IZA/CEPR 11TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SYMPOSIUM IN LABOUR ECONOMICS


IZA/CEPR 11TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SYMPOSIUM IN LABOUR ECONOMICS Supported and Hosted by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Buch, Ammersee 17-19 September 2009

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
19.00	Dinner
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
09.00 - 10.00	Markets for Reputation: Evidence on Quality and Quantity in Academe Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas at Austin and IZA) *Gerard Antonie Pfann (University of Maastricht, CEPR and IZA)
10.00 - 11.00	Stepping Off the Wage Escalator: The Effects of Wage Growth on Equilibrium Employment *Michael Elsby (University of Michigan) Matthew Shapiro (University of Michigan)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Returns to Tenure or Seniority? Sebastian Buhai (Aarhus University) Miguel Portela (University of Minho and IZA) *Coen Teulings (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, CEPR and IZA) Aico van Vuuren (Free University Amsterdam)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	How Effective are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit Patrick Arni (University of Lausanne) *Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne, CEPR and IZA) Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University)
15.30 - 16.30	Fertility Decline and the Heights of Children in Britain, 1886-1938 *Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex, CEPR and IZA) Richard Martin (University of Bristol)
16.30 - 17.00	Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.30	Poster Session 1
	Public and Private Insurance: Theory and cross-country facts Giuseppe Bertola (University of Turin and CEPR) *Winfried Koeniger (Queen Mary College, University of London and IZA)
	Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World Prachi Mishra (International Monetary Fund) *Antonio Spilimbergo (International Monetary Fund and CEPR)
	Moral Hazard in Dutch Disability Receipt; Evidence from an Age Discontinuity in Disability Eligibility Reviews *Lex Borghans (Maastricht University and IZA) Anne Gielen (Maastricht University and IZA) Erzo Luttmer (Harvard University and IZA)
	IQ, Achievement and Personality Lex Borghans (Maastricht University and IZA) *Bart Golsteyn (Maastricht University and IZA) James Heckman (University of Chicago and IZA)
	Wage Costs and Alternative Margins of Adjustment: Survey Evidence from European Firms Jan Babecký (Ceská Národní Banka) Philip Du Caju (National Bank of Belgium) Theodora Kosma (Bank of Greece) Martina Lawless (Central Bank and Financial ServicesAuthority of Ireland) Julián Messina (University of Girona and IZA) * Tairi Rõõm (Eesti Pank)
	Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: US vs. Europe Mathias Dolls (University of Cologne and IZA) Clemens Fuest (University of Oxford and IZA) *Andreas Peichl (IZA)
	Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns Helge Berglann (Norsk Institutt for Landbruksøkonomisk Forskning) Espen Moen (Norwegian School of Management) Knut Røed (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and IZA) *Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
	Children of War: The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel (University of Houston and IZA)
19.00	Dinner
FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
09.00 - 10.00	Long After They're Gone? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults Sandra Black (UCLA and IZA) *Paul J. Devereux (University College Dublin, CEPR and IZA) Kjell Salvanes (NHH Bergen and IZA)
10.00 - 11.00	Discrimination and Employment Protection *Steinar Holden (University of Oslo) Åsa Rosen (SOFI, University of Stockholm)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Labor Court Inputs, Judicial Cases Outcomes and Labor Flows: Identifying Real EPL Henri Fraisse (Banque de France) *Francis Kramarz (CREST- INSEE and CEPR) Corinne Prost (CREST- INSEE)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy *Paola Giuliano (UCLA and IZA) Antonio Spilimbergo (International Monetary Fund and CEPR)
15.30 - 16.30	Long-Term Earnings Losses due to Mass Layoffs During the 1982 Recession: An Analysis Using U.S. Administrative Data from 1974 to 2004 Jae Song (Social Security Administration) Joyce Manchester (Congressional Budget Office) *Till von Wachter (Columbia University, CEPR and IZA)
16.30 - 17.00	Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.30	Poster Session 2
	The Importance of Relative Performance Feedback Information: Evidence from a Natural Experiment using High School Students *Ghazala Azmat (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Nagore Iriberri (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
	The Good, the Bad and the Average: Evidence on the Scale and Nature of Ability Peer Effects in Schools Victor Lavy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Royal Holloway University of London, CEPR and IZA) *Olmo Silva (London School of Economics and IZA) Felix Weinhardt (London School of Economics)
	Understanding the Native-Immigrant Wage Gap using Matched Employer-Employee data: Evidence from Germany Cristian Bartolucci (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
	Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women *Lidia Farré (Universidad de Alicante) Libertad Gonzalez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and IZA) Francesc Ortega (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and IZA
	Labor Supply, Welfare and Human Capital Effects of a Generous Pension Reform. Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Ukraine Alexander Danzer (Royal Holloway University of London and IZA)
	Evaluation the US Welfare Reform: Endogeneity and Multidimensionality of Welfare Policy Latika Chaudhary (Stanford University) *Christina Gathmann (Stanford University and IZA)
	Reforms, Finance, and Current Accounts Giuseppe Bertola (University of Turin and CEPR) *Anna Lo Prete (Università degli Studi di Torino)
	Transition Fatigue? Cross-country Evidence From Micro Data Riccardo Rovelli (University of Bologna and IZA) Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA) Riccardo Rovelli (University of Bologna and IZA) Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA)
19.00	Dinner
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
09.00 - 10.00	Machines and Machinists: The Effect of Imported Capital on Wage Inequality Márton Csillag (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) *Miklós Koren (Central European University and CEPR)
10.00 - 11.00	Product Demand Shifts and Wage Inequality Marco Leonardi (Universitá degli Studi di Milano and IZA)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Changes in the distribution of income volatility Shane T. Jensen (University of Pennsylvania) *Stephen Shore (John Hopkins University)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Keynote Address: Disability Risk, Disability Insurance, and Life Cycle Behavior Hamish Low (Cambridge University) *Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University and CEPR)
18.00	Barbecue
* Indicates the presenter.Presentations should last 45 minutes, leaving 15 minutes for general discussion.
Organizers:	Organizers:Giuseppe Bertola (University of Turin and CEPR) Marco Caliendo (IZA) Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)