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European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics
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Ammersee, 14-18 September 1999. Hosted by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
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Final Programme
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Tuesday 14 September: |
09.30 - 11.30 |
1. Morning Session I
Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann |
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Evaluation of Labour Market Programmes |
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James Heckman (University of Chicago and IZA) |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
2. Parallel Session A
Chair: Lars Ljungqvist |
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Wages, Experience and Seniority |
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Christian Dustmann (Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London, CEPR and IZA) |
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Costas Meghir (Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Household Characteristics, Ability and Education: Evidence from a Dynamic Expected Utility Model |
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Jörgen Hansen (IZA, Bonn) |
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Christian Belzil (Concordia University and IZA) |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
3. Parallel Session B
Chair: Gerard Pfann |
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Does Shorter Schooling Hurt Student Performance and Earnings? |
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Jörn-Steffen Pischke (MIT, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Transitions from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration |
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Espen Bratberg (University of Bergen) |
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Øivind Anti Nilsen (University of Bergen and IZA) |
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
4. Parallel Session C
Chair: Pietro Garibaldi |
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The Evolution of Earnings Inequality in Italy and the Escalator Cause |
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Marco Manacorda (Centre for Labor Economics, University of California, Berkeley) |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
5. Parallel Session D
Chair: Gil Epstein |
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Immigrant Labor and Workplace Safety |
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Thomas Bauer (IZA, Bonn and CEPR) |
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Andreas Million (University of Munich) |
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Ralph Rotte (University of Munich and IZA) |
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Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, Bonn University and CEPR) |
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Wednesday 15 September: |
9.30 - 11.30 |
6. Morning Session II
Chair: Juan J. Dolado |
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Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World |
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David Wise (NBER and Harvard University) |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
7. Parallel Session A
Chair: Michael Burda |
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How Do Layoff Costs Affect Employment? |
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Lars Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Modelling Financial Incentives to Get Unemployed into Work |
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Jan Boone (CentER, Tilburg University and CPB) |
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Jan van Ours (CentER, Tilburg University, CEPR and IZA) |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
8. Parallel Session B
Chair: Barbara Petrongolo |
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On the Neutrality of Severance Payments in the Theory of Search Unemployment |
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Pietro Garibaldi (International Monetary Fund and CEPR) |
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Gianluca Violante (University College London and CEPR) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Job Protection, Minimum Wage and Unemployment |
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Pierre Cahuc (University of Paris I, CEPREMAP, CREST-INSEE, Institut Universitaire de France and IZA) |
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André Zylerberg (CNRS and University of Paris I) |
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
9. Parallel Session C
Chair: Marco Francesconi |
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General Training and Human-Capital Externalities |
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Alison Booth (University of Essex, CEPR and IZA) |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
10. Parallel Session D
Chair: Javier Ortega |
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The Endogenous Determination of the Minimum Wage |
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Gil Epstein (Bar-Ilan University, CEPR and IZA) |
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Shmuel Nitzan (Bar-Ilan University) |
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Thursday 16 September: |
9.30 - 11.30 |
11. Morning Session III
Chair: Costas Meghir |
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The Payoff to Education |
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Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton University and IZA) |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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PM |
TRIP TO CASTLE |
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
12. Parallel Session C
Chair: Pietro Garibaldi |
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Screening vs. Training in General Equilibrium Search Models |
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Etienne Wasmer (ECARE, University of Bruxelles, CEPR and IZA) |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
13. Parallel Session D
Chair: Christian Dustmann |
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Corporate Downsizing and Efficient Quitting |
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Gerard Pfann (Maastricht University, CEPR and IZA) |
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Friday 17 September: |
09.30 - 11.30 |
14. Morning Session IV
Chair: Alison Booth |
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The Future of Personnel Economics |
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Edward Lazear (Stanford University) |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
15. Parallel Session A
Chair: Jennifer Hunt |
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Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Differential |
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John Haisken-DeNew (DIW, Berlin and IZA) |
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Christoph M. Schmidt (University of Heidelberg, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Labor Market Assimilation and the Self-Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs |
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Magnus Lofstrom (IZA, Bonn) |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
16. Parallel Session B
Chair: Thomas Bauer |
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Group Interactions and Individual Background: Explaining Regional Shirking Differentials in a Large Italian Bank |
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Andrea Ichino (European University Institute, Florence, IGIER, CEPR and IZA) |
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Giovanni Maggi (Princeton University and NBER) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Absenteeism and Employment Probation |
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Regina Riphahn (University of Munich, CEPR and IZA) |
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Anja Thalmaier (IZA, Bonn) |
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
17. Parallel Session C
Chair: Jörn-Steffen Pischke |
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Employment and the Distributional Effects of Restricting Working Time |
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Ramon Marimon (European University Institute, Florence, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, NBER and CEPR) |
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Fabrizio Zilibotti (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and CEPR) |
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20.00 - 21.30 |
18. Parallel Session D
Chair: Jan van Ours |
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Re-employment Probabilities and Returns to Matching |
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Barbara Petrongolo (University Carlos III, Madrid, London School of Economics and CEPR) |
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Saturday 18 September: |
09.30 - 11.30 |
Morning Session
Chair: Zvi Eckstein |
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The Evolution of Labour Markets in Transitional Economies |
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Jan Svejnar (WDI, University of Michigan, CERGE-EI, Prague and CEPR) |
12.30 |
Lunch |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
19. Parallel Session A
Chair: John Haisken-DeNew |
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Post-Unification Wage Growth in East Germany |
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Jennifer Hunt (Yale University, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Estimating Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in Germany |
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Michael Burda (Humboldt-University, Berlin, CEPR and IZA) |
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Antje Mertens (Max Planck Institute and Humboldt-University, Berlin) |
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15.30 - 17.00 |
20. Parallel Session B
Chair: Oivind Anti Nilsen |
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Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime |
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Steven Raphael (University of California) |
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Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (University of Linz, Vienna Institute for Economic Policy Research, CEPR and IZA) |
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17.00 - 18.30 |
Demand Uncertainty, Mismatch and (Un)Employment - A Microeconomic Approach |
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Mohamed Jellal (CES, University of Rabat) |
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Jacques-François Thisse (CORE, University Catholique de Louvain, CERAS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and CEPR) |
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Yves Zenou (CERAS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, GAINS, University of Maine, CEPR and IZA) |
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Organizers: |
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Juan J. Dolado (University Carlos III, Madrid, CEPR and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, Bonn University and CEPR) |
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Participation by invitation only - Teilnahme nur mit Einladung. |