|
|
|
|
6th Joint IZA/IFAU Conference: Labor Market Policy Evaluation
Organizers: |
Sinem H. Ayhan(IZA),Marco Caliendo(University of Potsdam and IZA),Erik Mellander(IFAU),Gerard J. van den Berg(University of Bristol, IFAU and IZA ),Ulrika Vikman(IFAU),Johan Vikstr�m(IFAU) |
Location: |
Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 9, 53113 Bonn, Germany |
Date: |
October 06, 2016 - October 07, 2016 |
Event Manager: |
Viola Hartmann(IZA) |
|
|
|
Program |
Thursday, October 06:
08:30 |
- |
09:10 |
|
Registration |
|
|
09:10 |
- |
09:15 |
|
Introduction Gerard J. van den Berg(University of Bristol, IFAU and IZA) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session A: Active Labor Market Policies |
|
Chair:Marco Caliendo(University of Potsdam and IZA) |
|
09:15 |
- |
09:50 |
|
Nynke De Groot(Free University Amsterdam), Bas van der Klaauw (VU Amsterdam and IZA) |
|
"A Randomized Experiment on Improving Job Search Skills of Older Unemployed Workers" |
|
09:50 |
- |
10:25 |
|
Matz Dahlberg(Uppsala University and IFAU), Eva M�rk (Uppsala University and IZA), Ulrika Vikman (IFAU), Ingeborg Waernbaum (Ume� University and IFAU) |
|
"Evaluating Programs for Social Assistance Recipients: Controlling for Confounding Using Survey and Register Data" |
|
|
10:25 |
- |
11:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session B: Policy Evaluation |
|
Chair:Erik Mellander(IFAU) |
|
11:00 |
- |
11:35 |
|
Elke J. Jahn(Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg and IZA), Michael Rosholm (Aarhus University and IZA) |
|
"The Cyclicality of the Stepping Stone Effect of Temporary Agency Employment" |
|
11:35 |
- |
12:10 |
|
Eva Van Belle(Ghent University), Bart Cockx (Ghent University and IZA) |
|
"Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth. No Point?" |
|
12:10 |
- |
12:45 |
|
Amelie Schiprowski(IZA) |
|
"Do Caseworkers Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from Unexpected Work Absences" |
|
|
12:45 |
- |
14:00 |
|
Lunch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keynote Speech |
|
Chair:Gerard J. van den Berg(University of Bristol, IFAU and IZA ) |
|
14:00 |
- |
15:30 |
|
Jeffrey A. Smith(University of Michigan and IZA) |
|
"What Have We Learned from Using Experiments as Benchmarks?" |
|
|
15:30 |
- |
16:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session C: Health and Welfare Related Policies |
|
Chair:Johan Vikstr�m(IFAU) |
|
16:00 |
- |
16:35 |
|
Nicolas R. Ziebarth(Cornell University and IZA), Stefan Pichler (ETH Zurich) |
|
"The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior" |
|
16:35 |
- |
17:10 |
|
陈宣(Renmin University of China), Carlos A. Flores (California Polytechnic State University), Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (Syracuse University and IZA) |
|
"Bounds on Average Treatment Effects with an Invalid Instrument: An Application to the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment" |
|
17:10 |
- |
17:45 |
|
Anne C. Gielen(Erasmus University Rotterdam and IZA), Gordon B. Dahl (University of California, San Diego and IZA) |
|
“代际Disabil溢出效应ity Insurance" |
|
|
19:00 |
|
|
|
Dinner |
|
|
Friday, October 07:
|
|
|
|
Session D: Experimental Studies I |
|
Chair:Ulrika Vikman(IFAU) |
|
09:20 |
- |
09:55 |
|
Lionel Cottier(University of Lausanne), Pierre Kempeneers (University of Geneva), Yves Fluckiger (University of Geneva), Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne and IZA) |
|
"Does Outsourcing Job Search Assistance Help Job Seekers Find and Keep Jobs?" |
|
09:55 |
- |
10:30 |
|
Nadine Ketel(University of Gothenburg and IZA), Jonneke Bolhaar (VU University Amsterdam), Bas van der Klaauw (VU University Amsterdam and IZA) |
|
"Restricting caseworker's discretion, evidence from a field experiment" |
|
|
10:30 |
- |
11:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session D: Experimental Studies II |
|
Chair:Sinem H. Ayhan(IZA) |
|
11:00 |
- |
11:35 |
|
Vittorio Bassi(University College London), Aisha Nansamba (BRAC Liberia) |
|
"Information Frictions in the Labor Market: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda" |
|
11:35 |
- |
12:10 |
|
Paul Muller(University of Gothenburg), Michele Belot (University of Edinburgh and IZA), Philipp Kircher (University of Edinburgh) |
|
“以低成本为求职者提供的建议:一个Experimental Study on On-Line Advice" |
|
|
12:10 |
- |
13:10 |
|
Lunch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session E: Minimum Wages I |
|
Chair:Erik Mellander(IFAU) |
|
13:10 |
- |
13:45 |
|
Attila Lindner(University College London and IZA), Peter Harasztosi (Magyar Nemzeti Bank) |
|
"Who Pays for the Minimum Wage?" |
|
13:45 |
- |
14:20 |
|
Hanna Frings(RWI), Ronald Bachmann (RWI and IZA) |
|
"Monopsonistic Competition, Low-wage Labor Markets, and Minimum Wages - An Empirical Analysis" |
|
|
14:20 |
- |
14:45 |
|
Coffee Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Session E: Minimum Wages II |
|
Chair:Marco Caliendo(University of Potsdam and IZA) |
|
14:45 |
- |
15:20 |
|
Tobias Renkin(University of Zurich), Claire Montialoux (University of California, Berkeley), Michael Siegenthaler (ETH Zurich) |
|
"The Pass-through of Minimum Wages into US Retail Prices: Evidence from Supermarket Scanner Data" |
|
15:20 |
- |
15:55 |
|
Mario Bossler(Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Hans-Dieter Gerner (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg) |
|
"Employment Effects of the New German Minimum Wage: Evidence from Establishment-level Micro Data" |
|
|
15:55 |
- |
16:00 |
|
Final Remarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|