Events

On Saturday, 21 November, 2015, CERGE-EI, in cooperation with IZA Institute in Bonn, organized a conference focusing on the labor market and public policy titled “Labor Economics and its Public Policy Impact on Economic Growth”. The conference is held to honor Jan Švejnar winning the IZA Prize in Labor Economics. 

Watch CGEG Director,Jan Švejnar, IZA Award Celebration at the CERGE-EI Confernece below:

Conference Video, Part One:

Conference Video, Part Two:

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

7:30     Registration
8:00     Welcome to the Conference
8:05     Opening remarks
8:15     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  

9:30    Coffee break
10:00    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              

11:15     Closing of the Conference
11:30     Wine & Cheese Reception

A full summary of the event can be read here.