Programme of the IRES Afternoon   14:30 - 14:45 Silvia Peracchi Understanding cross-border workers’ decisions 14:45 - 15:00 Sandy Tubeuf Public preferences for environmentally-responsible healthcare 15:05 - 15:20 Jean-François Maystadt Skilled-Worker Visas for Refugees: A research proposal 15:20 - 15:35 Gonzague Vannoorenb

Matthias Doepke (LSE) will give a presentation on The Political Economy of Laws to `Protect' Women Abstract: During the first half of the 20th century, the US introduced state laws that imposed restrictions on women's labor market opportunities.

Charles de Pierpont de Burnot (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on The Legacy of the Roman Empire Network Integration in the Western European Trade Abstract: This research examines the path-dependence relationship between economic integration in Western Europe under Roman rule from 75BC to 200AC and economic integration between the current European regions, intending to determ

Diego Malo Rico (IRES/LIDAM) will give a presentation on Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access Abstract: This paper shows that ethnically remote locations do not reap the full peace dividend from increased market access.

Michael Waugh (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) will give a presentation on Heterogeneous Agent Trade Abstract: This paper studies the implications of household heterogeneity for trade. I develop a model where household heterogeneity is induced via incomplete markets and results in heterogeneous price elasticities.

Gonzague Vannoorenberghe (IRES/LIDAM) Globalization and the urban-rural divide in France Abstract: The growing economic divide between globalized urban centers and left-behind rural places is a powerful narrative in many countries. This paper uses rich administrative micro data to quantify whether urban-rural economic linkages have decreased in France over the period 1995-2015.

Laura Gati (European Central Bank ) will give a presentation on Monetary communication rules Abstract: Does the Federal Reserve follow a communication rule? We propose a simple framework to estimate communication rules, which we conceptualize as a systematic mapping between the Fed’s expectations of macroeconomic variables and the words they use to talk about the economy.

Jing-Rong Zeng (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on In Search of Lost Peace: The Local Effects of Peacekeepers on Conflict Dynamics in Africa Abstract: This study investigates the influence of peacekeeping intervention on the evolution of local conflict intensity, offering the first quantitative insights into their long-term effectiveness.

Sarah Langlotz (University of Goettingen) will give a presentation on Terrorist Propaganda Abstract: This paper examines the influence of Islamic State (IS) propaganda on public opinion in Afghanistan. We leverage granular survey data to investigate how plausibly exogenous exposure to IS content influences views towards local and international forces. We employ two distinct designs.

Karine Moukkadem (AMSE) will give a presentation on Arab Spring Protests and Women’s Marriage Outcomes: Evidence from Egypt Abstract: The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 has triggered important socio-economic changes directly affecting women, who have played an unprecedented role in protests.