IZA Workshop on Labor Markets and Labor Market Policies for Older Workers

Friday, April 12:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:15		Welcome Address Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
				Session A: Unemployment Insurance and Labor Supply of Older Workers
09:15	-	10:15		Kathrin Degen (University of Lausanne), Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne and IZA)
				"How Do Reductions in Potential Benefit Duration Affect Medium-Run Earnings and Employment for Older Workers?"
				Discussant: Ulrika Vikman (IFAU)
10:15	-	11:15		Jim Been (University of Leiden), Marike Knoef (University of Leiden )
				"Self-employment towards Retirement: Necessity or Opportunity? Revealed Preference Evidence from Search Requirements in Unemployment Insurance"
				Discussant: Hans Bloemen (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
11:15	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Ulrika Vikman (IFAU), Helge Bennmarker (IFAU), Oskar Nordström Skans (IFAU and IZA)
				"Workfare for the Old and Long-term Unemployed"
				Discussant: Kathrin Degen (University of Lausanne)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	15:00		Conny Wunsch (VU University Amsterdam and IZA), Jeffrey Grogger (University of Chicago and IZA)
				"Unemployment Insurance and Departures from Employment: Evidence from a German Reform"
				Discussant: Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim and IZA)
				Session B: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Aging
15:00	-	16:00		Karsten Wasiluk (University of Konstanz)
				"Technology Adoption and Demographic Change"
				Discussant: Ulf Rinne (IZA)
16:00	-	17:00		Petra Marotzke (University of Konstanz)
				"Job Search and the Age-Inequality Profile"
				Discussant: Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA)
17:00	-	17:15		Coffee Break
17:15	-	18:15		Tuomas Pekkarinen (Aalto University and IZA), Roope Uusitalo (University of Helsinki and IZA)
				"Aging and Productivity - Evidence from Piece Rates"
				Discussant: Mathilde Godard (CREST)
19:30				Dinner

Saturday, April 13:

				Session C: Retirement
09:00	-	10:00		Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim and IZA), Day Manoli (University of Texas, Austin)
				"Labor Market Effects of the Early Retirement Age"
				Discussant: Conny Wunsch (VU University Amsterdam and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Raymond Montizaan (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA), Frank Cörvers (Maastricht University), Andries De Grip (Maastricht University and IZA), Thomas Dohmen (Maastricht University and IZA)
				"Negative Reciprocity and Retrenched Pension Rights"
				Discussant: Tuomas Pekkarinen (Aalto University and IZA)
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Daniela Sonedda (University of Piemonte Orientale), Erich Battistin (University of Padova and IZA), Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova and IZA), Simona Comi (University of Milano–Bicocca)
				"Work Longer, Train More? The Effects of Pension Reforms and Training Incentives on the Retirement and Training Decisions of Older Workers"
				Discussant: Jim Been (University of Leiden)
12:30	-	13:45		Lunch
13:45	-	14:45		Marcello Sartarelli (Universidad de Alicante), Miguel Angel Borrella (Universidad de Alicante)
				"Does a Cash Transfer Affect Elderly Labour Supply? Evidence from Age Discontinuities in Bolivia"
				Discussant: Raymond Montizaan (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA)
14:45	-	15:45		Ola L. Vestad (Statistics Norway)
				"Early Retirement and Youth Employment in Norway"
				Discussant: Marcello Sartarelli (Universidad de Alicante)
15:45	-	16:00		Coffee Break
				Session D: Retirement and Health
16:00	-	17:00		Mathilde Godard (CREST)
				"Gaining Weight through Retirement? Results from the SHARE Survey."
				Discussant: Daniela Sonedda (University of Piemonte Orientale)
17:00	-	18:00		Hans Bloemen (VU University Amsterdam and IZA), Stefan Hochguertel (VU University Amsterdam), Jochem Zweerink (VU University Amsterdam)
				"The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality: Evidence from Targeted Incentives to Retire Early"
				Discussant: Ola L. Vestad (Statistics Norway)