IZA Workshop: Which Institutions Promote Youth Employment?

Monday, June 01:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:15		Welcome Address
				Session A: Taxation, Employment Policies and Youth Employment
09:15	-	10:15		Niklas Kaunitz (Stockholm University), Johan Egebark (Swedish National Unemployment Office)
				"Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment?"
10:15	-	11:15		Jonathan Stöterau (RWI)
				"Interventions to Improve the Labour Market Outcomes of Youth: A Systematic Review of Training, Entrepreneurship Promotion, Employment Services, and Subsidised Employment Interventions"
				Discussant: Daphné Skandalis (CREST)
11:15	-	11:30		Coffee Break
				Session B: Employment Protection, Training and Youth Employment
11:30	-	12:30		Johanna Kemper (KOF Swiss Economic Institute), Thomas Bolli (KOF Swiss Economic Institute)
				"Evaluating the Impact of Employment Protection on Firm-Provided Training in a RDD Framework"
				Discussant: Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Nottingham and IZA)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	15:00		J. Ignacio Garcia Perez (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Judit Vall-Castello (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Ioana Marinescu (University of Chicago)
				"Can Fixed-Term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain"
				Discussant: Johanna Kemper (KOF Swiss Economic Institute)
15:00	-	16:00		Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and IZA), Franck Malherbet (CREST-ENSAE and IZA), Julien Prat (CREST-ENSAE, CNRS)
				"Youth Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation"
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant "Roses", Martinsplatz 2A, Bonn

Tuesday, June 02:

				Session C: Job Search, Counseling and Graduating in Recessions
09:30	-	10:30		Bart Cockx (Ghent University and IZA), Corinna Ghirelli (Gent University)
				"Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market"
				Discussant: Thomas Siedler (University of Hamburg and IZA)
10:30	-	11:30		Daphné Skandalis (CREST)
				"Do Search Clubs Help Young Job Seekers in Deprived Neighborhoods? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment"
				Discussant: Bart Cockx (Ghent University and IZA)
11:30	-	11:45		Coffee Break
				Session D: Internships, Training Contracts and Time Allocation
11:45	-	12:45		Thomas Siedler (University of Hamburg and IZA), Nils Saniter (DIW Berlin and IZA)
				"Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes"
				Discussant: Rafael Novella (Inter-American Development Bank)
12:45	-	14:15		Lunch
14:15	-	15:15		David Troncoso-Ponce (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), J. Igancio Garcia Perez (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Yolanda Fatima Rebollo Sanz (Universidad Pablo de Olavide)
				"The Stepping Stone Effects of Training Contracts: Testing this Hypothesis for the Spanish Labour Market"
				Discussant: Niklas Kaunitz (Stockholm University)
15:15	-	16:15		Rafael Novella (Inter-American Development Bank), Claire Zanuso (DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine)
				"Reallocating Children's Time: Coping Strategies after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake"
				Discussant: Jonathan Stöterau (RWI)
16:15	-	16:25		Closing Remarks