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2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning in Labor, Education, and Health Economics

Conferences and Workshops

Date

18.11.2021 - 19.11.2021

Scientific committee

Programme

DONNERSTAG, 18. November 2021

  • 1:50 pm – Welcome address
  • 2:00 pm – Session 4: Education (Chair: Gesine Stephan)
    • Estimating returns to special education: combining machine learning and text analysis to address confounding
      Aurélien Sallin, University of St. Gallen
    • Take a chance on UAS – On the influence of university dropouts at universities of applied sciences
      Daniel Goller, Centre for Research in Economics of Education, University of Bern
    • How Do Politicians React to Information Shocks? Evidence from the First PISA Results in Germany
      Pietro Sancassani, ifo Institute Munich
  • 3:30 pm – Virtual coffee break
  • 3:50 pm – Session 1: Predicting dropout (Chair: Regina Riphahn)
    • Predicting Student Dropout: A Replication
      Berthold Wigger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    • Can Predicting Dropout in Social Programs Increase Program Returns?
      Katharina Wedel, ifo Institute Munich
  • 4:50 pm – Short break
  • 5:00 pm – Keynote Lecture (Chair: Regina Riphahn)
    Susan Athey, Stanford University
  • 6:00 pm – End of first workshop day

FREITAG, 19. November 2021

  • 2:00 pm – Session 2: Methodological contributions (Chair: Marina Bonaccolto-Töpfer)
    • Double machine learning for sample selection models
      Martin Huber, University of Fribourg
    • Data Driven Estimation of Group Structures in Individual Fixed Effects Models
      Christina Zapp, ZEW — Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim
  • 3:00 pm – Virtual coffee break
  • 3:15 pm – Session 4: Specific aspects of the labor market (Chair: Julia Lang
    • Gender-specific job advertisements
      Michael Stops, IAB Nuremberg
    • Evaluating the impact of the introduction of EU Blue card in France and Germany through machine learning techniques
      Giulio Pedrini, Kore University of Enna
  • 4:15 pm – Virtual coffee break
  • 4.30 pm – Session 3: Placement processes (Chair: Claus Schnabel)
    • Machine Learning and Data Analysis for Labour Market Matching
      Sabrina Mühlbauer, IAB Nuremberg
    • Predicting Long-Term Unemployment using Machine Learning Techniques and Administrative Data
      Max Kunaschk, IAB Nuremberg and University of Groningen
  • 5:30 pm – Concluding words
  • 5:40 pm – End of second workshop day