BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AMSE//Event Calendar//FR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-12426@www.amse-aixmarseille.fr DTSTAMP:20260421T230700Z CREATED:20260421T230700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T230700Z STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:phd seminar - Laura Contreras-Portela*\, Natalia Labrador-Bernate** DTSTART:20251202T100000Z DTEND:20251202T113000Z DESCRIPTION:*Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are a cornerstone of place-based industrial policy in developing economies\, yet their success depends on h ow local labor markets adjust to new investment opportunities. Using newly assembled georeferenced data linking municipalities\, firms\, households\, and zones\, this paper exploits the staggered rollout of SEZs in Colombia b etween 2005 and 2018 in a difference-in-differences framework to assess the ir impact on local labor markets and firm dynamics. I find that\, at the mu nicipality level\, SEZs increase informality without affecting total employ ment\, indicating that the policy reallocates rather than expands local lab or demand. This reallocation arises as high-skill–intensive firms enterin g SEZs compete for scarce skilled labor: wage pressures intensify\, high-sk ill workers experience wage gains\, and small\, less-productive formal firm s that cannot match rising labor costs exit the market. The resulting shift in labor demand reallocates high-skilled workers toward high-productivity firms\, while displaced low-skill workers are absorbed into informal occupa tions. The findings reveal a distortion inherent to place-based industrial incentives: SEZs concentrate benefits among a narrow “club” of high-pro ductivity firms\, reshaping the composition of local economies and highligh ting the limits of policies that rely on selective incentives.**Extreme hea t affects labor supply through increased absenteeism\, lower productivity\, and changes in work-time allocation. However\, there is limited evidence o n the role of gender as a moderating factor\, even though men are more repr esented in outdoor and weather-exposed occupations worldwide. This paper us es microdata from urban workers in Colombia to estimate the gender-differen tiated effects of extreme temperatures on short-term labor supply and time use. I find that one additional day with maximum temperatures above 33°C r educes weekly working hours for women by about 20 minutes\, with no signifi cant effect for men. In addition\, women spend more time on unpaid domestic work during hot days\, while men’s time allocation remains unchanged\, s uggesting that only employed women reallocate time from paid to unpaid acti vities in response to heat. I also explore the underlying factors behind th ese differences\, examining both the direct role of occupational exposure a nd the indirect effects of increased caregiving demands during hot periods\ , which primarily constrain women's labor supply.\\n\\nContact: Alexandre A rnout: alexandre.arnout[at]univ-amu.frPhilippine Escudié: philippine.escu die[at]univ-amu.frArmand Rigotti: armand.rigotti[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d' informations: https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/laura-contreras-po rtela-natalia-labrador-bernate-0 LOCATION:Îlot Bernard du Bois - Amphithéâtre\, AMU - AMSE\, 5-9 boulevar d Maurice Bourdet\, 13001 Marseille URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/laura-contreras-portela-natalia-labrador-bernate-0 CONTACT:Alexandre Arnout: alexandre.arnout[at]univ-amu.frPhilippine Escudi : \;philippine.escudie[at]univ-amu.frArmand Rigotti: \;armand.rigo tti[at]univ-amu.fr TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR