Mainz Workshop in Labour Economics: Search, Matching and Unemployment

April 30, 2012
University of Mainz Campus / Dekanatssaal
Jakob-Welder-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz

(This workshop is public and open to all. This workshop is a SaM event)

08:50 - 09:00	Welcome and Introduction

	Session A:
09:00 - 09:45	A Structural Model of the Unemployment Insurance Take-up Sylvie Blasco (Université du Maine) and François Fontaine
09:45 - 10:30	Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Non-Stationary Unemployment Benefits Klaus Wälde (University of Mainz) and Andrey Launov

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break

	Session B:
11:00 - 11:45	Optimal Labor-Market Policy in Recessions Philip Jung (University of Mannheim) and Keith Kuester
11:45 - 12:30	Consumption Inequality: The Role of Labour Market Frictions Michael Graber (University College London) and Jeremy Lise

12:30 - 14:00	Lunch at Baron, University Campus

	Session C:
14:00 - 14:45	Wage Inequality, Firm Dynamics, and International Trade Julien Prat (Institute for Economic Analysis, Barcelona)
14:45 - 15:30	Knowledge Spillovers in Competitive Search Equilibrium Edgar Preugschat (Norwegian School of Management), Tom-Reiel Heggedal and Espen Moen

15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break

	Session D:

16:00 - 16:45	Looking for Jobs with Good Pay and Good Working Conditions Luke Haywood (Paris School of Economics) and Jean-Marc Robin

16:45 - 17:00	Tiny break

	Keynote Speech
17:00 - 18:30	Equilibrium Labor Turnover, Firm Growth and Unemployment Melvyn Coles (University of Essex) and Dale Mortensen

	End of the Workshop

thereafter	Workshop dinner at Al Cortile