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IZA/CERGE-EI Conference: Labor Economics and its Public Policy Impact on Economic Growth

Organizers: Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Michal Kejak (CERGE-EI)
Location:CERGE-EI, Politickych veznu 7, Prague 1
Date:November 21, 2015

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann (IZA)

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Program

Saturday, November 21:

13:30 - 14:00   Registration
 
14:00 - 14:05   Welcome to the Conference
 
 
14:05 - 15:30   Session A: Academic Panel – Labor Economics in Flux
  Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
    Panelists:
Henry S. Farber (Princeton University and IZA)
Stepan Jurajda (CERGE-EI and IZA)
Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University and IZA)
Gerard Roland (University of California, Berkeley)
Christopher Sims (Princeton University)
 
 
15:30 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
 
16:00 - 17:15   Session B: Public Policy Panel – Evidence-Based Public Policy Impact on Economic Growth
  Chair: Jan Svejnar (Columbia University and IZA)
 
    Panelists:
Michaela Marksova (Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Czech Republic)
Stefano Scarpetta (OECD and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Daniel Münich (CERGE-EI)
 
 
17:15 - 17:30   Closing of the Conference
 
17:30       Reception
 




Participants

Jiri Drahos (Czech Academy of Sciences)
Juraj Draxler (Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovak Republic)
Henry S. Farber (Princeton University and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Artjoms Ivlevs (University of the West of England, Bristol and IZA)
Stepan Jurajda (CERGE-EI and IZA)
Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)
Michal Kejak (CERGE-EI)
Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University and IZA)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Michaela Marksova (Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Czech Republic)
Daniel Münich (CERGE-EI)
Alexander Muravyev (Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Campus and IZA)
Premysl Pela (CERGE-EI)
Gerard Roland (University of California, Berkeley)
Christopher Sims (Princeton University)
Stefano Scarpetta (OECD and IZA)
Andrew H. Schapiro (U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic)
Jan Svejnar (Columbia University and IZA)
Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
Tomas Zima (Charles University)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)