4th IZA/OECD Online Workshop: New Perspectives on Unemployment Insurance
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Program
Times in the program refer to CEST:
Tuesday, May 06
14:00 - 14:10
Welcome & Moderation
Stefano Scarpetta (Director of the Employment, Labor and Social Affairs, OECD and IZA)
Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA)
14:10 - 15:00
Session 1: OECD Work on the Unemployment Insurance
Emily Farchy (OECD)
"Income Support for Jobseekers: Trade-offs and Current Reforms in OECD Countries"
Alexandre Georgieff (OECD)
"Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Duration, and Post-unemployment Job Stability: Evidence from Greece"
15:00 - 15:05
Break
15:05 - 15:55
Session 2: Recent Perspectives on Unemployment Insurance
Jonathan P. Cohen (Amazon), Peter Ganong (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago)
"Disemployment Effects of Unemployment Insurance: A Meta-Analysis"
Antoine Ferey (Sciences Po, Paris)
"Redistribution and Unemployment Insurance"
15:55 - 16:00
Break
16:00 - 16:55
Policy Discussion
Moderation: Stefano Scarpetta (Director of the Employment, Labor and Social Affairs, OECD and IZA)
Panelists:
Graeme Conor (Deputy Director, Universal Credit Policy Division, Universal Credit & Employment Support, Department for Work and Pensions, UK)
Moiso Pasil (Department of Social and Health Policy and Economics at the Finnish Institute of Health & Welfare)
Christophe Valentie (Director General, UNEDIC, French Unemployment Insurance)
16:55 - 17:00
Final Remarks
Stéphane Carcillo (OECD and IZA)
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