IZA Conference: The Economics of the Minimum Wage

Sunday, June 21:

09:00	-	09:15		Welcome Address by Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique and IZA)
09:15				Session 1: The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment
09:15	-	10:15		John M. Abowd (Cornell University), Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE and IZA), David Margolis (TEAM, University of Paris I and IZA), Thomas Philippon (New York University)
				"Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States"
				Discussant: Tito Boeri (Bocconi University)
10:15	-	11:15		David Neumark (University of California, Irvine), William Wascher (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
				"Does a Higher Minimum Wage Enhance the Effectiveness of the Earned Income Tax Credit?"
				Discussant: Christopher L. Smith (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
11:15	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		John T. Addison (University of South Carolina), McKinley L. Blackburn (University of South Carolina), Chad D. Cotti (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh)
				"Do Minimum Wages Raise Employment? Evidence from the U.S. Retail-Trade Sector"
				Discussant: Pedro Portugal (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
12:30				Lunch and Poster Session
				Laura Giuliano (University of California, Berkeley)
				"Minimum Wage Effects on Employment, Substitution, and the Teenage Labor Supply: Evidence from Personnel Data"
				Joseph J. Sabia (American University), Richard V. Burkhauser (Cornell University)
				"The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases in New York State: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
14:00				Session 2: Minimum Wages, Inequality and Enforcement
14:00	-	15:00		Mirco Tonin (University of Southampton)
				"Minimum Wage and Tax Evasion: Theory and Evidence"
				Discussant: Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley)
15:00	-	16:00		Christopher L. Smith (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), David Autor (MIT and IZA), Allan Manning (London School of Economics and IZA)
				"The Minimum Wage’s Role in the Evolution of U.S. Wage Inequality over Three Decades: A Modest Re-Assessment"
				Discussant: Laura Giuliano (University of California, Berkeley)
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30	-	17:30		Katherine Terrell (University of Michigan)
				"Informality, Minimum Wages and Enforcement: New Evidence for Brazil"
				Discussant: Joseph J. Sabia (American University)
19:00				Dinner

Monday, June 22:

09:00				Session 3: Minimum Wages and Optimal Taxation
09:00	-	10:00		Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley), David Lee (Princeton University)
				"Optimal Minimum Wage Policy in Competitive Labor Markets"
				Discussant: Christopher Flinn (New York University)
10:00	-	11:00		Guy Laroque (CREST-INSEE), Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique and IZA)
				"Optimal Taxation and Monopsonistic Labor Market: Does Monopsony Justify the Minimum Wage?"
				Discussant: Leif Danziger (Ben Gurion University)
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30				Session 4: The Macroeconomic Effects of Minimum Wages
11:30	-	12:30		Christopher Flinn (New York University), James Mabli (Mathematica Policy Research)
				"On-the-Job Search, Minimum Wages, and Labor Market Outcomes in an Equilibrium Bargaining Framework"
				Discussant: Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	15:00		Tito Boeri (Bocconi University)
				"Who Should Set the Minimum Wage?"
				Discussant: David Neumark (University of California, Irvine)
15:00				Session 5: Minimum Wage and the Firm
15:00	-	16:00		Leif Danziger (Ben Gurion University)
				"Endogenous Monopsony and the Perverse Effect of the Minimum Wage in Small Firms"
				Discussant: Guy Laroque (CREST-INSEE)
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30	-	17:30		Stephen Machin (University College London), Mirco Draca (London School of Economics), John van Reenen (London School of Economics)
				"Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability"
				Discussant: John M. Abowd (Cornell University)
19:00				Dinner

Tuesday, June 23:

09:00				Policy Discussion: The Consequences of the Minimum Wage: The Case of Germany and the International Perspective
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University)
09:00				Part I: The Minimum Wage in Germany
09:00	-	09:45		Thomas K. Bauer (RWI Essen), Jochen Kluve (RWI Essen and IZA), Sandra Schaffner (RWI Essen), Christoph M. Schmidt (RWI Essen and IZA)
				"Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany"
09:45	-	10:30		Viktor Steiner (DIW Berlin), Kai-Uwe Müller (DIW Berlin)
				"Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany"
10:30	-	10:45		Discussion: Werner Eichhorst (IZA)
10:45	-	11:15		Coffee Break
11:15				Part II: Minimum Wage: An International Perspective
11:15	-	12:45		Panel Discussion Moderator: Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique and IZA)
				Tito Boeri (Bocconi University and IZA) Reinhard Dombre (Head of Collective Bargaining Policy, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)) Günther Horzetzky (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) Heinrich Kolb (Member of Parliament, Social Policy Spokesman, Free Democratic Party (FDP)) Stephen Machin (University College London and IZA) David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA)