A round trip: Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Harvard

Posted on April 25, 2016 by admin

The 16th week of 2016 was full of remarkable exchanges.

  • April 19, 2016: Chair of the Seminar of Miriam Meckel, Editor-in-Chief of the “Wirtschaftswoche”, at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. See also.
  • April 19, 2016: Spoke at dinner event of Columbia University in the honor of Jan Svejnar, who received the IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2015. After Jacob Mincer, the first prize winner, “The prize is now back to Columbia University”. Nobel Prize Winner Jo Stiglitz (see below), who was the host of the evening, gave a long review of the remarkable achievements of Jan and his role in forming “Transition Economics” at the time when Europe badly needed this. Jan Svejnar gave many insights in his life and career. See below, in the back the lights of New York. Place: School of International and Public Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University.
  • April 20- 23, 2016: Research visit to New Haven, Yale University (see below in front of the Yale School of Public Health). Various contacts and exchanges with colleagues on health, development and European integration.

School of International and Public Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University.

Jo Stiglitz

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Jan Svejnar

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Yale University, New Haven

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SOS for Serendipity: “Wirtschaftswoche” Editor-in-Chief Miriam Meckel at Harvard University

Posted on April 18, 2016 by admin

Miriam Meckel, Editor-in-Chief of the influential German weekly economics magazine “Wirtschaftswoche”, and former Professor of Corporate Communication at the University of St Gallen, speaks on April 19, 2016 at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. The seminar at Harvard is chaired by Klaus F. Zimmermann, Harvard University and UNU – MERIT, on leave from Bonn University.

The topic of Meckel is “European Enlightenment Values at Stake: Why Individualized Information is Dangerous” elaborating from her recent book and Linkedin articles in English and German.

Meckel outlines the dangers of a future where human emotions and chance decisions are replaced by technological algorithms. In discussing Europe’s refugee and debt crises, as well as in many other current battles of ideas, these calculations have buried serendipity and discovery in a way that threatens the liberal virtues of the Enlightenment. While the Enlightenment championed skepticism and intellectual exchange, the new digital world of data-tracking, automatization, and personalization can create and harden impenetrable silos of opinions. As a consequence, serendipity might be buried.

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Former EU Commissioners Almunia & Andor on EU Governance Issues

Posted on April 17, 2016 by admin

On April 11 – 12 2016, the Enlighten H2020 AGORA Forum organized four panels on EU governance issues at Boston University and Harvard University under the theme “Efficiency & Legitimacy of Crisis-born European Modes of Governance”.

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Harvard University and UNU – MERIT) had an active role in the roundtable panels on (i) “The fast-burning Eurozone crisis and global shifts in monetary policies & economic regulation” and (ii) “The slow-burning crisis in EU economic governance and the global debates on macro-economic policies”. He also participated in the discussion with the other two panels.

The public opening panel took place on April 11 at Boston University. The debate on “The Double Edge Sword of Austerity – European Governance since the Eurozone Crisis” saw Laszlo Andor (former EU Commissioner for Employment & Université Libre de Bruxelles), Vivien Schmidt (Boston University), Chair Daniela Caruso (Boston University), and Mario Telo (Université Libre de Bruxelles):

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The public closing panel took place on April 12 at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. The debate on “Governing Europe after the Crisis – Efficiency and Legitimacy Challenges” saw on the panel Frederik Ponjaert (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ramona Coman (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Laszlo Andor (former EU Commissioner for Employment & Université Libre de Bruxelles), Vivien Schmidt (Boston University), Loukas Tsoukalis (Harvard University) and Joaquin Almunia (former EU Commissioner for Competition & Harvard University):

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Zimmermann at Boston University and Middlebury College

Posted on April 15, 2016 by admin

News 15/2016

  • Sir Partha S. Dasgupta, Member of the Section “Economics, Business and Management Science” of the Academica Europaea, The Academy of Europe, has been awarded the 2016 John and Alice Tyler Prize of the University of Southern California.
  • Sir Richard Blundell, Member of the section “Economics, Business and Management Science” of the Academica Europaea, The Academy of Europe, has been awarded the 2016 Nemmers Prize in Economics of Northwestern University.

Boston University

  • Klaus F. Zimmermann participated in two panels of the Enlighten H2020 AGORA Forum organized on April 12, 2016 at Boston University under the theme “Efficiency & Legitimacy of Crisis-born European Modes of Governance” hosted by Vivien Schmidt of Boston University. The themes of the two panels were (i) “The fast-burning Eurozone crisis and global shifts in monetary policies & economic regulation” and (ii) “The slow-burning crisis in EU economic governance and the global debates on macro-economic policies”.

Middlebury College

Preview: Further activities of Klaus F. Zimmermann

  • April 19, 2016; Seminar chair and introduction of Miriam Meckel, Editor-in-Chief of the “Wirtschaftswoche”. Seminar on “European Enlightenment Values at Stake:
    Why Individualized Information is Dangerous” at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
  • April 19 – 20, 2016; visit of Columbia University.
  • April 21 – 23, 2016; visit of Yale University.
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Sir Richard Blundell receives the Nemmers Prize in Economics

Posted on April 9, 2016 by admin

Sir Richard Blundell, the David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at University College London, is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious  Erwin Plein Nemmers prize in economics. The prize is awarded every other year in recognition of major contributions to new knowledge or the development of significant new modes of analysis.

Blundell was selected for his important contributions to labor economics, public finance and applied econometrics. “His research improves the foundations for economic policy and furthers our understanding of economic behavior,” the selection committee noted. The prize carries a $200,000 stipend, which is among the largest monetary awards in the United States for outstanding achievements in economics.

Already in 2012, Blundell had received the IZA Prize in Labor Economics. The IZA Prize book collecting the key articles of the prize winner edited by Andreas Peichl and Klaus F. Zimmermann is just published in April 2016 by Oxford University Press.

Blundell is also a distinguished member of the “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” Section of the Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe, chaired by Klaus F. Zimmermann.

 

 

 

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Blundell IZA Prizebook now published in May 2016

Posted on April 9, 2016 by admin

Labor Supply and Taxation

Richard Blundell
Edited by Andreas Peichl and Klaus F. Zimmermann

Oxford University Press has announced that the book can now be ordered and will be published on May 17, 2016. The work of 488 pages was edited by Andreas Peichl and Klaus F. Zimmermann. Both also wrote the introduction.

  • A collection of Richard Blundell’s outstanding research on the modern economic analysis of labour markets and public policy reforms
  • Winner of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2012
  • Up to date analysis of labor market trends, examining differences across the UK, US, and France
  • New empirical methods are explained and applied to policy problems
  • Modern analysis of tax policy using actual policy reforms
  • Includes substantive research contribution

On September 22, 2012, IZA Founding Director Klaus F. Zimmermann awarded the 2012 IZA Prize in Labor Economics to Richard Blundell (University College London and IFS) during the Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE)  in Bonn. The Prize honors Blundell’s path-breaking contributions to the econometric analysis of labor markets and public policy reforms.

According to the Award Statement, “Professor Blundell has played a major role in the development of modern labor and policy analysis. His work is characterized by a focus on pressing questions in economic policy, the development of cutting-edge econometric methods to tackle such questions, and painstaking analysis of micro data. Blundell’s contributions laid the foundations for the modern economic analysis of labor supply, consumer behavior, and policy reforms.”

Now the relevant articles of Sir Richard Blundell on the topic are collected in a fine selection defining the field.

Cover for Labor Supply and Taxation

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New Book on EU Enlargement published

Posted on April 8, 2016 by admin

In April 2016,  this new Springer – book has been published:

Kahanec, Martin, and Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession

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And why it must be read:

  • Addresses some of the most controversial and debated topics in contemporary migration in an enlarged EU, including the effects of the economic crisis
  • Deeply rooted in rigorous analysis of hard data, thereby distinguishing myths and reality of EU mobility
  • Useful reference and guide for scholars, interested professionals and policy makers
  • Strongly opposes to recent policy debates in EU member states on new restrictions for mobility and labor migration

More details about the book:

This volume extends and deepens our knowledge about cross-border mobility and its role in an enlarged EU. More specifically, its main purpose is to enlighten the growing and yet rather uninformed debate about the role of post-enlargement migration for economic adjustment in the crisis-stricken labor markets of the Eurozone and the EU as a whole. The book addresses the political economy aspects of post-enlargement migration, including its broader political contexts, redistributive impacts, but also nationalization of the enlargement agenda. It also covers the experience of receiving and sending countries with post-enlargement migration and its role during the current crisis. Renowned experts in the field study, whether and how post-enlargement mobility has enabled the EU to absorb asymmetric economic shocks, how it has affected the European welfare systems, and whether it has contributed to the sustainability of the Eurozone. The authors also evaluate brain circulation as a sought-after vehicle of improved allocative efficiency of EU labor markets and propose a policy agenda for mobility in an enlarged EU.

This book is completely new frontier research and a follow up of a previous book published 2010 by the same editors and their European teams:

EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration

Editors: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F.

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New Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics

Posted on April 2, 2016 by admin

Move of the Journal Website

The website of the Journal of Population Economics has moved. Effectively from April 1, 2016 the Journal is now supported by POP – Center for Population, Development and Labour Economics at UNU – MERIT, Maastricht. Klaus F. Zimmermann is Editor-in-Chief; the Editors are Alessandro Cigno, Erdal Tekin and Junsen Zhang. Further details.

Note that the Springer Website of the Journal is further the place to submit papers and to examine the journal content. 

New Managing Editor

Alessio Brown follows Milena Nikolova as Managing Editor. He also takes the role of the Managing Editor of the Springer Book Series in Population Economics affiliated with the Journal.

The Editorial Board has expressed its huge gratitude for the energetic support Milena Nikolova had provided over the years. It welcomes Alessio Brown in his new role.

Milena Nikolova at work with Editors Alessandro Cigno, Klaus F. Zimmermann, and Erdal Tekin (left to right):

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Alessio Brown entering UNU-MERIT:

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The Journal of Population Economics now operates from UNU – MERIT

Posted on April 2, 2016 by admin

Effectively from April 1, 2016 the Journal of Population Economics operates now from POP – Center for Population, Development and Labour Economics at UNU – MERIT, Maastricht.

Klaus F. Zimmermann remains Editor-in-Chief; the Editors are Alessandro Cigno, Erdal Tekin and Junsen Zhang. Alessio Brown follows Milena Nikolova as Managing Editor.

Further details.

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Arrived in Boston, MA, USA

Posted on April 2, 2016 by admin

New home and at the waterfront

New Home

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At the waterfront

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