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Program
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Monday, 07 September 1998 |
14:00 |
Welcome by Klaus F. Zimmermann, IZA and Bonn University
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14:30 |
Session S1
Ludgar Lindlar (University of Groningen):
Macroeconomic causes for the rise of unemployment in Germany since unification
Lothar Funk (University of Birmingham):
Curing persistent unemployment in Germany: A double track decision approach
Michael Reutter (University of Munich):
Wage bargaining, taxation and unemployment: A macroeconomic analysis of the West German labor market
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Session S2
Michaela Kreyenfeld (University of Bochum):
Explaining wage differences between foreigners and West Germans
Rob Euwals (University of Mannheim):
Desired and actual labor supply of unmarried men and women in the Netherlands
Astrid Kunze (University College, London):
How we can explain the gender wage gap among young skilled workers in Germany?
Break
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19:00 |
Dinner
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20:00 |
Get together
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Tuesday, 08 September 1998 |
08:30 |
Lecture K1
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data I
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10:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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10:30 |
Lecture K2
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data II
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12:30 |
Lunch
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14:30 |
Session S3
Lena Edlund (Stockholm School of Economics):
Custodial rights and the rise in out-of-wedlock fertility
Alfredo Ariza Alfaro (Universidad Pais Vasco):
Timing of birth and fertility trends in Spain (1992-1995)
Elena Quercioli (University of Essex):
Firm specific training in a search equilibrium: theory and evidence
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Session S4
Ives Saks (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven):
Inflows and outflows in the Belgian sickness insurance
Anja Thalmaier (IZA, Bonn):
Absenteeism and employment probation
Break
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19:00 |
Dinner
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20:00 |
Get together
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Wednesday, 09 September 1998 |
08:30 |
Lecture K3
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data III
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10:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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10:30 |
Lecture K4
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data IV
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12:30 |
Lunch
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14:30 |
Lecture K5
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data V
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Lecture K6
Francis Kramarz (CREST/INSEE, Paris):
Analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data VI
Break
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19:00 |
Dinner
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20:00 |
Social program
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Thursday, 10 September 1998 |
08:30 |
Lecture W1
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs I
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10:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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10:30 |
Lecture W2
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs II
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12:15 |
Lunch
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13:00 |
Excursion to the Castle "Linderhof"
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Friday, 11 September 1998 |
08:30 |
Lecture W3
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs III
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10:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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10:30 |
Lecture W4
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs IV
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12:30 |
Lunch
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14:30 |
Session S5
Yvonne Kollmeier (University of Cologne):
Do welfare effects of different social standards justify their harmonization?
Guzel Bilialova (University of Barcelona):
On the policital economy of declining industries
Jan Fidrmuc (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands):
Political support for reforms: Economics of voting in transition countries
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Session S6
Patrick A. Puhani (ZEW, Mannheim):
Vorsprung durch Training? A microeconometric evaluation of the employment effects of active labor market programs in Poland
Martin Eichler (University of Mannheim):
An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol):
Child labor in Pakistan and Ghana
Break
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19:00 |
Dinner
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20:00 |
Social program
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Saturday, 12 September 1998 |
08:30 |
Lecture W5
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs V
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10:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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10:30 |
Lecture W6
Frank Windmeijer (Institute of Fiscal Studies, London):
Evaluation of job training programs VI
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12:30 |
Lunch
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14:30 |
Session S7
Laszlo Goerke (University of Konstanz):
The impact of earnings-related unemployment benefits in trade union models
Pia Weiss (University of Cologne):
Terms of trade shocks, wages and unemployment
Ana Christina L. Marques (Universidada Nova de Lisboa):
Taxes and women in the labor force in a southern european country: The case of Portugal
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Session S8
Nicole Gürtzgen (University of Rostock):
Wage-employment bargaining in an unionized oligopoly and international market integration
Jochen Mayer (University of Munich and IZA):
Varying coefficient models for count data with an application to job mobility
Break
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19:00 |
Conference dinner
Farewell drinks
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Sunday, 13 September 1998 |
11:00 |
Departure after breakfast
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