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6th IZA/World Bank Conference Policy Forum: Social Insurance and Smarter Labor Regulations

Organizers: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn), Arup Banerji (World Bank and IZA), Friederike Rother (World Bank), Jamele Rigolini (World Bank), Gladys Lopez-Acevedo (World Bank), David Kaplan (Inter-American Development Bank), David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA), Markus Frölich (University of Mannheim and IZA), Alpaslan Akay (IZA)
Location:ITAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Date:June 01, 2011

Event Manager:
Stephan Kohzer (IZA)

About the Policy Forum
The recent financial crisis and the slow and uneven pace of recovery have demonstrated two fundamental needs in the area of labor market
policies: ensuring that all workers have access to income protection programs and adequate working conditions; and that the programs and regulations that governments develop to this end do not lead to further instability by unnecessarily distorting labor markets. The policy day will discuss how best to meet both needs in order to guide the design of workers protection systems comprising social insurance and labor regulations. By bringing together experts and practitioners from both developed and developing countries to share experiences and present evidence on implementing and testing social insurance systems, the policy forum will address issues regarding:
  1. how to set the mandate of various social insurance programs and the scope of labor regulations;
  2. how to design redistributive arrangements necessary to cover those with limited or no savings capacity without reducing incentives to work;
  3. how to finance the social security system without reducing incentives to create jobs and/or enroll; and
  4. how to set governance and administrative arrangements for effective implementation, enforcement, and services delivery.

Program

Wednesday, June 01:

08:30 - 09:00   Welcoming Coffee and Registration
 
 
09:00 - 10:00   Opening Speech:
Introduction: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
    Javier Lozano Alarcon (Minister of Labor and Social Prevision Welfare, Mexico)
  "-- to be announced --"
 
    Daniel Karam (General Director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS))
"IMSS, The Mexican Social Security's Pillar"
 
 
10:00 - 11:15   Session A:
Incentives, Behaviors and Economic Costs of Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs
  Chair: David Kaplan (Inter-American Development Bank)
 
    Discussing the effect that social insurance and social assistance programs have on workers' and firms' behaviors (in particular regarding the decision to operate informally), and their economic implications
 
    Eduardo González Pier (Institute of Social Security (IMSS), México)
Carmen Pagés (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Helena Ribe (World Bank)
Jose Marcio Carmargo (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
 
11:15 - 11:45   Coffee Break
 
 
11:45 - 13:00   Session B:
Financing Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs
  Chair: David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA)
 
    Discussing the role of pay-roll and other taxes in financing the social insurance system
 
    Michal Rutkowski (World Bank)
Miguel Messmacher (Ministry of Finance, México)
Robert Holzmann (University of Vienna and IZA)
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch with
 
        Keynote Luncheon Speech:
Introduction: Markus Frölich (University of Mannheim)
 
    Gary S. Fields (Cornell University and IZA)
  "Social Insurance through Work"
 
 
14:30 - 15:45   Session C:
Social Prevision and Labor Regulations
  Chair: Gladys Lopez-Acevedo (World Bank)
 
    Discussing labor legislation and social prevision to improve equity and labor productivity
 
    Jaime Domingo Lopez (Under Minister of Labor, México)
Amador Monroy (Congressman, Vice President of the Labor Commission)
Luis Foncerrada Pascal (Director of the Center of Economic Studies of the Private Sector, México)
 
15:45 - 16:15   Conclusion of the Policy Forum
 

List of Participants

Pablo Acosta (World Bank)
Alpaslan Akay (IZA)
Veronica Alaimo (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Javier Lozano Alarcón (Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, México)
Birol Aydemir (Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Turkey)
David Blakeslee (Columbia University)
Jose Marcio Carmargo (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Yoonyoung Cho (World Bank)
Mark Fallak (IZA)
Gary Fields (Cornell University and IZA)
Luis Foncerrada Pascal (Director of the Center of Economic Studies of the Private Sector, México)
Markus Frölich (University of Mannheim and IZA)
Eduardo González Pier (Institute of Social Security (IMSS))
Fausto Hernandez (CIDE, Mexico City)
Gonzalo Hernandez (CONEVAL)
Luis Mario Hernandez Acevedo (CONSAR)
Robert Holzmann (University of Vienna, World Bank and IZA)
Ellis Juan (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
David Kaplan (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Daniel Karam (Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS))
Maurice Kugler (World Bank)
Christoph Kurowski (World Bank)
Jaime Domingo Lopez (Under Minister of Labor, México)
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo (World Bank)
Benjamin Lynch (Mercer Human Ressource Consulting)
Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary, University of London and IZA)
David Margolis (World Bank and IZA)
Sandro Martin (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University and IZA)
Miguel Messmacher (Ministry of Finance, México)
Amador Monroy (Congressman, Vice President of the Labor Commission)
Carlos Montano Fernandez (Ministry of Finance, Mexico)
Gina Montiel (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Lucas Navarro (Universidad Alberto Hurtado)
David Newhouse (World Bank and IZA)
Ricardo Ochoa (Ministry of Finance, Mexico)
Carmen Pagés (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IZA)
Cecilia Ramos (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Gonzalo Reyes Hartley (World Bank)
Helena Ribe (World Bank)
Consuelo Ricart (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
Stefan Richter (The Globalist)
Cristobal Ridao-Cano (World Bank)
Jamele Rigolini (World Bank)
Laura Ripani (Inter-American Development Bank (IDB))
David A. Robalino (World Bank and IZA)
Friederike Rother (World Bank)
Michal Rutkowski (World Bank)
Maria Sanchez Puerta (World Bank and IZA)
Sigrid Schenk-Dornbusch (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany)
Graciela Teruel (CONEVAL)
Ian Walker (World Bank)
Kil-Sang Yoo (Korea University of Technology and Education)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)