April 4-5, 2011
University of Mainz Campus / Dekanatssaal
Jakob-Welder-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz
Workshop Program
(The workshop is public and open to all)
Day 1: Monday, the 4th of April | |
12:50 - 13:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
Session A: Theory | |
13:00 - 14:00 |
An Equilibrium Model of Wage Dispersion and Sorting Jesper Bagger (Royal Holloway, University of London) |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Optimal Wage Policy with Endogenous Search Intensity Christian Holzner (University of Munich) |
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
Session B: Structural Estimation | |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Match Efficiency and the Cyclical Behavior of Job Finding Rates Petr Sedláček (University of Amsterdam) |
16:30 - 17:30 |
Nonstationary Job Search with Monitoring and Sanctions: Should Long-Term Unemployed be Sanctioned? Andrey Launov (University of Mainz) |
18:00 | Informal get-together (Baron, University Campus) |
19:30 | Workshop Dinner at Al Cortile |
Day 2: Thuesday, the 5th of April | |
Session C: Theory | |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Public Wage Policy, Unemployment, and Inequality Gabriele Cardullo (University of Genoa) |
10:00 -11:00 |
Optimal Saving in Frictional Labour Markets Klaus Wälde (University of Mainz) |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
Keynote Speech | |
11:30 - 12:30 |
A Tractable Equilibrium Search Model of Individual Wage Dynamics with Experience Accumulation Fabien Postel-Vinay (University of Bristol) |
End of the Workshop |