Session Programme

C01 - Education 5: Progression and Attainment in HE, Evidence from Italy
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 7
Chair: Andrea Ichino

The Impact of Supply Side Policies on University Drop-Out: The Italian Experience
Giorgio Di Pietro, Andrea Cutillo

Is ‘3+2’ Equal to 4? On the Effects of University Reform in Italy
Stefano Staffolani, Massimiliano Bratti, Chiara Broccolini

Can Risk Aversion Explain Schooling Attainment? Evidence From Italy
Marco Leonardi, Christian Belzil

College Cost and time to obtain a degree: Evidence from Tuition Discontinuities
Andrea Ichino, Enrico Rettore, Pietro Garibaldi, Francesco Giavazzi

C02 - Education 6: Equal Opportunities in Education
Location CERGE-EI	Room: 8
Chair: Deborah Wilson

On the Integration of Immigrant Children in Education
Nicole Schneeweis

Ethnic and Parental Effects on Schooling Outcomes Before and During the Transition: Evidence from the Baltic Countries
Mihails Hazans, Olga Rastrigina, Ija Trapeznikova

The Expansion of Higher Education and the Issue of Equality of Opportunity
Susanna Holzer

The Dynamics of School Attainment of England’s Ethnic Minorities
Deborah Wilson, Simon Burgess

C03 - Family and Work 2: Martial Status, Work and Income
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 9
Chair: Andrea Christina Felfe

The equity-efficiency tradeoff: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform
Roger Wahlberg, Katarina Nordblom, Anna Brink

Human Capital Depreciation during Family-Related Career Interruptions in Male and Female Occupations
Dennis Goerlich, Andries De Grip

Selection or Specialization? The Impact of Legal Marriage on Adult earnings in Sweden
Marianne Sundström, Donna Ginther, Anders Björklund

The Child Penalty-a Compensating Wage Differential
Andrea Christina Felfe

C04 - Health and Job Satisfaction 2: Job security & Workers' Health
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 10
Chair: Laura Larsson

Happiness and Health: Well-being among the Self-Employed
Pernilla Andersson

Are Fixed-Term Jobs Bad for your Health? A Comparison of West-Germany and Spain.
Laura Romeu Gordo, Vanessa Gash, Antje Mertens

Job Security and New Restrictive Permanent Contracts. Are Spanish Workers More Worried of Losing Their Job?
Elisabetta Trevisan

Plant Closure and Hospitalization
Eskil Heinesen, Martin Browning

Moral Hazard Among the Sick and unemployed; Evidence from a Swedish Social Insurance Reform
Laura Larsson, Caroline Runeson


C05 - Labour Demand and Employment 3: Institutions
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 11
Chair: Michael Burda

Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?
Guido Schwerdt, Andrea Ichino, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimüller

The Labor Effects of Product Market Deregulation: Evidence from US Class 1 Railroads, 1981 to 2001
Laura Padilla, Guido Friebel, Gerard McCullough

Corporate Taxation and Labor Market Outcomes: The Taxation of Multinational Corporations and Union Wage Bargaining
Nadine Riedel

Unions, Job Protection and Employment
Guilio Piccirilli

Blue Laws
Michael Burda, Philippe Weil

C06 - Labour Market Policy 3: Training
Location: IES	Room 314
Chair: Ulf Rinne

The Responsiveness of Training Participation to Tax Deductibility
Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek

Identifying the Impact of Vocational Labour Market Training on Youth Labour Markets
Juha Tuomala, Kari Hämäläinen

Employment Effects of Short and Medium Term Further Training Programs in Germany in the Early 2000s
Aderonke Osikominu, Martin Biewen, Bernd Fitzenberger, Marie Waller

Costs and Benefits of Publicly Financed Training in Germany
Ulf Rinne, Lutz C. Kaiser, Hilmar Schneider

C07 - Labour Markets in Transition Economies 2: Labour Jobs and Wage Mobility
Location: CERGE-EI	Room 1
Chair: Monica Hjeds Löfmark

How Does Experience and Job Mobility Determine Wage Gain in a Transition and a Non-Transition Economy? The Case of East and West Germany
Joachim Wolff

Job Flows and Worker Flows in the Baltic States: Labour Reallocation and Structural Changes
Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Kaia Philips

Family Strategies and Labor Market Behaviour in Modern Russia
Marina Kartseva, Dilyara Ibragimova, Oxana Sinyavskaya, Sergey Zakharov

Time Allocation in Taganrog, Russia
Monika Hjeds Löfmark

C08 - Macroeconomics of Unemployment 2: Unemployment and Growth
Location: IES	Room: 105
Chair: Sven Schreiber

Schumpeterian Growth, Unemployment and Tax/Benefit system in European Countries
Coralla Quintero Rojas, François Langot

Endogenous Minimum Wages, Human Capital Accumulation and Growth
Ahmed Tritah

Shifts in the Unemployment Rate: The Role of Productivity Growth
Sven Schreiber

C09 - Microeconomics of Unemployment 2
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 314
Chair: Fernando Muñoz-Bullón

The Earnings Costs of Business Closure in the UK
Richard Upward, A Hijzen, P Wright

Hidden Unemployment in Disability Insurance in the Netherlands
Pierre Koning, Daniel Van Vuuren

Jobless Duration and Wage Losses after Involuntary Separation from the Job
Anna Okatenko

Unemployment Duration, Unemployment Benefits and Recalls
Fernando Muñoz-Bullón, Alfonso Alba-Ramírez, José María Arranz Muñoz

C10 - Migration 3: Theory of Optimal Policy
Location: IES	Room: 109
Chair: Laurent Simula

Delayed (or Accelerated) Integration as a Counterforce to Gerontocracy
Silke Uebelmesser

Subsidies for wages and infrastructure: How to restrain undesired immigration
Volker Meier, R Fenge

Optimal Income Tax when Agents Vote with their Feet
Laurent Simula, Alain Trannoy

C11 - Personnel Economics 1: Empirics
Location: IES	Room: 205
Chair: Mikko Mäkinen

Judicial Promotion Tournaments in the English High Court
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Clare Leaver

The Determinants of Occupational Pensions
Erik Hernaes, J Piggott, T Zhang, S Stroem

Lost Jobs and Health Insurance: An Analysis of the Impact of Employment Volatility on Firm provided Health Insurance Coverage.
Iben Bolvig, Fredrik Andersson, Julia Lane

Teams, Performance-Related Pay, Profit Sharing and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from a Food-Processing Plant
Antti Kauhanen, Derek Jones, Panu Kalmi

CEO Compensation, Firm Size and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finnish Panel Data
Mikko Mäkinen

C12 - Regional Labour Markets 1: Regional Agglomeration and Social Interactions
Location: IES	Room: 602
Chair: Sabrina Di Addario

Social Interactions in Regional Labour Markets
Joerg Heining, J Lingens

Agglomeration Effects on Labour Demand
Oliver Ludewig, Uwe Blien, Kai Kirchhof

Neighborhood Effects, Public Housing and Unemployment in France
Florence Goffette-Nagot, Claire Dujardin

Is There an Urban Wage Premium in Italy?
Sabrina Di Addario, Eleonora Patacchini

C13 - Wage Inequality and Mobility 3 : Intergenerational Mobility
Location: CERGE-EI	Room: 320
Chair: Bernt Bratsberg

Intergenerational Income and Education Mobility in Spain
Ernesto Villanueva, Esther Kalkbrenner

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility : An Evaluation Using Data on Three Generations
Arnaud Lefranc, Alain Trannoy

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Italy
Sauro Mocetti

Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons
Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Markus Jäntti, Tor Eriksson, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund

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