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European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics
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Buch/Ammersee, April 24-28, 2001
Hosted by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Organized by Juan Dolado (Universidad Carlos III Madrid, CEPR and IZA) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin, Bonn University and CEPR)
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Final Program
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Tuesday, April 24:
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 1:
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Chair: Juan José Dolado |
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14.30 - 15.45: |
International Integration and Labour Demand |
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*Torben M. Andersen (Universitet Aarhus, CEPR and IZA)
Nils Haldrup (Universitet Aarhus)
Jan Rose Sorensen (Universitet Aarhus)
Discussant: Michele Santoni (Università degli Studi, Milan, and CEPR) |
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Session 2:
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15.45 - 17.00: |
Unemployment Compensation Finance and Labour Market Rigidity |
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*Pierre Cahuc (EUREQua, CNRS, Université de Paris I, CREST–INSEE, Paris and IZA)
Franck Malherbet (CREST–INSEE, Paris)
Discussant: Lennart Flood (Göteborgs Universitet and IZA)
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17.00 - 17.30 |
Coffee |
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Session 3:
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Chair: Pierre Cahuc |
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17.30 - 18.45 |
The Effect of Employment Protection on Worker Effort. A Comparison of Absenteeism During and After Probation |
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Andrea Ichino (European University Institute, Firenze, CEPR and IZA)
*Regina T. Riphahn (Universität Mainz, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Laszlo Goerke (Universität Konstanz and IZA)
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19.00 - 20.15 |
Dinner
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Wednesday, April 25:
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Session 1:
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Chair: Daniela Del Boca |
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09.30 - 10.45 |
What is the Marginal Productivity of Apprentices? |
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Denis Fougère (CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
*Wolfgang Schwerdt (CREST, Université de Paris I and IZA)
Discussant: Christoph M. Schmidt (Universität Heidelberg, CEPR and IZA)
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Session 2:
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11.00 - 12.15 |
Organizational Change and Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data Set |
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*Thomas Bauer (IZA and CEPR)
Stefan Bender (IAB, Nürnberg)
Discussant: Hielke Buddelmeyer (IZA)
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3:
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Chair: Christopher J. Flinn |
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16.15 - 17.30 |
Wage Dispersion with Heterogeneous Firm Technologies and Worker Abilities: An Equilibrium Job Search Model for Matched Employer-Employee Data |
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Fabien Postel-Vinay (INRA-LEA, Paris)
*Jean-Marc Robin (INRA-LEA, CREST-INSEE, Paris, and CEPR)
Discussant: Rob Euwals (CEPR and IZA)
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Session 4:
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17.30 - 18.45 |
Evaluating an Innovative Redundancy-Retraining Project: The Austrian Steel Foundation |
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*Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Universität Linz, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Oivind Anti Nilsen (University of Bergen and IZA)
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19.00 - 20.15 |
Dinner |
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Session 5:
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Chair: Regina T. Riphahn |
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21.30 - 22.15 |
Delays in Renewal of Labor Contracts: Theory and Evidence |
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Leif Danziger (York University, Ontario)
*Shoshana Neuman (Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Oivind Anti Nilsen (University of Bergen and IZA)
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Thursday, April 26
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Session 1:
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Chair: Christoph M. Schmidt |
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09.30 - 10.45 |
Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy |
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*Daniela Del Boca (Università di Torino and IZA)
Silvia Pasqua (Università di Torino)
Discussant: Sascha O. Becker (European University Institute, Firenze and IZA)
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Session 2:
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11.00 - 12.15 |
Geographical Wage Differentials, Welfare Benefits and Life Cycle Migration Decisions |
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John Kennan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
*James R. Walker (University of Wisconsin-Madison and IZA)
Discussant: Lennart Flood (Göteborgs Universitet and IZA)
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3:
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Chair: James R. Walker |
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16.15 - 17.30 |
Probability of Staying in Canada |
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*Don DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA)
Chona Iturralde (Human Resources Development, Canada)
Discussant: Christoph M. Schmidt (Universität Heidelberg, CEPR and IZA)
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Session 4:
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17.30 - 18.45 |
Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits: An Econometric Analysis |
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*Rainer Winkelmann (IZA and CEPR )
Discussant: Maarten Lindeboom (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and IZA)
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19.00 - 20.15 |
Dinner |
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Session 5:
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Chair: Astrid Kunze |
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21.30 - 22.15 |
Health and Work of the Elderly: Subjective Health Measures, Reporting Errors and the Endogenous Relationship between Health and Work |
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Marcel Kerkhofs (Tilburg University)
*Maarten Lindeboom (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and IZA)
Discussant: Rainer Winkelmann (IZA and CEPR )
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Friday, April 27:
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Session 1:
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Chair: Lennart Flood |
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9.30 - 10.45 |
Do Stronger Incentives Increase Effort? Evidence from a Field Experiment |
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*Ernst Fehr (Universität Zürich, CEPR and IZA)
Lorenz Goette (Universität Zürich)
Discussant: Michele Santoni (Università degli Studi, Milan and CEPR)
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Session 2:
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11.00 - 12.15 |
Minimum Wage Effects on Labour Market Outcomes under Search with Bargaining |
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*Christopher J. Flinn (New York University and IZA)
Discussant: Florentino Felgueroso (Universidad de Oviedo and CEPR)
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3:
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Chair: Eswar Prasad |
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16.15 - 17.30 |
Brothers in RAMS: Diffusion of the PC and the 'New Economy' |
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*John P. Haisken-DeNew (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin and IZA)
Christoph M. Schmidt (University of Heidelberg, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Hielke Buddelmeyer (IZA)
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Session 4:
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17.30 - 18.45 |
Job Upgrading, Job Creation and Job Destruction |
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*Antonio Menezes (Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti, Università Bocconi, Milan)
Discussant: Sascha O. Becker (European University Institute, Firenze and IZA)
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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Session 5:
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Chair: Oivind Anti Nilsen |
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21.30 - 22.15 |
What Determines the Reservation Wage? Theory and some New Evidence from German Micro Data |
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*Eswar Prasad (International Monetary Fund)
Discussant: Astrid Kunze (IZA)
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Saturday, April 28:
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Session 1:
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Chair: Shoshana Neuman |
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09.30 - 10.45 |
Recent Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender: A Look Across the Atlantic |
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*Juan José Dolado (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, CEPR and IZA)
Florentino Felgueroso (Universidad de Oviedo)
Juan F. Jimeno-Serrano (Universidad de Alcalá, FEDEA, Madrid, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Astrid Kunze (IZA)
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Session 2:
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11.00 - 12.15 |
Technical Progress and Early Retirement |
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*Avner Ahituv (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Joseph Zeira (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
Discussant: Markus Pannenberg (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin and IZA)
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3:
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16.15 - 17.30 |
Wage Rigidities in Western Germany? Microeconometric Evidence from the 1990s |
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*Patrick Puhani (Universität St. Gallen, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant: Rob Euwals (IZA and CEPR)
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Session 4:
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Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann |
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17.30 - 18.45 |
Tax Incidence in Labour Markets with Tax Evasion |
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Laszlo Goerke (Universität Konstanz and IZA)
Discussant: Lorenz Goette (Universität Zürich)
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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