The Eighth ICEF International Conference on Applied Economics

10:00 – 10:20 | Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:20 – 10:30 | Opening Statement

Maxim Nikitin (ICEF Research Director)
Opening Remarks

10:30 – 12:30 | Block 1: Environment, Resources, and Policy

Chair: Gerhard Toews (NES)

10:30 – 11:10 (30 + 10)
Jindong Pang (Wuhan University)
"Water Constraints and Firm Performance: Evidence from Large-Scale Water Diversion Projects"

11:10 – 11:50 (30 + 10)
Bakhtawar Ali (ICEF HSE)
"Digital Access to Justice: Evidence from Women's Virtual Police Stations in Pakistan"

11:50 – 12:30 (30 + 10)
Gerhard Toews (NES)
"Attitudes towards Climate Change Policies in Russia"

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 | Block 2: Migration, Labor, and Communication

Chair: Victor Malein (ICEF HSE)

14:00 – 14:40 (30 + 10)
Jipeng Zhang (Shandong University)
"Home, Sweet Home? The Spatial Consequences of Return Migration"

14:40 – 15:20 (30 + 10)
Junze Sun (Wuhan University)
"Consensus and Truth-Finding in Narrative Communication"

15:20 – 16:00 (30 + 10)
Victor Malein (ICEF HSE)
"Childcare or Cash? Comparing the Long-Run Effects of Day Nurseries and Mothers' Pensions"

16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:30 | Block 3: Consumption, Behavior, and Climate

Chair: Shihe Fu (Wuhan University)

16:30 – 17:10 (30 + 10)
Fabian Slonimczyk (ICEF-HSE)
"Good Looks and the Academic Job Market"

17:10 – 17:50 (30 + 10)
James Tremewan (ECON HSE)
"Crowdsourcing pro-environmental arguments: a comparison of human and LLM generated messages"

17:50 – 18:30 (30 + 10)
Shihe Fu (Wuhan University)
"Leisure Time and Urban Consumption: Quasi-experimental Evidence from China's Statutory 'Workday-swap' Holiday Policy"

19:00 – 21:00 | Reception / Dinner