Events at CERGE-EI

On Saturday, 21 November, 2015, CERGE-EI in cooperation with IZA institute in Bonn, organizes a conference focusing on labor market and public policy titled “Labor Economics and its Public Policy Impact on Economic Growth”.

The conference is held as to honor Jan Švejnar winning the IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

Register by filling a short form.

Program of the Conference
CERGE-EI, Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1

13:30     Registration
14:00     Welcome to the Conference
14:05     Opening remarks
14:15     I. Academic and Research Panel – Labor Economics in Flux

Members:          

• Prof. Henry Farber, Ph.D., Department of Economics, Princeton University and IZA
• Prof. Štěpán Jurajda, Ph.D., CERGE-EI and IZA
• Prof. Alan Krueger, Ph.D., Department of Economics, Princeton University and IZA
• Prof. Gérard Roland, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
• Prof. Christopher Sims, Ph.D., Princeton University, Nobel Prize Winner 2011

Chair: Corrado Giulietti, Ph.D., Director of Research, IZA  

15:30    Coffee break
16:00    II. Public policy Panel – Evidence-Based Public Policy Impact on Economic Growth

Members:           

• Ing. Andrej Babiš, Minister, Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic
• Mgr. Michaela Marksová, Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Republic
• Stefano Scarpetta, Ph.D., OECD and IZA
• Prof. Klaus F. Zimmermann, Ph.D., IZA and Bonn University

Chair: Prof. Jan Švejnar, Ph.D., Columbia University, CERGE-EI, IDEA and IZA              

17:15     Closing of the Conference
17:30     Wine & Cheese Reception

Download the program (pdf).