WAGES, LABOR COSTS, AND EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS

Monday 10:45-12:45

Chair: Stefan C. Wolter, Federal Office for Economics Development and Labor

Viktor Steiner and Kersten Wagner, Centre for European Economic Research, East-West German Wage Convergence - How Far Have We Got?

Jan Morten Dyrstad and Solveig Osborg Ose, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Absence and Overtime Work: Empirical Evidence from Norway

George M. Agiomirgianakis, City University, and Athina Zervoyianni, University of Patras, Openness, Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance

Patrick A. Puhani, Centre for European Economic Research, Advantage Through Training? A Microeconometric Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Active Labor Market Programs in Poland

Discussant: Frank Reize, Centre for European Economic Research