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