Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar
Andreas Peichl, Roger H. Gordon, and James M. Poterba, Organizers
June 13-15, 2016
Mannheim, Germany
| Monday, June 13 | ||||
| 8:00am | Other Forms of Social Insurance | |||
| 8:30am |
Anna Raute, Queen Mary University of London Can Financial Incentives Reduce the Baby Gap? -Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave Benefits
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| 9:30AM |
Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER Torben Heien Nielsen, University of Copenhagen Household Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks and the Gains from Social Insurance
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| 11:15AM |
Stefan Pichler, University of Groningen Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim & U Mannheim The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior
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| 12:30pm | Social Security Programs | |||
| 1:30pm |
Mathias Dolls, ifo Institute Philipp Doerrenberg, ZEW Mannheim Andreas Peichl, University of Munich Holger Stichnoth, ZEW Mannheim Labor Market and Savings Responses to Pension Reforms—Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Germany
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| 3:00pm |
Stuart Adam, Institute for Fiscal Studies David Phillips, Institute for Fiscal Studies Barra Roantree, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin 35 Years of Reforms: A Panel Analysis of the Incidence of, and Employee and Employer Responses to, Social Security Contributions in the UK |
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| 4:00pm |
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Wallace K.C. Mok, Chinese University of Hong Kong Disability, Earnings, Income and Consumption |
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| Tuesday, June 14 | ||||
| 7:00am | Health Insurance Programs | |||
| 8:00am |
Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Paul Schrimpf, University of British Columbia Bunching at the Kink: Implications for Spending Responses to Health Insurance Contracts |
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| 9:15am |
Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego and NBER Michael Wither, Powerlytics Inc Is Tinkering with Safety Net Programs Harmful to Beneficiaries? Evidence from the Medicaid Notch and the Minimum Wage
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| 10:45am |
Torben Fischer, University of Mannheim Markus Frolich, University of Mannheim Andreas Landmann, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg Adverse Selection in Micro-Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Pakistan
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| Wednesday, June 15 | ||||
| 7:00am | Unemployment Insurance Programs | |||
| 8:00am |
Andreas Lichter, HHU Duesseldorf and IZA Benefit Duration and Job Search Effort: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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| 9:30am |
Thomas Le Barbanchon, Bocconi University Optimal Partial Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from Bunching in the U.S.
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| 10:45pm |
Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board |
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