Wednesday 15 September
|
12:00 - 14:30
|
Lunch
|
14:30 - 15:30
|
Session 1
|
|
Do Financial Markets Discriminate?
Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania)
|
|
Discussant: Alessandra Fogli (New York University)
|
15:30 - 16:30
|
Session 2
|
|
Firm Heterogeneity in Capital Labor Ratios and Wage Inequality
Marco Leonardi (University of Milan, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Juan J. Dolado (Universidad Carlos III, CEPR and IZA)
|
16:30 - 17:30
|
Coffee
|
17:30 - 18:30
|
Session 3
|
|
Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
Maria Guadalupe (Columbia University, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Eric Maurin (CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
|
19:00 - 20:15
|
Dinner
|
Thursday 16 September
|
9:00 - 10:00
|
Session 4
|
|
Job Security and Job Protection
Fabien Postel-Vinay (INRA-LEA, CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Regina T. Riphahn (University of Basel and IZA)
|
10:00 - 11:00
|
Session 5
|
|
How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment
Rafael Lalive (University of Zurich and IZA)
Jan C. van Ours (CentER, Tilburg University, CEPR and IZA)
* Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Regina T. Riphahn (University of Basel and IZA)
|
11:00 - 11:30
|
Coffee
|
11:30 - 12:30
|
Session 6
|
|
Endogenous Labour Market Rigidities and Family Trees
Alessandra Fogli (New York University)
|
|
Discussant: Anna Sjögren (IUI, Stockholm)
|
12:30 - 14:30
|
Lunch
|
14:30 - 15:30
|
Session 7: DWP SPECIAL SESSION
|
|
Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
* Thomas Bauer (University of Bochum, CEPR and IZA)
Stefan Bender (IAB)
Holger Bonin (IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Maria Guadalupe (Columbia University, CEPR and IZA)
|
15:30 - 16:30
|
Session 8: DWP SPECIAL SESSION
|
|
The Long Run Effect of Temporary Employment on Consumption Behaviors
Stefano Gagliarducci (European University Institute)
|
|
Discussant: Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
|
16:30 - 17:30
|
Coffee
|
17:30 - 18:30
|
Session 9: DWP Roundtable Discussion
Chair: TBA
|
|
Full Employment in Every Region
Bill Wells (Department for Work and Pensions)
|
|
Discussant: Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)
|
19:00
|
Dinner
|
Friday 17 September
|
9:00 - 10:00
|
Session 10
|
|
Demand for Education and Labour Market Outcomes: Lessons from the Abolition of Compulsory Conscription in France
* Eric Maurin (CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
Theodora Xenogiani (CREST-INSEE)
|
|
Discussant: Fabien Postel-Vinay (INRA-LEA, CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
|
10:00 - 11:00
|
Session 11
|
|
Social Returns to Human Capital and the Spatial Distribution of Human Capital Amongst British Firms
Fernando Galindo-Rueda (London School of Economics and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley and CEPR)
|
11:00 - 11:30
|
Coffee
|
11:30 - 12:30
|
Session 12
|
|
Unilingual Versus Bilingual Education System: A Political Economy Analysis
* Javier Ortega (University of Toulouse)
Thomas Tangeras (IUI, Stockholm)
|
|
Discussant: Etienne Wasmer (University of Quebec at Montreal, CEPR and IZA)
|
12:30 - 14:30
|
Lunch
|
14:30 - 15:30
|
Session 13
|
Discussant:
|
Entrepreneurial Choice: Can the Jack of All Trades Attitude Be Trained?
Olmo Silva (European University Institute)
|
15:30 - 16:30
|
Session 14
|
|
The More the Merrier? The Effects of Family Composition on Children's Outcomes
Sandra Black (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
* Paul Devereux (University of California, Los Angeles and IZA)
Kjell G. Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Adeline Delavande (University of Lisbon)
|
16:30 - 17:30
|
Coffee
|
| 17:30 - 18:30 |
Session 15
|
|
Labor Market Frictions, Job Insecurity and the Flexibility of the Employment Relationship
* Niko Matouschek (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and CEPR)
Paolo Ramezzana (University of Virginia)
Frederic Robert-Nicoud (University of Geneva and CEPR)
|
|
Discussant: Maia Güell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CEPR and IZA)
|
19:00
|
Dinner
|
Saturday 18 September
|
9:00 - 10:00
|
Session 16
|
|
Bidding for Industrial Plants: Does Winning a "Million Dollar Plant" Increase Welfare?
* Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley and CEPR)
Michael Greenstone (MIT)
|
|
Discussant: Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
|
10:00 - 11:00
|
Session 17
|
|
Politically Connected CEO's and Real Firm Outcomes: Evidence from France
* Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago and CEPR)
Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
Antoinette Schoar (MIT and CEPR)
David Thesmar (CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
|
|
Discussant: Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania)
|
11:00 - 11:30
|
Coffee
|
11:30 - 12:30
|
Session 18
|
|
Evaluating the Economic Significance of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity
Mike Elsby (London School of Economics)
|
|
Discussant: Juan J. Dolado (Universidad Carlos III, CEPR and IZA)
|
12:30 - 14:30
|
Lunch
|
14:30 - 15:30
|
Session 19
|
|
Does a Five-Fold Higher Unemployment Rate Make a Difference? Wage Growth and Job Mobility of Young Workers in France and Germany
* Till von Wachter (Columbia University and IZA)
Paola Giuliano (International Monetary Fund)
|
|
Discussant: Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE, CEPR and IZA)
|
15:30 - 16:30
|
Session 20
|
|
How Often Should You Open the Door? Optimal Monitoring to Screen Heterogeneous Agents
* Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Bern and IZA)
Andrea Ichino (European University Institute, CEPR and IZA)
|
|
Discussant: Asa Rosen (Stockholm University)
|
16:30 - 17:30
|
Coffee
|
17:30 - 18:30
|
Session 21
|
|
Internet Job Search and Worker Flows
Betsey Stevenson (University of Pennsylvania)
|
|
Discussant: Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics, CEPR and IZA)
|
19:00
|
Dinner
|
* denotes speaker
|
