| Thursday May 25 |
| 10.30 – 10.45 |
Welcome and Coffee |
10.45 - 12.30
Programme Evaluation
Chair: Richard Blundell (UCL/IFS, UK) |
| 10.45 – 11.20 |
Jochen Kluve (RWI, Germany):
The effectiveness of European active labor market policy
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| 11.20 – 11.55 |
Edwin Leuven (Universiteit van Amsterdam/Tinbergen Instituut, The Netherlands)
(with Hessel Oosterbeek):
The responsiveness of training participation to tax deductibility
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| 11.55 – 12.30 |
Fane Groes (University of Copenhagen, Denmark): Welfare benefits of labor market training
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch and Management Meeting |
13.30 – 14.40
Human Capital Policies: Session I
Chair: Manuel Arrelano (CEMFI, Spain) |
| 13.30 – 14.05 |
Amine Ouazad (CREST-INSEE, France) (with F. Kramarz, S. McNally, S. Machin):
Do Schools Make a Difference? The Respective Contributions of
Students and Schools in Achievement in English Primary and Secondary Education
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| 14.05 - 14.40 |
Marcos Vera (UCL, UK) (with Matilde Pinto Machado):
Does class-size affect the academic performance of college freshmen?
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| 14.40 – 15.00 |
Break |
15.00 – 17.20
Intergenerational Policies, Social Security and Taxes
Chair: Martin Browning (CAM, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 15.00 – 15.35 |
Matthias Parey (UCL, UK):
Intergenerational Effects of Mother's Schooling on Children's Outcomes: Causal Links and
Transmission Channels
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| 15.35 – 16.10 |
Stefan Hochguertel (Universiteit van Amsterdam/Tinbergen Instituut, The
Netherlands) (with Mette Ejrnæs):
Early Retirement, Self-employment, and Voluntary Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from Administrative Data
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| 16.10 - 16.45 |
Julio Caceres (Universidad Carlos III, Spain):
Impact of Family Size on Investment in Child
Quality. Multiple Births as Natural Experiment
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| 17.00 - 18.30 |
Zvi Eckstein (Tel Aviv University and University of Minesota):
Job and Wage Mobility in a Search Model with Non Compliance (Exemptions) to the Minimum Wage
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| 20.00 |
Conference Dinner |
| Friday May 26 |
9.00 – 10.10
Human Capital Policies: Session II
Chair: Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) |
| 9.00 – 9.35 |
Marc Ferracci (Paris University, France) (with B. Crépon):
Training the unemployed in France: impact on unemployment duration and recurrence
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| 9.35 – 10.10 |
Roope Uusitalo (Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland) (with Hämäläinen):
Sorting out the sorting vs. human capital debate
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| 10.10 – 10.30 |
Break |
10.30 – 11.40
Employment position and legislation
Chair: Guy Laroque (CREST, Paris) |
| 10.30 - 11.05 |
Matteo Picchio (IRES and Department of Economics, Leuven Catholic University,
Belgium):
Wage differentials and temporary jobs in Italy
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| 11.05 – 11.40 |
Stefan Eriksson (Uppsala University, Sweden) (with Mikael Carlssona and Nils Gottfriesc):
Testing Theories of Job Creation: Does Supply Create Its Own Demand?
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| | Close of meeting |
