IZA/CEPR 12TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SYMPOSIUM IN LABOUR ECONOMICS


IZA/CEPR 12TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SYMPOSIUM IN LABOUR ECONOMICS Supported and Hosted by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Buch, Ammersee 2-4 September 2010

Wednesday 1 Sept.
19.00	Dinner
Thursday 2 Sept.
09.00 - 10.00	Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe *Andrea Bassanini (OECD and IZA) Giorgio Brunello (Università di Padova and IZA)
10.00 - 11.00	How Local are Job Markets?: Evidence from Disaggregated Matching Functions Alan Manning (London School of Economics) *Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics, IZA and CEPR)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain Samuel Bentolila (CEMFI and CEPR) Pierre Cahuc (CREST-INSEE, Ecole Polytechnique, IZA and CEPR) *Juan J. Dolado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IZA and CEPR) Thomas Le Barbanchon (Ecole Polytechnique)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Money and Happiness: Evidence from the Industry Wage Structure Jörn-Steffen Pischke (London School of Economics, IZA and CEPR)
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 18.00	Poster Session 1
	Falling Labor Share in Japan: Its Causes During the Lost Decade and Beyond *Pablo Agnese (IESE Business School) Hector Sala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and IZA)
	The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes Ciro Avitabile (University of Naples "Federico II") *Irma Clots Figueras (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Paolo Masella (University of Mannheim)
	Starting school and leaving welfare: the impact of public education on lone parents' welfare receipt *Claire Crawford (Institute for Fiscal Studies) Mike Brewer (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
	A Characterization of Product and Labor Market Imperfections and their Dispersion *Sabien Dobbelaere (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and IZA) Jacques Mairesse (CREST-INSEE and Maastricht University)
	GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking: How Much Does Europe Care? *Gianna Claudia Giannelli (Università degli Studi di Firenze and IZA) Lucia Mangiavacchi (University of Balearic Islands) Luca Piccoli (Paris School of Economics)
	Income Shocks and Investments in Human Capital Rita Ginja (University College London and IZA)
	Effect of Education on Earnings: Bayesian Fuzzy RD Approach Siddhartha Chib (Washington Unversity, St. Louis) *Liana Jacobi (University of Melbourne and IZA)
19.00	Dinner
Friday 3 Sept.
09.00 - 10.00	Fair and Unfair Income iInequalities in Europe *Daniele Checchi (University of Milan and IZA) Vito Peragine (University of Bari) Laura Serlenga (University of Bari)
10.00 - 11.00	Cyclical Skill-Biased Technological Change Almut Balleer (IIES Stockholm University) *Thijs van Rens (CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, IZA and CEPR)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Changes in the Transitory Variance of Income Components and their Impact on Family Income Instability *Peter Gottschalk (Boston College and IZA) Sisi Zhang (The Urban Institute)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 16.30	Poster Session 2
	Variety of Performance Pay and Firm Performance: Effect of Financial Incentives on Worker Absence and Productivity *Konstantinos Pouliakas (University of Aberdeen and IZA) N. Theodoropoulos (University of Cyprus)
	Job Search Effort and Spouse's Income in France Stefania Marcassa (Paris School of Economics)
	How Do Employment Protection and Parental Leave Benefits Affect Mother's Post-Birth Careers? Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne, IZA and CEPR) Analia Schlosser (Tel Aviv University) *Andreas Steinhauer (University of Zurich) Josef Zweimuller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)
	One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior Silke Anger (DWI Berlin) Michael Kvasnicka (RWI Essen) *Thomas Siedler (DIW Berlin and IZA)
	The Implications of Changing Employment Protection: Evaluating the 1999 UK Unfair Dismissal Reform Veronica Toffolutti (University of Padua)
	The Impact of Higher Education Finance on University Participation in the UK Lorraine Dearden (Institute for Fiscal Studies and IZA) Emla Fitzsimons (Institute for Fiscal Studies) *Gill Wyness (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
19.00	Dinner
Saturday 4 Sept.
09.00 - 10.00	Racial Differences in Pay Across Positions: Theory and Test *Örn B. Bodvarsson (St. Cloud State University and IZA) John G. Sessions (Bath University and IZA)
10.00 - 11.00	Intertemporal Substitution in Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Policy Discontinuities Dayanand Manoli (University of California, Los Angeles) *Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim, IZA and CEPR)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Rank Incentives: Evidence from Field Experiments Iwan Barankay (University of Pennsylvania, IZA and CEPR)
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty Boyan Jovanovic (New York University) *Julien Prat (IAE, Barcelona, IZA and CEPR)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.30	Keynote Address: "Nash Bargaining, Credible Bargaining and Efficiency Wages in a Matching Model for the US" Jim Malcomson (University of Oxford and IZA)
18.00	Barbecue
* Indicates the presenter.Presentations should last 45 minutes, leaving 15 minutes for general discussion.
Organizers:	Giuseppe Bertola (University of Turin and CEPR) Marco Caliendo (IZA) Josef Zweimüller (University of Zurich, CEPR and IZA)