Unemployment in Europe: Reasons and Remedies

CESifo Conference Centre , Poschingerstraße 5, 81679 Munich

06-07 December 2002


Programme
Friday, 06 December 2002
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome & Introduction
09:15 - 10:15	KEYNOTE SPEECH A Picture of European Unemployment: Success and Failure STEPHEN J. NICKELL, Bank of England
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:45	Employment and Unemployment in France: What Lessons? JEAN PISANI-FERRY French Ministry for Economy, Finance and Industry Discussant: Juan F. Jimeno, FEDEA
11:45 - 13:00	Unemployment in Germany: Reasons and Remedies Norbert Berthold, University of Würzburg, and RAINER FEHN, Ifo Institute and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich Discussant: Bertil Holmlund, Uppsala University
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:15	Rising Unemployment at the Start of the 21st Century: Has the Dutch Miracle Come to an End? JAN C. VAN OURS, Tilburg University Discussant: Torben Andersen, University of Aarhus
15:15 - 16:30	When Unemployment Disappears: Ireland in the 1990s BRENDAN WALSH, University College Dublin Discussant: Roope Uusitalo, Uppsala University
16:30 - 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:15	Unemployment in Britain: A European Success Story CHRISTOPHER PISSARIDES, LSE Discussant: Pietro Garibaldi, Bocconi University
Saturday, 07 December 2002
09:00 - 10:00	KEYNOTE SPEECH Europe’s High Unemployment: Possible Further Causes and their Mechanism EDMUND S. PHELPS, Columbia University
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:30	The History and Structure of Italian Unemployment GIUSEPPE BERTOLA, European University Institute & Pietro Garibaldi, Bocconi University Discussant: Paloma Lopez-Garcia, LSE & CES, University of Munich
11:30 - 12:45	The Un-intented Convergence: How the Finnish Unemployment Reached the European Level ROOPE UUSITALO, Uppsala University & ERKKI KOSKELA, Helsinki University Discussant: Brendan Walsh, University College Dublin
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch
13:45 - 15:00	From Excess to Shortage - Recent Developments in the Danish Labour Market TORBEN ANDERSEN, University of Aarhus Discussant: Jan C. van Ours, Tilburg University

15:00 - 16:15	The Rise and Fall of Swedish Unemployment BERTIL HOLMLUND, Uppsala University Discussant: Rainer Fehn, Ifo Institute and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich
16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:15	Spanish Unemployment: The End of the Wild Ride? SAMUEL BENTOLILA, CEMFI & JUAN F. JIMENO, FEDEA Discussant: Tor Erikssen, Aarhus School of Business
19:00	Conference Dinner

Unemployment in Europe: Reasons and Remedies

Programme