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Date: 12:30 01 June 2009 - 17:30 02 June 2009
Type: Conference
Venue: Institute for Fiscal Studies  [see map]
Price: members: Free; nonmembers: Free

Day 1: Monday 1 June 2009

12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-13:10 Marcos Vera Hernandez, "Health shocks, household consumption and child nutrition" (download SLIDES), joint with Aida Galiano

13:10-13:30 Discussion introduced by Bernard Fortin
13:30-13:45 Coffee
13:45-14:25 Catherine Sofer, "The division of labour within the household: is there any escape from traditional gender roles?" (joint with Sayyid Salman Rizavi)
14:25-14:45 Discussion introduced by Yoram Weiss"
14:45-15:00 Coffee
15:00-15:40 Sonia Oreffice, "Sexual orientation and household decision making: Same-sex couples' balance of power and labour supply choices"
15:40-16:00 Discussion introduced by Valérie Lechene
16:00-16:15 Coffee
16:15-16:55 Bernard Fortin, "Are Children Decision-Makers Within the Household?" and (download SLIDES and PAPER), joint with Anyck Dauphin, Abdel-Rahmen El Lahga and Guy Lacroix
16:55-17:15 Discussion introduced by Costas Meghir
17:15-17:30 Coffee
17:30-18:10 Christine Ho, "The Joint Design of Optimal Social Security and Welfare to Work Programs: Disability Insurance and Child-Care Subsidies" (joint with Nicola Pavoni)
18:10-18:30 Discussion introduced by Richard Blundell

Day 2: Tuesday 2 June 2009

09:15-09:30 Coffee
09:30-10:10 Orazio Attanasio, "Efficient responses to targeted transfers", joint with Valérie Lechene
10:10-10:30 Discussion introduced by Ian Preston
10:30-10:45 Coffee
10:45-11:25 V. Bhaskar, "Parental sex selection and gender imbalance"
11:25-11:45 Discussion introduced by Yoram Weiss"
11:45-12:00 Coffee
12:00-12:40 Murat Iyigun, "Spousal Matching with Children, Careers and Divorce", joint with Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Yoram Weiss.
12:40-13:00 Discussion introduced by V.Bhaskar
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:40 Martin Browning, "Love, betrayal and commitment"(download SLIDES)
14:40-15:00 Discussion introduced by Nicola Pavoni
15:00-15:15 Coffee
15:15-15:55 Pierre-André Chiappori, "Random labour supply"
15:55-16:15 Discussion introduced by Jeremy Lise
16:15-16:30 Coffee
16:30-17:10 Bob Pollak, "Marriage market equilibrium and bargaining", joint with Shelly Lundberg
17:10-17:30 Discussion introduced by Pierre-André Chiappori

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Valérie Lechene , University College London