Program April 24, 2009
09.00 - 09.30 Registration and coffee

09.30 - 12.00 Session III - Labor market institutions and participation of older workers

Chair: Véronique Timmerhuis, Social and Economic Council

09.30 - 10.30 Lex Borghans, Maastricht University
Learning on the job, the composition of tasks and the earnings of older workers
  • Paper
  • Presentation
  • Discussants:
    Robert Dur, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • Presentation

  • Dinand Webbink, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
  • Presentation
  • 10.30 - 11.00 Break

    11.00 - 12.00 Coen Teulings, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
    Earnings profiles, employment protection, and the labor market for the older workers
  • Paper
  • Presentation
  • Discussants:
    Paul de Beer, University of Amsterdam

  • Presentation

  • René Paas, National Federation of Christian Trade Unions
  • Presentation

  • 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

    13.00 - 17.30 Session IV: Policy Session

    Chairman: Alexander Rinnooy Kan, Social and Economic Council

    13.00 - 14.00 Ruud de Mooij, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
    Ageing and the labor market for older workers in the Netherlands: options for reform
  • Paper
  • Presentation


  • 14.00- 15.00 Stefano Scarpetta, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    Raising employment of older workers: what can the Netherlands learn from the experiences of other OECD countries
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  • Discussants:
    Cees Oudshoorn, Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers
    Peter Gortzak, Federation of Netherlands Trade Unions

    15.00 - 15.30 Break

    15.30 - 17.30 Policy discussion

    15.30 - 16.30 Piet-Hein Donner, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
  • Speech
  • Discussants:
    Stefano Scarpetta, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and Netspar


    16.30 - 17.30 Alexander Pechtold, Leader Dutch Social Liberal Party

    Discussants:
    Edward Lazear, Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • Presentation

  • Eric French, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Presentation
  • 17.30 - Closing and drinks

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