Reform of the Welfare State:
A New European Model

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich

31 October - 1 November 2008

Programme
Friday, 31 October 2008
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:10	Welcome Kai Konrad and Martin Werding
Session I Mobility
14:10 - 15:00	How do Migrants Choose Their Destination Country? An Analysis of Institutional Determinants WIDO GEIS, Silke Uebelmesser, Martin Werding Discussant: Tim Krieger
15:00 - 15:10	Competition for FDI with Vintage Investment and Agglomeration Advantages KAI KONRAD Discussant: Anna Montén
15:50 - 16:10	Coffee Break
Session II Employment
16:10 - 17:00	Corporate Taxation and the Welfare State CHRISTIAN KEUSCHNIGG Discussant: Erkki Koskela
17:00 - 17:50	Estimating Insurance and Incentive Effects of Labour Market Reforms ANDREY LAUNOV, Irene Schumm, Klaus Wälde Discussant: Debora Kusmerski
19:30	Conference Dinner: Restaurant Seehaus Englischer Garten
Saturday, 01 November 2008
Session III Welfare State
09:00 - 09:50	Demographic Change, Gerontocracy and Fiscal Competition MARCEL THUM, Anna Montén Discussant: Tim Lohse
09:50 - 10:40	Fairness of Public Pensions and Old-Age Poverty FRIEDRICH BREYER, Stefan Hupfeld Discussant: Silke Uebelmesser
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50	Taxes and employment – is Scandinavia an Outlier? TORBEN ANDERSEN Discussant: Stefan Hupfeld
11:50 - 13:00	Lunch
Session IV Education
13:00 - 13:50	The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation PANU POUTVAARA Discussant: Robert Fenge
13:50 - 14:40	Vertical Differentiation in the Quality of Higher Education when Students are Mobile GABRIELLE DEMANGE, Robert Fenge, Silke Uebelmesser Discussant: Marcel Gérard
14:40 - 15:00	Coffee Break
Session V Labor Market Policy
15:00 - 15:50	Work Incentives? Ex-post Effects of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions in West Germany BARBARA HOFMANN Discussant: Alexander Haupt
15:50 - 16:40	On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Receivers MATZ DAHLBERG, Kajsa Johansson, Eva Mörk Discussant: Christian Holzner
	End of Conference

Reform of the Welfare State: A New European Model

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich

Programme

Reform of the Welfare State:
A New European Model