The Economic Policy Research Network

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1 The Economic Policy Research Network CEBR, DREAM, EPRU INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND WELFARE STATE POLICIES IN A GLOBALISING ECONOMY Economic Policy Research Network Conference Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, November 30, 2006 Programme organized by Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Peter Birch Sørensen Programme : Arrival and coffee : Welcome address : International Trends in Top Incomes, by Professor Anthony B. Atkinson, University of Oxford : Discussion : Coffee : Inequality and Redistribution: The Need for New Perspectives, by Professor Agnar Sandmo, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration : Discussion : Coffee

2 : Tax Reform, Income Distribution and Employment: A Dutch Perspective, by Professor Ruud de Mooij, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and Erasmus University, Rotterdam : Discussion : Lunch : International Migration: Policy Challenges for Europe, by Professor Tito Boeri, Bocconi University : Discussion : Coffee : Human Capital Formation in Europe: Facts and Policies, by Bas Jacobs, Research Fellow, Universities of Tilburg and Amsterdam and the Tinbergen Institute (co-author: James J. Heckman, University of Chicago) : Discussion : Coffee : Understanding the Success of the Nordic Economies: A Macroeconomic Perspective, by Professor Lars Jonung, European Commission : Discussion 17.00: Closing remarks 19.00: Dinner for conference speakers and discussants

3 The Economic Policy Research Network CEBR, DREAM, EPRU INDKOMSTFORDELING, GLOBALISERING OG DANSK ØKONOMISK POLITIK Netværkskonference Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, 1. December, 2006 Program arrangeret af Claus Thustrup Kreiner og Peter Birch Sørensen Program : Ankomst og kaffe : Velkomst Session 1: Skat, arbejdsudbud og fordeling : Prisen på lighed, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Lektor, EPRU : Kommentar af Peter Bach-Mortensen, Kontorchef, CAFO, Finansministeriet : Kaffe : Arbejdsudbudseffekter af 1991 skattereformen i Sverige, Martin Ljunge, Adjunkt, EPRU : Kommentar af Otto Brøns-Petersen, Skatteøkonomisk Direktør, Skatteministeriet

4 : Kaffe : Økonomiske konsekvenser af tilbagetrækningsreformen, Lars Haagen Pedersen, Forskningschef, DREAM : Kommentar af Thomas Mølsted Jørgensen, Kontorchef, Arbejdsdirektoratet, Beskæftigelsesministeriet : Frokost Session 2: Globalisering, integration og arbejdskraftmobilitet : Globalisering og arbejdsmarkedet jobskabelse, jobdestruktion og løndannelse, Torben M. Andersen, Professor, Århus Universitet : Kommentar af Ulrik Nødgaard, Finansdirektør, Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet : Kaffe : Humankapital og lønninger i danske eksportvirksomheder, Jakob Roland Munch, Lektor, EPRU og CEBR : Kommentar af Niels Henning Bjørn, Chefkonsulent, Det Økonomiske Råds Sekretariat : Kaffe : Danskernes holdning til indvandring, Jan Rose Skaksen, Vismand, Professor, CEBR : Kommentar af Jørgen Søndergaard, Direktør, Socialforskningsinstituttet 17.00: Afrunding

5 ABOUT THE FOREIGN SPEAKERS Sir Anthony B. Atkinson was Warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, from 1994 to 2005, having previously held chairs at the University of Essex, University College, London, London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge. He is a former President of the European Economic Association, the International Economic Association and the Royal Economic Society and an Honorary Doctor at numerous universities. He is a former editor of the Journal of Public Economics and the author of a large number of scholarly articles and books. His Lectures on Public Economics with Joseph E. Stiglitz set a new standard for the teaching of advanced Public Economics. Professor Atkinson has also served as a member and chairman of several British government committees on issues of public policy. Tito Boeri is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti. After having obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, he was a Senior Economist at the OECD from 1987 to He has published extensively on issues of Labour Economics and Political Economics. He has also served as a consultant to the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, the ILO, the World Bank and the Italian government. He is the founder of the economic policy watchdog website Bas Jacobs is Assistant Professor of Economics at the universities of Tilburg and Amsterdam and Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and of the CentER and Netspar research centres at Tilburg University. He is a former researcher at the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago and the European University Institute. Much of his research has focused on the effects of public policy on human capital formation.

6 Lars Jonung was formerly Professor of Economics at the University of Lund and at the Stockholm School of Economics. Since 2000 he has served as Research Adviser at DG ECFIN, European Commission. His work at the Commission focuses primarily on macroeconomic issues in a European context. Lars Jonung has published extensively on issues of monetary and fiscal policy, monetary history and international monetary institutions. He has been a member of many expert committees in Sweden and served as chief economic advisor to Prime Minister Carl Bildt in Ruud de Mooij is Professor of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and manager of the research programme on the Welfare State at the CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis. He is a Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute, of the Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE) and of the CESifo research network. He has published numerous scholarly articles on economic policy issues and has contributed actively to the scientific and public debate on the future of the European welfare states. Agnar Sandmo is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen. He is a former President of the European Economic Association and a former editor of the European Economic Review. He has received many honours for his contributions to research and teaching and is particularly well known for his contributions to the economic theory of taxation. Agnar Sandmo is a member of the board of several international research institutes and has served on a number of government expert committees in Norway and Sweden, most recently as chairman of the Norwegian Government Expert Committee on Investment Policies of the Petroleum Fund.