Area Conferences

Employment and Social Protection

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich, Germany

May 18 - 20, 2007

	Programme
	Friday, May 18, 2007
09:00 - 09:20	Welcome and Introduction KAI A. KONRAD
	Session 1 Plenary
09:20 - 10:10	Tax Credits, Income Support and Partnership Decisions DAN ANDERBERG Discussant: Gabrielle Demange
10:10 - 11:00	The Impact of Employment Protection Mandates on Demographic Temporary Employment Patterns: International Microeconomic Evidence LAWRENCE M. KAHN Discussant: Regina T. Riphahn
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	Keynote Lecture Pro-social Motivation and the Provision of Social Services PATRICK FRANCOIS
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
	Session 2a Parallel - Labour Economics I
13:30 - 14:20	The Role of Workfare in Striking a Balance Between Incentives and Insurance in the Labor Market TORBEN M. ANDERSEN and Michael Svarer Discussant: Martin Werding
14:20 - 15:10	Firm Productivity Dispersion and the Matching Role of Policy TOMER BLUMKIN , Yossi Hadar and Eran Yashiv Discussant: Trond E. Olsen
	Session 2b Parallel - Labour and Ageing
13:30 - 14:20	New Evidence on the Complementarity of Education and Training REGINA T. RIPHAHN and Parvati Trübswetter Discussant: Sascha Becker
14:20 - 15:10	Demographic Change and Regional Labor Markets: The Case of East Germany Beate Grundig, Carsten Pohl and MARCEL THUM Discussant: Alessandra Casarico
15:10 - 15:40	Coffee break
	Session 3a Parallel - Labour Economics II
15:40 - 16:30	A Politico-economic Analysis of Minimum Wages and Wage Subsidies Antonis Adam and THOMAS MOUTOS Discussant: Friedrich Breyer
16:30 - 17:20	Hours and Welfare Effects of the Minimum Wage in Competitive Labor Markets LEIF DANZIGER Discussant: Erkki Koskela
	Session 3b Parallel - Norms and Status
15:40 - 16:30	On the Desirability of Taxing Charitable Contributions Tomer Blumkin and EFRAIM SADKA Discussant: Marcel Thum
16:30 - 17:20	Social Norms, Cognitive Dissonance and the Timing of Marriage ALESSANDRO BALESTRINO and Cinzia Ciardi Discussant: Tomer Blumkin
	Saturday, May 19, 2007 Session 4 Plenary
09:00 - 09:50	Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History SASCHA O. BECKER and Ludger Wößmann Discussant: Lawrence M. Kahn
	Part 1	Part 2
09:50 - 10:40	The Rise of Individual Performance Pay Ola Kvaløy and TROND E. OLSEN Discussant: Mikael Priks
10:40 - 11:10	Coffee break
11:10 - 12:00	On the Fairness of Early Retirement Provisions FRIEDRICH BREYER and Stefan Hupfeld Discussant: Efraim Sadka

12:00 - 13:30	Lunch
	Session 5a Parallel - Labour Economics III
13:30 - 14:20	Risk-Aversion and Trade Union Membership LASZLO GOERKE and Markus Pannenberg Discussant: Momi Dahan
14:20 - 15:10	Tax Progression under Collective Wage Bargaining and Individual Effort Determination Erkki Koskela and RONNIE SCHÖB Discussant: Thomas Moutos
	Session 5b Parallel - Social Policy
13:30 - 14:20	Pension Reforms and Labor Market Incentives Walter H. Fisher and CHRISTIAN KEUSCHNIGG Discussant: Alessandro Balestrino
14:20 - 15:10	The Colonial Origin of Civil War Simeon Djankov and MARTA REYNAL-QUEROL Discussant: Marko Runkel
15:10 - 15:40	Coffee break

	Session 6a Parallel - Welfare State
15:40 - 16:30	Financing Higher Education and Mobility GABRIELLE DEMANGE, Robert Fenge and Silke Uebelmesser Discussant: Panu Poutvaara
16:30 - 17:20	Low Take-up Rates: The Role of Information MOMI DAHAN and Udi Nisan Discussant: Volker Meier
	Session 6b Parallel - Norms and Intrinsic Motivation
15:40 - 16:30	Intentions, Insincerity and Social Interactions J. ATSU AMEGASHIE Discussant: Ronnie Schöb
16:30 - 17:20	Firm Competition and Incentive Pay: Rent Seeking at Work MIKAEL PRIKS Discussant: Dan Anderberg
19:30	Conference Dinner at "Seehaus im Englischen Garten"
	Sunday, May 20, 2007 Session 7 Plenary
09:00 - 09:20	Introduction: How to Construct Europe KAI A. KONRAD and MARTIN WERDING
09:20 - 10:10	Corporate Income Taxation of Multinationals and Unemployment Thomas Eichner and MARCO RUNKEL Discussant: Laszlo Goerke
10:10 - 11:00	Education, Unemployment and Migration Wolfgang Eggert, Tim Krieger and VOLKER MEIER Discussant: Torben M. Andersen
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break Session 8 Plenary
11:30 - 12:20	Public and Private Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate or Teaching to Stay? PANU POUTVAARA Discussant: Kai A. Konrad
12:20 - 14:00	Lunch

Employment and Social Protection

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich, Germany

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