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