Zimmermann speaks in Washington DC

Posted on May 7, 2016 by admin

  • Emerging Diaspora Opportunities and Challenges

  • Washington, DC. May 10, 2016. Organized by KNOMAD (Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) & the World Bank, a workshop on “Emerging Diaspora Opportunities and Challenges: Host and Home Countries” takes place: Concept note and program.
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann (Harvard University and UNU-MERIT) will present and discuss in the session “First generation, second generation diaspora: mobility, opportunities and challenges“.
  •  The debate will include recent efforts to obtain a better understanding of the demographic profile and educational and income mobility (particularly given the recent participation of diaspora youth in conflicts in the Middle East). The panelists will discuss the importance of labor market integration challenges and strategies for advancing first generation migration who do not fit into their new society and second generation diaspora that is not integrated.

  • Society of Government Economists Annual Conference

  • Washington, DC. May 13, 2016. Organized by the US “Society of Government Economists” (SGE), the annual conference will take place at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington DC. The conference will be opened by President Amelie Constant (Temple University). The keynote speaker is John Abowd (Census Bureau and Cornell University), who will speak about “The Fate of Empirical Economics When All Data Are Private“. Program and register.
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann (Harvard University and UNU-MERIT) will present papers on:
  • “Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries” with Milena Nikolova (IZA) and Monica Roman (Bucharest University)
  • “The European Refugee Crisis: Policy Challenges and Perspectives“

 

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Arbeit und Digitalisierung

Posted on May 5, 2016 by admin

“Werden wir Zeugen einer digitalen Revolution, die unsere Arbeitswelt schon bald auf den Kopf stellt? Wir können nicht mit Sicherheit sagen, wie unsere Arbeitswelt von morgen aussehen wird, aber der Wandel ist da. Heute produziert das größte Medienunternehmen
der Welt keine eigenen Inhalte (Facebook), der weltweit größte Anbieter vonUnterkünften besitzt keine eigenen Immobilien (Airbnb) und das größte Taxiunternehmen der Welt hat keine eigenen Fahrzeuge (Uber). Diese Entwicklungen verdeutlichen, wie sehr sich unsere Welt bereits gewandelt hat. Sie könnten die Vorboten von noch radikaleren Veränderungen sein.” (Rinne/Zimmermann, 2016, S.3)

Die neueste Ausgabe von “Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte” (APuZ), der Beilage zur Wochenzeitung “Das Parlament“, beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema “Arbeit und Digitalisierung“. Der Leitbeitrag stammt von

Ulf Rinne und Klaus F. Zimmermann: Die digitale Arbeitswelt von heute und morgen, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte” (APuZ), 66. Jahrgang, 18-19, 2. Mai 2016, 3 – 9.

Der Gesamttext der Ausgabe kann kostenfrei bei der Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung abgerufen werden oder ist auch hier verfügbar.

Der Beitrag steht auch im Kontext zu einer Öffentlichen Ansprache von                   Klaus F. Zimmermann zum International Labor Day May 2015 über                                  “The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor”                                                                  (Linkedin Comment, Text,  VIDEO)

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Videos on Gender/Race Wage Gaps & Diaspora Economics

Posted on April 28, 2016 by admin

Middlebury College: On April 16, 2016,  a Symposium on “The Economics of Skin Tone, Gender, Ethnicity, and Diaspora“ took place under the direction of Professor Phanindra V. Wunnava of Middlebury College. Some pictures of the event.

The videos of both keynotes are now available:

The keynote of Solomon W. Polachek (SUNY-Binghamton) addressed the issue “Gender/Racial Wage Gaps: Not Too Well-Known Trends & Explanations”.

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Harvard University and UNU – MERIT), spoke about “Diaspora Economics: Global Challenges and Perspectives”.

Professor Phanindra Wunnava of Middlebury College had been the organizer and chairman of the event.

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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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Skin Tone, Gender, Ethnicity, and Diaspora

Posted on April 18, 2016 by admin

Middlebury College: On April 16, 2016,  a Symposium on “The Economics of Skin Tone, Gender, Ethnicity, and Diaspora“ took place under the direction of Professor Phanindra V. Wunnava of Middlebury College. Everybody enjoyed the high quality presentations and the discussions.

In the morning, Professor Phanindra Wunnava had introduced the theme of the conference. He also presented the two keynote speakers and chaired the discussions in their sessions.

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The keynote of Solomon W. Polachek (SUNY-Binghamton) addressed the issue “Gender/Racial Wage Gaps: Not Too Well-Known Trends & Explanations”.

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Klaus F. Zimmermann (Harvard University and UNU – MERIT), spoke about “Diaspora Economics: Global Challenges and Perspectives”.

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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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