Program

NOOeG 2014 poster

There's a conference folder with detailed program information available for download as PDF.

Sessions: Presenters should arrive 10 minutes in advance of the respective session. Please bring a USB memory stick with your presentation. Each presenter has 15 minutes for the presentationand five minutes for a general discussion.

Chairs: The last presenter in a session is assigned the role of Chair. The Chair ensures that time constraints are met and may enforce these if necessary. The Chair's role also includes welcoming and introducing the participants and moderating the open discussion. If a session's Chair is absent, the last presenter listed should take the role.

Friday, May 30th 2014
09:00–10:00 Main Registration Festsaal 2
10:00–10:05 Welcome address by Ingrid Kubin, Head of the Department of Economics Festsaal 1
10:05–10:10 Welcome address by Barbara Sporn, Vice-Rector, Research, International Affairs and External Relations Festsaal 1
10:10–10:20 Opening address by Rudolf Hundstorfer, Minister of Social Affairs Festsaal 1
10:20–12:00 Keynote Lecture I: Giacomo Corneo (Free University of Berlin): Income Inequality from a Lifetime Perspective Festsaal 1
12:00–13:30 Lunch break Mensa
12:45–13:30 General meeting of members Festsaal 2
13:30–15:10 Seven Parallel Sessions: A-1:A-4 through G-1:G-4 Building AD and Building D4
15:10–15:40 Coffee break Building AD
15:40–17:20 Seven Parallel Sessions: A-5:A-8 through G-5:G-8 Building AD and Building D4
17:30–17:45 Young Economist Award Festsaal 1
17:45–19:15 Keynote Lecture II: Sir Anthony B. Atkinson (Nuffield College, Oxford): Can we reduce income inequality? Festsaal 1
20:00–22:00 Reception at Luftburg
Saturday, May 31th 2014
09:00–10:40 Seven Parallel Sessions: A-9:A-12 through G-9:G-12 Building AD and Building D4
10:40–11:10 Coffee break Building AD
11:10–12:30 Panel discussion: Inequality - An European Comparative Perspective: Giacomo Corneo (FU Berlin); Anthony Atkinson (Nuffield College, Oxford); Janneke Plantenga (Utrecht University School of Economics); Michael Förster (OECD); Peter Mooslechner (Oesterreichische Nationalbank) Festsaal 1
12:30–13:30 Lunch break Mensa
13:30–15:35 Six Parallel Sessions: A-13:A-17 through F-13:F-17 Building AD and Building D4
15:35 End of Meeting
16:00–17:00 Guided tour through the new Campus of WU (optional)