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IZA - Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Workshop: Measurement of Labor Market Institutions

Organizers: Tito Boeri (Bocconi University and IZA), Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA), Werner Eichhorst (IZA), Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen and IZA)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:July 04, 2007

Program

Wednesday, July 04:

09:00       Session 1: Labor Market Institutions and Economic Performance
 
09:00 - 09:40   Donatella Gatti (University of Paris 13*)), Bruno Amable (University Paris 1), Lilas Demmou (CEPREMAP)
  "Employment performance and institutions: new answers to an old question"
 
09:40 - 10:20   Giuseppe Fiori (North Carolina State University*)), Giuseppe Nicoletti (OECD), Stefano Scarpetta (OECD and IZA), Fabio Schiantarelli (Boston College and IZA)
  "Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?"
 
10:20 - 11:00   Andrea Bassanini (OECD and IZA*)), Danielle Venn (OECD)
  "Assessing the impact of labour market policies on productivity: A difference-in-differences approach"
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
11:20       Session 2: Unemployment Insurance and Non-employment Benefits
 
11:30 - 12:10   Wayne Vroman (Urban Institute*))
  "Replacement Rates and UC Benefit Generosity"
 
12:10 - 12:50   Christian Zimmermann (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and IZA*)), Stéphane Pallage (University of Quebec, Montreal), Lyle Scruggs (University of Connecticut)
  "Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity"
 
12:50 - 14:00   Lunch
 
14:00       Session 3: Measurement of Unions and Labor Market Reforms
 
14:00 - 14:40   Jelle Visser (University of Amsterdam*)), Jelle Visser (University of Amsterdam)
  "THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND TRADE UNIONS OVER LABOUR MARKET REFORM: Indicators for a comparative analysis"
 
14:40 - 15:20   Alfonso Arpaia (European Commission*)), Fabiana Pierini (European Commission), Peghe Braila (European Commission)
  "Tracking labour market reforms in the European Union using the LABREF database"
 
15:20 - 15:50   Coffee Break
 
15:50       Session3: Outlook
 
15:50 - 16:30   Werner Eichhorst (IZA*)), Christoph Braun (Ruhr Graduate School in Economics), Michael Feil (IAB Nürnberg)
  "What have we learned? Assessing labor market institutions and indicators"
 
16:30 - 17:10   Panel discussion: Tito Boeri, Pierre Cahuc and Werner Eichhorst
 
19:00       Dinner at the Restaurant 'Bastei'
 



*) current affiliation