Program
Update: June 25, 2009
Venue: Djanogly Hall, Mishkenot Shananim
Sunday
June 28th, 2009
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Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
Discussant |
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9:00-10:30 |
Dale Mortensen, Northwestern |
Wage Dispersion in the Search and
Matching Model with Intra-Firm Bargaining |
Fabien Postel-Vinay |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Jean Marc Robin, PSE and UCL |
Rob Shimer |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:00 |
Zvi Hercowitz, TAU |
The Financial Labor
Supply Accelerator (with J.Campbell) |
Giuseppe Moscarini |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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15:30-17:00 |
Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale |
Large Employers are
More Cyclically Sensitive (with F.Postel-Vinay) |
Bob Hall |
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17:00-18:30 |
John Kennan, Wisconsin |
Yoram Weiss |
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18:45-20:00 |
Dr Ron Pundak, Director of the Peres Center Oslo Accord negotiator |
Informal talk on the Middle East |
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Monday
June 29th, 2009
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Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
Discussant |
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9:00-10:30 |
Assaf Razin, Cornell and TAU |
The Skill Composition of
Migration and the Generosity of the Welfare State (with A. Cohen) |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Bob Hall, Stanford |
Wage Formation
between Newly Hired Workers and Employers: Survey Evidence (with A.
Krueger) |
John Kennan |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch with Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel |
Discussion of the recent global economic and financial
developments |
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14:00-15:30 |
Amit Friedman, Bank of
Israel |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-17:30 |
Fabien Postel-Vinay, Bristol |
Non-stationary
Search Equilibrium (with G. Moscarini) |
Dale Mortensen |
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17:30-19:00 |
Zvi Eckstein, Bank of Israel and TAU |
Dynamic Female Labor Supply
(with O. Lifshitz) |
Jean-Marc Robin |
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20:00- |
Conference Dinner |
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Tuesday,
June 30th, 2009
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Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
Discussant |
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8:30-10:00 |
Larry Christiano, Northwestern |
Financial Factors in Economic Fluctuations
(with R. Motto and M. Rostagno) |
Jeff Campbell |
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10:00-11:30 |
Adi Brender, Bank of Israel |
The Response of Voluntary and Involuntary Female Part-Time Workers to
Changes in Labor-Market Conditions (with L. Gallo) |
Tali Regev |
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11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00-13:30 |
Rob Shimer, Chicago |
Unemployment and Human Capital (with
F. Alvarez) |
Chris Pissarides |
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13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30-15:30 |
Chris Pissarides, LSE |
Welfare Policy and the Sectoral
Distribution of Employment (with R. Ngai) |
Zvi Hercowitz |
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15:30-16:00 |
Cocktail Reception |
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16:00-17:30 |
Robert Hall, Stanford John Kennan,
Wisconsin Zvi Eckstein, Deputy
Governor Bank of |
Panel Discussion: The Challenges for Labor Market
Policy in Times of Crisis |
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