COST Conference and training school
May 27-30, 2008, CREST, Paris
Practical arrangements
Training Course May 27-28th, CREST, Paris
Tuesday May 27
- 11.00: Empirical policy evaluation methods,
Richard Blundell (UCL and IFS, London) and Monica Costa-Dias (IFS, London)
Empirical policy evaluation methods (handout),
Richard Blundell (UCL and IFS, London) and Monica Costa-Dias (IFS, London)
- Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics,
Richard Blundell and Monica Costa Dias (IFS, London)
- Evaluating the
Impact of Education on Earnings in the UK:
Models, Methods and Results from the NCDS,
Richard Blundell, Lorraine Dearden en Barbara Sianesi
(IFS, London)
- Evaluating the Employment Impact of a
Mandatory Job Search Program,
Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias,
Costas Meghir and John Van Reenen
Wednesday May 28
Conference: May 29-30th, CREST, Paris
| Thursday May 29 |
| Human capital policies |
| 09:15-10:00 | Erik Grönqvist,
One size fits all? The effect of teacher
cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement
(SW) |
| 10:00-10:45 | Monique de Haan,
The Effect of Parents' Schooling on Child's
Schooling; A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis
(NL) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| | 11:00-11:45 | Hanna Virtanen,
It Takes Three to Tango in Employment: Matching
Vocational Education Organisations, Students and Companies in
Labour Markets
(FI) |
| 11:45-12:30 | Pierre Koning,
Non-profit provision of job training and mediation services: An empirical
analysis using contract data of job training service providers
(NL) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| Employment position and legislation |
| 14:00-14:45 | Andrea Weber,
Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions
after Job Displacement
with Emilia Del Bono and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer. (AU) |
| 14:45-15:30 | Lena Hensvik,
Do immigrants hire immigrants?
(SW) |
| 15:30-16:15 | Anni Nevalainen,
Productivity and firm exit and entry in
manufacturing sector in EU countries
(FI) |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-17:15 | Sébastien Roux,
The productivity advantages of large markets:
Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection
with
Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon and Diego Puga (FR) |
| 17:15-18:00 | Fana Groes,
Wages and Occupational Mobility
(DK) |
| 18:00-19:00 | MC Meeting |
| T.B.A. | Conference Diner |
| Friday May 30 |
| Program evaluation |
| 09:00-09:45 | Eva Deuchert,
The "Virgin" HIV Puzzle: Can misreporting account
for the high proportion of HIV cases in self-reported virgins?
(CH) |
| 09:45-10:30 | Martin Huber.
Sample Selection, Heteroscedasticity, and Quantile
Regression
with Blaise Melly. (CH) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Alicia Barroso,
Advertising and Consumer Awareness of a New
Product
(ES) |
| 11:30-12:15 | Stephane Bonhomme,
Identifying Distributional Characteristics in
Random Coefficients Panel Data Models
(ES) |
| 12:15-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:45 | Monica Costa-Dias,
“Labour Market Program Evaluation with General
Equilibrium Effects” (UK) |
| Social Security |
| 14:45-15:30 | Laurent Bach,
Family CEO successions and corporate bankruptcies:
evidence from France
(FR) |
| 15:30-16:15 | Monica Roman,
Labour Market Policies In Romania: an evaluation
using efficiency analysis
with Diana Sandru. (RO) |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-17:15 | Andrey Launov,
Unemployment benefit reforms, distribution and
efficiency
with Irene Endres and Klaus Wälde. (BE) |
| 17:15-18:00 | Simen Markussen,
The Anatomy of Absenteeism
with Simen Gaure,
Ole Jørgen Røgeberg and Knut Røed. (NO) |
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