Patrick Arni (University of Bristol) will give a presentation on Heterogeneous Impacts of Trade Shocks on Workers Abstract: This paper identifies the causal effects of trade shocks on worker outcomes.

Lan Lin (Peking University) will give a presentation on Digital Imports and Firm-Level Employment Abstract:

Edwin Fourrier-Nicolaï (University of Trento) will give a presentation on Digital Technologies and Firm's Employment and Training Abstract:This study examines the causal influence of digital technologies, specifically operational (ODT) and information digital technologies (IDT), on firms’ employment structure using Italian firm level data.

Jaime Marques Pereira (Lancaster University Management School) will give a presentation on Trumping the News: A High-Frequency Analysis Abstract: Does mainstream media actively amplifies politicians' social media statements, and does this amplification influence individuals' political opinions? I first study cable news coverage of Donald J.

Pauline Corblet (NYU Abu Dhabi) will give a presentation on The Impact of Education Expansions on Life-cycle Earnings Abstract: I evidence changes in wage profiles over the life-cycle between the late 1990s and 2010s in France. Young labor market entrants enjoy higher wages than more senior workers at the same age but experience a flatter wage progression.

Tiziano Toniolo IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain will give a presentation on In-work benefits and labour supply: Analysis of the introduction and expansion of the social work bonus for Belgium Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of the introduction and subsequent expansion of the social work bonus, a payroll tax reduction with legal incidence on low-wage employees in Belgium.

Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University) will give a presentation on Do immigrants hurt local public finances? Evidence from Italy Abstract: In this paper we estimate the causal impact of immigration to Italy on local public finances, at the municipality level (Comuni), between 2008 and 2015.

Elisa Navarra (ULB) will give a presentation on The Effects of Corporate Subsidies Along Supply Chains

Esther Arenas Arroyo (Vienna University) will give a presentation on Low-Wage Jobs, Foreign-Born Workers, and Firm Performance   Abstract: We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States.

Natalie Chen (University of Warwick) will give a presentation on Trade diversion and labor market outcomes Abstract: In 2018 the US administration has increased tariffs on imports from China. Do these tariffs merely reduce imports from China into the US, or do they at the same time lead to more imports from other countries such as Mexico?