Endconference: Work, health and retirement
On 22 and 23 November 2019 Raymond Montizaan and Andries de Grip (ROA Maastricht University) organise a English conference on the Netspar project: Work, health and Retirement. More information on the program can be found below. The corresponding e-mail adress is: secretary-roa-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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Friday November 22, 2019
09:00 - 09:15 Registration/Coffee
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome and opening speech by Didier Fouarge (ROA) / Raymond Montizaan (ROA)
Age, productivity, skills en employability
Morning chair: Raymond Montizaan (ROA)09:30 - 10:20 Invited lecture: Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova)
10:20 - 10:55 Paper presentation session 1:
Big Data at work: Age and labor productivity in the service sector
Matthias Weiss (OTH Regensburg)
Discussant: Wendy Smits (CBS/ROA)10:55 - 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 - 11:45 Paper presentation session 2:
The Role of Labor Demand in the Labor Market Effects of a Pension Reform
Mona Pfister (University of Würzburg)
Discussant: Thomas Post (Maastricht University)11:45 - 12:20 Paper presentation session 3:
Is retirement polarized? An empirical application of the task approach to retirement in Germany
Laura Romau Gordo (DZA)
Discussant: Mark Levels (ROA)12:20 - 13:10 Lunch
13:10 - 13:25 Afternoon chair: Didier Fouarge (ROA)
Poster Pitches13:25 - 14:25 Poster presentations:
Pension reform- Suncica Vujic (University of Antwerp)
TWIN PEAKS: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Pension Income in England - Philip Jaeger (RWI)
Pension Incentives and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the Introduction of Universal Old-Age Assistance in the UK - Simon Rabaté (CPB)
The Effects of Increasing the Normal Retirement Age: Evidence From the Netherlands - Tunga Kantarci (Tilburg University)
Increasing the labor market participation among older workers in the Netherlands: effects of the pension incentives, increasing retirement age, and partial retirement
Skills,Tasks and Age
- Pascal Hess (IAB)
Technological Change and Further Training - Davey Poulissen (ROA)
Determinants of the willingness to train, and the role of Career plateauing, and Age - Anneleen van de Plas (European Commission)
Skills of the Future, Workers of the Past?
14:25 - 15:15 Age Discrimination
Invited Lecture: David Neumark (University of California, Irvine)
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 16:20 Paper presentation 4:
Impact of employer characteristics and beliefs on propensity to hire older job applicants: evidence from a stated preferences experiment
Raymond Montizaan (ROA)
Discussant: Bart Golsteyn (Maastricht University)16:20 - 16:55 Paper presentation 5:
What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers?
Hannah van Borm (Ghent University)
Discussant: Olivier Marie (Erasmus University/ROA)16:55 - 17:30 Paper presentation 6:
Do informational nudges alter firms’ hiring behavior of older workers?
Pia Homrighausen (IAB)
Discussant: Lisa Brüggen (Maastricht University)18:00 - 22:00 Workshop dinner
- Suncica Vujic (University of Antwerp)