Conference program 2025
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)
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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.
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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
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10:00 - 13:00 | OPTIONAL COURSE – JAMES TREMEWAN, PART 2 (Room S306)
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13:30 - 15:00 | ARRIVALS, REGISTRATION (Faculty lobby)
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15:00 | WELCOME REMARKS (Room P101)
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15:15 - 16:30 | SESSION 1 (Room P101)
Room P101
Chair: Martin GuziKatharina 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
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16:30 - 17:00 | AFTERNOON BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)
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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"
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18:30 - 21:30 | WELCOME DRINK (Faculty green roof)
Friday, May 23
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9:00 - 9:30 | REGISTRATION – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)
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9:30 - 10:30 | SESSION 2
Behavioral and Experimental Economics – Cooperation and Trust
Room P102
Chair: Jonathan StäblerAlessandro 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 AlpysbayevaLucia 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
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10:30 - 11:00 | MID-MORNING BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE (Faculty lobby)
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11:00 - 12:00 | SESSION 3
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Room P102
Chair: Miloš FišarMatthias 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 GuziTina 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
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12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH (at the conference venue)
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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 FumarcoThe 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.
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14:15 - 14:30 | BEST PAPER AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT, GROUP PHOTO AND SHORT BREAK
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14:30 - 15:30 | SESSION 4
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Room P102
Chair: Jonathan StäblerDavid 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 GuziSorath 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
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15:30 - 16:00 | AFTERNOON BREAK – TEA AND COFFEE
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16:00 - 17:00 | SESSION 5
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Room P102
Chair: Miloš FišarMert 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 AlpysbayevaMeike 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
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18:30 - 22:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER
Venue: Kabaret Špaček, Kopečná 326/46, Brno