Inhaltsbereich: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
Program "Evaluation of Passive and Active Labour Market Policies"
The presentations should not last longer than 35 minutes (with discussion 50 minutes)!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
| Time |
Program |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Registration
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| 11:30 – 11:40 |
Joachim Wolff (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)
Welcome |
| 11:40 – 13:20 |
Session 1
- Macro-Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in West and East Germany. An Extension of the Theory and Empirical Evidence
Rüdiger Wapler (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)
Paper
- Work incentives? Ex-post effects of unemployment insurance sanctions in West Germany”
Barbara Hofmann (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)
Paper
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13.20
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Lunch
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| 14:20 – 15.40 |
Session 2
- Culture and Unemployment
Josef Zweimüller (Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich)
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| 15:40 |
Coffee Break
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16:10 – 17:50
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Session 3
- How do job search requirements affect reservation wages of older unemployed workers?
Anton Nivorozhkin (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)
Abstract
- An Analysis of Unemployment Duration and Employment Stability Based on a Regression-Discontinuity Approach
Marco Caliendo (Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA, Bonn)
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18:00 – 18:50
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Session 4
- Explaining the Employability Gap of Short-term and Long-term Unemployed Persons
Stephan L. Thomsen (University of Magdeburg, Department of Economics)
Paper
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| 20.00 |
Conference Dinner |
Friday, November 28, 2008
| Time |
Programm |
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09:00 – 10:40
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Session 5
- Job Security and New Restrictive Permanent Contracts. Do Spanish Workers Fear Losing Their Jobs?
Elisabetta Trevisan (Venice University, Department of Economics, SSE)
Paper
- Can reduced activity be a stepping stone for the unemployed?
Florent Frémigacci (Université d´Evry-Val-d`Essonne, Départment d´Économie, EPEE)
Paper
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| 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:40 |
Session 6
- In-Work Benefits in Search Equilibrium
Mirco Tonin (University of Southhampton, Economics Division, School of Social Sciences)
Paper
- Is temporary employment a stepping stone for unemployed school leavers?
Christian Göbel (Centre for European Economic Research, ZEW)
Paper
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| 12:40 |
Lunch |
| 13:40 – 15:20 |
Session 7
- The Relative Effectiveness of Selected Active Labour Market Programmes and the Common Support Problem
Gesine Stephan (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)
Paper
- Does unemployed training increase individual employability: evidence from Latvian microdata
Jekaterina Dmitrijeva (Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi, CEE and Université d´Evry-Val-d`Essonne, Départment d´Économie, EPEE)
Paper
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