XIIth Summer School of the European Economic Association
FOURTH IZA EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL IN LABOR ECONOMICS
"The Economics of Low Income and Low Paid Work"

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Program

Monday, 10 September 2001

14:00

Arrival and Welcome

14:30

Lecture I:
Philippe Aghion

16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:30

Lecture I:
Philippe Aghion

Break

19:00

Dinner

20:00

Get together

Tuesday, 11 September 2001

08:30

Lecture I:
Philippe Aghion

10:00

Coffee/Tea break

10:30

Lecture I:
Philippe Aghion

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Poster Session 1
Andrea Borgarello (LABORatorio Riccardo Revelli, Italy):
Trend in the Italian Earnings Distribution and Earnings Mobility, 1985-1996

Sabien Dobbelaere (Ghent University):
Insider Power and Wage Determination in Bulgaria

Anders Frederiksen (University of Aarhus):
Overtime, Second job and Taxation

Fernando Galindo-Rueda (University College London, UK):
Wage and Capital Dispersion, On-the-Job-Search and the Matching Technology

Anastasius Moumtzoglou (Athens University, Greece):
Social Security and the Dual Labor Market: A theoretical model

Maria Guadalupe (London School of Economics, UK):
Unemployment duration, unemployment benefit and household income

Gloria Rubert (University of Barcelona):
A Study About The Effect Of Outsourcing On The Labour Market For The Spanish Economy (1986-1994)

16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:30

Session 1
Marco Leonardi (London School of Economics, UK):
Product Demand Shifts and Wage Inequality
Chair:
Mauro Mastrogiacomo (Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Discussants:
Jana Kremer (University of Augsburg, Germany), Rüdiger Wapler (University of Tübingen, Germany)

17:30

Session 2
Emilia Del Bono (University of Oxford, UK):
The Impact of Local Labour Market Conditions on Participation, Fertility and Education Decisions: Evidence from a
Sample of Young Italian Women
Chair:
Steffen Brenner (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
Discussants:
Philippe Moguerou (University of Bourgogne, France), Daniela Vuri (European University Institute, Italy)

19:00

Dinner

Wednesday, 12 September 2001

08:30

Lecture II:
Juan J. Dolado

10:00

Coffee/Tea break

10:30

Lecture II:
Juan J. Dolado

12:15

Lunch

13:00

Excursion to Ettal

Thursday, 13 September 2001

08:30

Lecture II:
Juan J. Dolado

10:00

Coffee/Tea break

10:30

Lecture II:
Juan J. Dolado

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Poster Session 2
Sandra Dittrich (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany):
Changing Age Structure and Economic Performance

Andreas Georgiadis (University of Bristol, UK):
The consequences of Minimum Wage laws: Some old theoretical ideas revisited

Kristiina Huttunen (University of Helsinki, Finland):
Firms' Changing Skill Requirements and Demand for Heterogeneous Labour in Finland: Evidence from Establishment Level Panel Data

Alexis Parmentier (University Paris I, France):
The effects of progression on non-employment and activity: theory and french evidence

Nikolaos Theodoropoulos (University of Leicester, UK):
Firm-Specific Gender and Ethnicity Pay Differentials in Britain

16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:30

Session 3
Alberto Bucci (University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium):
Can Market Power Influence Employment, Wage Inequality and Growth?
Chair:
Maurizio Lisciandra (Triniti College, UK)
Discussants:
Elke Amend (University of Tübingen, Germany), Thomas de Graaff (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

17:30

Session 4
Francecso Devicienti (LABORatorio, Italy):
Estimating poverty persistence in Britain"
Chair:
Alexis Parmentier (University of Paris I, France)
Discussants:
Brian Krogh Graversen (University of Aarhus, Denmark), Maria Guadalupe (London School of Economics, UK)

19:00

Dinner

20:00

Get together

Friday, 14 September 2001

08:30

Lecture III:
Peter J. Sloane

10:00

Coffee/Tea break

10:30

Lecture III:
Peter J. Sloane

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Poster Session 3
Steffen Brenner (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany):
Firm Size and Management Quality

Jana Kremer (University of Augsburg, Germany):
Labor Unions, Unemployment and Inequality

Maurizio Lisciandra (Trinity College, UK):
Reciprocity, incentives and incompletness of pay-for-performance contracts

Mauro Mastrogiacomo (Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands):
Retirement Behaviour of Dutch Elderly Households

Philippe Mouguerou (University of Bourgogne, France):
Transformations in the French Scientific Labor Market

Daniela Vuri (European University Institute, Italy):
Propensity score estimates of the effect of fertility on marital dissolution

Rüdiger Wapler (University of Tübingen, Germany):
Unions, bargaining and conflict resolution

16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:30

Session 5
Matthias Weiss (University of Mannheim, Germany):
Skill-Biased Technical Change: Is there Hope for the Unskilled?
Chair:
Thomas Bauer (IZA, Bonn)
Discussant:
Sandra Dittrich (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)

17:30

Session 6
Sara Lemos (University College, London):
The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Wages and Employment in Brazil - a Menu of Minimum Wage Variables
Chair:
Nikolaos Theodoropoulos (University of Leicester, UK)
Discussants:
Andreas Georgiadis (University of Bristol, UK), Kristiina Huttunen (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Break

19:00

Dinner

20:00

Get together

Saturday, 15 September 2001

08:30

Lecture III:
Peter J. Sloane

10:00

Coffee/Tea break

10:30

Lecture III:
Peter J. Sloane

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Poster Session 4
Elke Amend (University of Tübingen, Germany):
Human Capital Formation under Product Market Uncertainty

Francecso Devicienti (University of Essex, UK):
Estimating Poverty Persistence in Britain

Thomas de Graaff (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands):
Immigration and Labor Market Integration. An endogenous growth perspective on ethnic minorities

Brian Krogh Graversen (University of Aarhus, Denmark):
The Impact of Activation Measures Directed at Social Benefit Recipients in Denmark

Michele Pellizzari (London School of Economics, UK):
Unemployment Benefit and Social Assistance: Interactions and the Need for Joint Policy Design

16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:30

Session 7
Anastassia Semykina (Charles University, Czech Republic):
Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education for Different Occupations in Russia
Chair:
Anastasius Moumtzoglou (Athens University, Greece)
Discussants:
Sabien Dobbelaere (Ghent University), Gloria Rubert (University of Barcelona)

17:30

Session 8
Till v. Wachter (University of California at Berkeley, USA):
On the Persistence of Bad Luck - The Effects on Earnings of Beginning to Work in a Recession
Chair:
Fernando Galindo-Rueda (University College London, UK)
Discussants:
Andrea Borgarello (LABORatorio Riccardo Revelli, Italy), Michele Pellizzari (London School of Economics, UK)

19:00

Dinner

20:00

Get together

Sunday, 16 September 2001

12:00

Departure after breakfast