European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics

Monday, 25th of September:

19.00

Dinner 

Tuesday, 26th of September:

Chair: Klaus F Zimmermann

09.30 - 10.45

Are Judges Biased by Labour Market Conditions? The Selection of Firing Litigations for Trial in an Italian Firm 
*Andrea Ichino (European University Institute, Firenze, CEPR and IZA)
Michele Polo (Università Bocconi)
Enrico Rettore (Università Bocconi)
Discussant:
Regina T Riphahn (University of Munich, CEPR and IZA)

Chair: Klaus F Zimmermann

10.45 - 12.00

Anticipated and Unanticipated Wage Changes, Wage Risk and Intertemporal Labor Supply
*Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University and CEPR)
Discussant:
John P Haisken-DeNew (DIW and IZA)

12.30

Lunch

Chair: Simon Burgess

14.30 - 15.45

Labour Markets and International Integration
*Torben M Andersen (Universitet Aarhus, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant:
Yves Zenou (University of Southampton, CEPR and IZA)

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee

Chair: Simon Burgess

16.15 - 17.30

Does Product Market Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Commercial Zoning and Retailing Employment in France
Marianne Bertrand (Princeton University and CEPR)
*Françis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE, Paris, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant:
Jan C van Ours (CentER, Tilburg University, CEPR and IZA)

Chair: John P Haisken-DeNew

17.30 - 18.45

The Rate of Return to Private Schooling?
Robert E Wright (University of Stirling, IZA and CEPR)
Discussant:
Patrick Puhani (University of St Gallen, IZA and CEPR)

19.00

Dinner

Wednesday, 27th of September:

08.45 - 15.30

Excursion to Andechs Monastery

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee

Chair: Alison Booth

16.15 - 17.30

On the Foundations of Wage Bargaining
*Dennis J. Snower (Birckbeck College, London, CEPR and IZA)
Paola Manzini (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
Discussant:
Etienne Wasmer (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEPR and IZA)

Chair: Alison Booth

17.30 - 18.45

Two-Sided Learning, Turnover, and Worker Displacement
*Gerard A Pfann (Business Investment Research Center, Maastricht University, CEPR and IZA)
Daniel S Hamermesh (University of Texas and IZA)
Discussant:
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (University of Linz, CEPR and IZA)

19.00 - 20.15

Dinner

Chair: Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

20.15 - 21.30

Female Labour Supply, Flexibility of Working Hours and Job Mobility
*Rob Euwals (IZA and CEPR)
Discussant:
John P Haisken-DeNew (DIW and IZA)

Thursday, 28th of September:

Chair: Juan J Dolado

09.30 - 11.30

Experimental Labour Economics
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)

12.30

Lunch

Chair: Yves Zenou

14.30 - 15.45

Is Perfection Optimal? Employment and Product Market Competition
Bruno Amable (University of Lille)
*Donatella Gatti (WZB)
Discussant:
Claudio Michelacci (CEMFI, Madrid, and CEPR)

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee

Chair: Per-Anders Edin

16.15 - 17.30

The Survival of the Welfare State
John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm University, and CEPR)
J V Rodríguez Mora (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, and CEPR)
Kjetil Storesletten (IIES, Stockholm University, and CEPR)
*Fabrizio Zilibotti (IIES, Stockholm University, and CEPR)
Discussant:
Claudio Michelacci (CEMFI, Madrid, and CEPR)

Chair: Per-Anders Edin

17.30 - 18.45

Unattachment to the Labour Market
*Pietro Garibaldi (Università Bocconi and CEPR)
Etienne Wasmer (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEPR and IZA)
Discussant:
Jan C van Ours (CentER, Tilburg University, CEPR and IZA)

19.00

Dinner

Friday, 29th of September:

Chair: Klaus F Zimmermann

09.30 - 11.30

Evaluating the Labour Supply Impact of "In-Work" Benefit Programmes
Richard W. Blundell (University College London, IFS and IZA)

12.30

Lunch

Chair: Melanie Ward

14.30 - 15.45

Looking into the Black Box: A Survey of the Matching Function
*Barbara Petrongolo (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, and CEPR)
Christopher Pissarides (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Discussant:
Etienne Wasmer (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEPR and IZA)

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee

Chair: Jan C van Ours

16.15 - 17.30

Unemployment Dynamics, Duration and Equilibrium: Evidence from Britain
*Simon Burgess (University of Bristol, CEPR and IZA)
Hélène Turon (University of Bristol and IZA)
Discussant:
Barbara Petrongolo (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, and CEPR)

Chair: Jan C van Ours

17.30 - 18.45

Does Inequality Encourage Education?
Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and CEPR)
*Jörn-Steffen Pischke (London School of Economics, IZA and CEPR)
Discussant:
Thomas Bauer (IZA and CEPR)

19.00

Dinner

Saturday, 30th of September:

Chair: Regina Riphahn

9.30 - 10.45

Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect
*Patrick Francois (Tilburg University)
Jan C van Ours (CentER, Tilburg University, IZA and CEPR)
Discussant:
Thomas Bauer (IZA and CEPR)

Chair: Regina Riphahn

10.45 - 12.00

How Does Maximum Unemployment Benefit Duration Affect the Transition Rate to Jobs? Accounting for Policy Endogeneity
Rafael Lalive (Universität Zürich)
*Josef Zweimüller (Universität Zürich, IZA and CEPR)
Discussant:
Patrick Puhani (University of St Gallen, IZA and CEPR)

12.30

Lunch

Chair: Torben M Andersen

14.30 - 15.45

Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants-Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Olof Åslund (Uppsala University)
*Per-Anders Edin (Uppsala University and CEPR)
Peter Fredriksson (Uppsala University)
Discussant:
Regina Riphahn (Universität München, IZA and CEPR)

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee

Chair: Etienne Wasmer

16.15 - 17.30

Improving Nurse Retention in the British National Health Service: The Impact of Job Satisfaction on Intentions to Quit
Michael Shields (University of Leceister and IZA)
*Melanie Ward (IZA)
Discussant:
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (University of Linz, IZA and CEPR)

Chair: Etienne Wasmer

17.30 - 18.45

The Half-Time Score: Part-Time Versus Full-Time Work
*Alison Booth (University of Essex, IZA and CEPR)
Marco Francesconi (University of Essex, IZA and CEPR)
Jeff Frank (Royal Holloway College, University of London)
Discussant:
Yves Zenou (University of Southampton, IZA and CEPR)

19.00

Dinner

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