Frontiers in Labour Economics

Early in 2004, the Fondazione RDB launched a new series of labour seminars, entitled Frontiers in Labour Economics. The aim of the new seminar series, which is co-organized with IGIER, is to present outstanding international research in labour economics. These seminars give a unique opportunity to meet in an informal setting first class labour economists. The seminars have a the standard academic format with 75 minutes of presentation and open discussion.

The following is a list of past seminars in the series:

30th May, 2006
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University
Understanding the Dynamic Effects of the SSP Applicant Experiment
David Card (University of California at Berkeley)

9th May, 2006
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University
Understanding Bias in Nonlinear Panel Models: Some recent Developments
Manuel Arellano (CEMFI)

28th March, 2006
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University – Room 24
Post-Secondary Education and Increasing Wage Inequality
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia)

1st December, 2005
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 24
Making sense of Bolkestein-bashing: trade liberalization under segmented labour markets
Gilles Saint-Paul (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse)

29th November, 2005
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 22
The Private and Fiscal Returns to Schooling: a General Framework and Some Results for EU Countries (joint with Angel de la Fuente)
Juan Francisco Jimeno (Banco de España)

31st May, 2005
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 32
Unequal pay or unequal employment? A cross-country analysis of gender gaps (joint with Claudia Olivetti)
Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics)

24th February, 2005
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 32
On the possibility of sunspots in welfare state economies
Michael Burda (Humboldt University – Berlin)

20st January, 2005
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 32
Do Regulatory Reforms in Product and Labour Markets Promote Employment? Evidence from OECD Countries, (joint with Stefano Scarpetta)
Giuseppe Nicoletti (OECD)
Updated version published as OECD Economics Department Working Paper N. 472.

12th January, 2005
h. 17:00 Bocconi University- Room 33
The Optimal Design of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Protection (joint with Jean Tirole)
Olivier Blanchard (M.I.T.)

16th November, 2004
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 32
Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work and Fertility
Raquel Fernandez (New York University)

7th October, 2004
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 32
The Cyclicality of Hires, Separations, and Job-to-Job Transitions
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)

22nd April, 2004
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 27
Women´s Hours of Market Work in Germany
Monica Merz (Bonn University)

11th March, 2004
h. 12.45-14.00 Bocconi University- Room 27
Job Matching and the Wage Distribution
Giuseppe Moscarini (Yale University)