IZA/University of Sheffield/ECONtribute Workshop: Evaluation of Labor Market Policies: New Data and New Approaches
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University of Sheffield, UK
The Diamond, Workroom 1 for presentations, workroom 2 for breaks
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Program
All times stated in UK/British Summer Time BST (GMT+1).
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Thursday, September 01
09:00 - 09:20
Coffee and Registration
09:20 - 09:30
Welcome and Housekeeping Matters by the Organizers
Session 1
Chair: Sarah Brown (University of Sheffield and IZA)
09:30 - 10:15
Bart Cockx (Ghent University and IZA), Andrea Albanese (LISER and IZA), Muriel Dejemeppe (UCLouvain)
"Long-Term Effects of Hiring Subsidies for Unemployed Youth—Beware of Spillovers"
10:15 - 11:00
Julia Lang (IAB), Eva Kleifgen (Maastricht University)
"Should I Train or Should I Go? Estimating Treatment Effects of Retraining on Regional and Occupational Mobility"
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Peter Wright (University of Sheffield)
11:30 - 12:00
Van Phan (University of the West of England)
"The Wage and Employment Dynamics Project"
12:00 - 12:30
Daniel Woodell (DWP)
"Universal Credit and Earnings Progression: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design"
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Amy Morgan (DWP)
13:45 - 14:30
Patrick Arni (University of Bristol and IZA)
"Job Search Strategy: Which Are Successful Channels and Where Are Potentials for Improvements?"
14:30 - 15:15
Simon Trenkle (IZA), Julian Budde (University of Oxford), Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA), Simon Jäger (IZA and MIT)
"Worker Representation"
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee Break
Session 4
Chair: Mark L. Bryan (University of Sheffield)
15:45 - 16:15
Andrew Ward (DWP)
"Challenges in UK Labor Market Policy-Making"
16:15 - 16:45
Bert van Landeghem (University of Sheffield and IZA), Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA), Arne Risa Hole (Universitat Jaume I), Heidi Knipprath (Flemish Employment Office)
"What Do People Value in Jobs? Some First Evidence of Choice Experimental Data Linked with Admin Data."
16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break
Session 5
Chair: Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA)
17:00 - 17:45
Sandra Phlippen (ABN AMRO Bank), Michèle Belot (Cornell University and IZA), Bart de Koning (Maastricht University), Didier Fouarge (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA), Philipp Kircher (Cornell University and IZA), Paul Muller (VU Amsterdam and IZA)
"Broaden Your Horizon: Stimulating Occupational Mobility among Unemployed Job Seekers"
Friday, September 02
Session 6
Chair: Sandra Phlippen (ABN AMRO Bank)
09:00 - 09:45
Michele Pellizzari (University of Geneva and IZA), Gaetano Basso (Bank of Italy), Eleonora Brandimarti (University of Geneva), Giovanni Pica (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
"Quality and Selection in Regulated Professions"
09:45 - 10:30
Lukas Lehner (University of Oxford), Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford)
"Employing the Unemployed of Marienthal: Evaluation of a Guaranteed Job Program"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Session 7
Chair: Richard Dorsett (University of Westminster)
11:00 - 11:30
Luke Barclay (DWP)
"The Employment Data Lab"
11:30 - 12:00
Maximilian Schiele (IAB), Joachim Wolff (IAB), Cordula Zabel (IAB), Mustafa Coban (IAB), Zein Kasrin (IAB), Claudia Wenzig (IAB)
"Combining Administrative Data with Survey Data for a Two-Phase Matching Procedure"
12:00 - 12:15
Coffee Break
Session 8
Chair: Panagiotis Nanos (University of Sheffield)
12:15 - 13:00
Anne Lauringson (OECD), Matija Vodopivec (OECD), Sofia Dromundo Mokrani (OECD), Stewart Butler (OECD), Theodora Xenogiani (OECD and IZA)
"Strengthening Evidence-Informed ALMP Design and Implementation"
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch
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