“The German Labor Market in a Globalized World: Challenges

Second network – workshop of the DFG Priority Program 1764
“The German Labor Market in a Globalized World:
Challenges through Trade, Technology and Demographics”
April 09-10, 2015
Workshop venue: German Federal Employment Agency, 90478 Nuremberg, Room: 168
Each presentation has a time slot of 40 minutes, unless stated otherwise. The presentator should leave
about 10 minutes at the end to provide time for discussion.
THURSDAY (April 09, 2015)
Registration
13:00-13:15 Coffee and Tea Time
13:15-13:25 Welcome (Bernd Fitzenberger, Jörg Heining)
13:25-14:45 Paid parental leave and child living arrangements
Regina Riphahn
You can take (some of) it with you? A vignette study on the acceptance of foreign credentials on the
German Labour Market
Andreas Damelang
(Chair: Bernd Fitzenberger)
14:45-15:10 Coffee and Tea Time
15:10-17:00 The Effect of Teenage Employment on Character Skills and Occupational Choice Strategies
Benjamin Fuchs
The urban wage premium in imperfect labour markets
Boris Hirsch
Wage Inequality and the Composition of the Labor Force in Germany
Jakob de Lazzer [30 minutes]
(Chair: Alexandra Spitz-Oener)
17:00-17:15 Coffee and Tea Time
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17:15-18:00 PI Meeting
19:30
Dinner
FRIDAY (April 10, 2015)
9:00-10:20
Child care expansion and mothers' labor supply: is there a causal link?
Kai-Uwe Müller
Who keeps on searching? Social differences in school graduates’ search intensity over the
application process for vocational education placements
Brigitte Schels
(Chair: Alexandra Spitz-Oener)
10:20-10:40 Coffee and Tea Time
10:40-11:00 The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Wages, Employment, Technology and Innovation
Christian Dustmann [20 minutes, Presentation of Project proposal]
(Chair: Bernd Fitzenberger)
11:00-11:45 Arbeit und Auftrag der Öffentlichen Arbeitsmarktservices in Europa und Beitrag der BA
Frank-Jürgen Weise
(Chair: Bernd Fitzenberger)
11:45-12:00 Closing Remarks/Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch
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