.

  • 14:15 - 14:30 | BEST PAPER AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT, GROUP PHOTO AND SHORT BREAK

  • 14:30 - 15:30 | SESSION 4

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    Room P102
    Chair: Jonathan Stäbler

    David Walker-Jones (University of Surrey): Naive Frequentists, Thresholds, and Redundant Information

    Yuchi Li (Ghent University): Loss-Sensitivity versus Loss-Aversion

    Gergely Hajdu (Vienna University of Economics and Business): Internal Belief Constructs and Motivated Information Acquisition

    Labour Economics – Migration
    Room P106
    Chair: Martin Guzi

    Sorath Shah (Masaryk University): From Spontaneity to Planning: Understanding Long-Distance Travelers' Mode Choice Preferences for BlaBlaCar Carpooling, Bus, and Train in Central Europe

    Mohamad Saoud (Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg): The 2015/2016 New Year’s Eve Cologne Event and Anti-refugee Crimes in Germany

    Pablo Zarate (University of Mannheim and ZEW): Importing Unions: German Migrants and the Rise of the American Labor Movement in 19th Century US

  • 15:30 - 16:00 | AFTERNOON BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE

  • 16:00 - 17:00 | SESSION 5

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    Room P102
    Chair: Miloš Fišar

    Mert Gumren (University of Leicester): Impact of Advice on Behavior Change: Experimental Evidence from Children

    Michael Hilweg-Waldeck (University of Mannheim): Why Don’t Donors Deduct? Behavioral Barriers to Tax Incentives in Charitable Giving

    Ondřej Uldrijan (Masaryk University): Trust and Third-party Interference

    Labour Economics – Employment
    Room P106
    Chair: Dinara Alpysbayeva

    Meike Rudolph (Kiel University and IAB): Progress or Setback? The Causal Effects of Covid-19 on Individual Labor Outcomes – A Gender Perspective

    Patrick Nüß (Halle Institute for Economic Research): Management Opposition in Times of Crisis

    Aukje Nieuwenhuis (University of Groningen): The part-time trap: examining restrictions in women's labor supply decision

  • 18:30 - 22:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER

    Venue: Kabaret Špaček, Kopečná 326/46, Brno

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