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IZA - Conference Program
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IZA Workshop and Topic Week: Institutions and the Employment Relationship
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Modern labor markets are in a constant state of flux as they adjust to the challenge of effectively employing workers in this era of globalization. The purpose of this meeting was to contribute to our understanding of how labor market institutions adjust to the ever changing demand for labor services. We brought together a number of distinguished labor economists to explore this question, and to propose ways to improve labor market performance.
Questions that were addressed include how temporary help agencies enhance labor market performance, the impact that performance pay has upon wage and income inequality, and labor market performance, and the effect of workplace practices upon firm performance. An unusual aspect of the meeting was that it allowed an exchange between researchers that use a number different types of data to study these issues, including large-scale panel data, data from laboratory experiments, and firm-level field data. By bringing together corroborating evidence from a number of difference sources, and encouraging interaction between workshop participants, the topic week strongly enriched our understanding of these important issues.
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Program |
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Monday, July 03:
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14:00 |
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Welcome Lunch |
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Tuesday, July 04:
Wednesday, July 05:
Thursday, July 06:
Friday, July 07:
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09:00 |
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Introduction by W. Bentley MacLeod (Columbia University and IZA) |
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09:45 |
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David B. Huffman (University of Pittsburgh and IZA*)), Armin Falk (IZA and University of Bonn), W. Bentley MacLeod (Columbia University and IZA) |
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"EPL and Long Term Relations"
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10:30 |
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Till von Wachter (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA*)), Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada), Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) |
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"The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession: Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates"
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| 10:30 |
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10:45 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 10:45 |
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11:30 |
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Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Hamburg and IZA*)) |
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"Regulating Damage Clauses in (Labor) Contracts"
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| 11:30 |
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12:15 |
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Guy Laroque (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA*)), Philippe Choné (CREST-LEI) |
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"Should Low Skilled Work Be Subsidized?"
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| 12:15 |
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13:30 |
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Lunch |
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| 13:30 |
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14:15 |
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Iwan Barankay (University of Pennsylvania and IZA*)), Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics), Imran Rasul (University College London) |
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"How to Make Friends and Influence Them: Evidence on the Formation of Social Networks and Peer Effects"
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15:00 |
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Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University and IZA*)), Stephen V. Burks (University of Minnesota and IZA), Jeffrey P. Carpenter (Middlebury College and IZA) |
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"Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm"
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| 15:00 |
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15:15 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 15:15 |
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16:00 |
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Takao Kato (Colgate University and IZA*)), Derek Jones (Hamilton College) |
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"Tenure and Worker Performance: An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data on Individual Worker Output"
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16:45 |
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Alexandre Mas (University of California, Berkeley and IZA*)), Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley and IZA) |
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"Peers at Work"
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| 19:00 |
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Workshop Dinner |
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*) current affiliation
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