2nd CESifo-EconPol Europe Workshop on Public Policy Evaluation and Optimal Policy Design

Thursday, 15 October 2020

Session 1
Tax-Benefit Systems

Chair: António Afonso

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome & Introduction

10:05 – 10:40 Tax-benefit Systems and the Gender Gap in Income

Karina Doorley and CLAIRE KEANE (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin)
Discussant: General discussion

10:40 – 11:15 Who Carries the Burden of the Value-Added Tax? Evidence from Germany
SAMINA SULTAN (LMU Munich)
Discussant: Daniel Stöhlker

11:15 – 11:50 VAT Pass-Through in German Supermarket Retail
Florian Neumeier and DANIEL STÖHLKER (ifo Institute)
Discussant: António Afonso

11:50 – 12:25 Structural Tax Reforms and Public Spending Efficiency
ANTÓNIO AFONSO (University of Lisbon), João Tovar Jalles, and Ana Venâncio
Discussant: Claire Keane

12:25 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 2
Keynote Lecture

Chair: Andreas Peichl

14:00 – 15:00 Keynote Lecture
How Does Free Mobility of Labor Affect Local Labor Markets Across National Borders
ANDREA WEBER (Central European University) and Julia Schmieder

Session 3
Sustainable Growth and Macroeconomic Policies

Chair: Mathias Dolls

15:00 – 15:35 Close Encounters of the European Kind: Economic Integration, Sectoral
Heterogeneity and Structural Reforms
Nauro F. Campos, Vera Z.Eichenauer, and JAN-EGBERT STURM (KOF, ETH Zürich)
Discussant: Kai Gehring

15:35 – 16:10 External Threats and Group Identity – The Effect of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine
on European Union Identity
KAI GEHRING (University of Zürich)
Discussant: Michael Weber
16:10 – 16:45 Managing Household Expectations with Unconventional Policies
Francesco D’Acunto, Daniel Hoang, and MICHAEL WEBER (Chicago Booth)
Discussant: Jan-Egbert Sturm

Friday, 16 October 2020

Session 4
Eurozone Governance and Macroeconomic Policies

Chair: Jan Fidrmuc

9:30 – 10:05 Debt Rule Design in Theory and Practice: The SGP’s Debt Benchmark Revisited
SEBASTIAN HAUPTMEIER (European Central Bank) and Christophe Kamps
Discussant: Wouter van der Wielen

10:05 – 10:40 Do EU Fiscal Rules Support or Hinder Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy?
Martin Larch, Eloïse Orseau, and WOUTER VAN DER WIELEN (European Commission, Joint
Research Centre)
Discussant: Christian Keuschnigg

10:40 – 11:15 Italy in the Eurozone
CHRISTIAN KEUSCHNIGG (University of St. Gallen), Linda Kirschner, Michael Kogler, and
Hannah Winterberg
Discussant: Thomas Davoine

Session 5
EU Policies

Chair: Christian Keuschnigg

11:15 - 11:50 An Efficiency-Based Rationale for Cross-Country Transfers within the European
Union
THOMAS DAVOINE (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna)
Discussant: Jan Fidrmuc

11:50 - 12:25 The Elusive Quest for the Holy Grail of an Impact of EU Funds on Regional Growth
JAN FIDRMUC (Université de Lille), Martin Hulényi, and Olga Zajkowska
Discussant: Sebastian Hauptmeier

2:25 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 6
Labor I

Chair: Julia Schmieder

14:00 – 14:35 Do Employers Discriminate Participants in Active Labour Market Policies? A Field
Experiment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ARIANNA GATTA (European University Institute)
Discussant: Patrick Arni

14:35 – 15:10 Unemployment Insurance and Learning: Evidence from Reservation Wages
PATRICK ARNI (University of Bristol) and Yanos Zylberberg
Discussant: Ronnie Schöb

15:10 – 15:45 A New Solidary Basic Income Scheme for Germany
RONNIE SCHÖB (Freie Universität Berlin)
Discussant: Julia Schmieder

Session 7

Labor II
 

Chair: Arianna Gatta

15:45 – 16:20 Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children’s Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant
Care Workers
Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold, and JULIA SCHMIEDER (DIW Berlin)
Discussant: Samuel Young

16:20 – 16:55 Non-Compete Clauses, Job Mobility, and Job Quality: Evidence from a Low-Earner
Noncompete Ban in Austria
SAMUEL YOUNG (MIT)
Discussant: Arianna Gatta

End of Conference