ImPRovE Mid-term Conference

The distributive impact of policies before and during the crisis

Lessons for Europe 2020

Antwerp, 8 April 2014

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Click here downloading the conference booklet.

Pictures of the conference can be downloaded from here.

All presentations can be downloaded from here.

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Conference Programme

Preceding the main conference, two workshops will be organised to discuss topical research carried out in ImPRovE: a workshop on social innovation and a workshop on reference budgets developed in the ImPRovE project.

09:30 am: Start registration

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Workshop on Social Innovation, organised by Stijn Oosterlynck, Yuri Kazepov & Andreas Novy
Workshop on Reference Budgets, organised by Bérénice Storms, Karel van den Bosch, Bea Cantillon & Tim Goedemé
Research seminar “The impact of policies on child well-being in Europe“, organised by Frank Vandenbroucke, Tim Goedemé and Gerlinde Verbist.

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12:00 pm: Lunch break / Start registration main conference

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Chair: Prof. John Hills (LSE – CASE)

Welcome address by Prof dr. Bea Cantillon (University of Antwerp – CSB)

Keynote speeches: The distributive impact of policies in the recent past

Prof. dr. Holly Sutherland (University of Essex – ISER) A lost decade? Decomposing the effect of 2001-11 tax-benefit policy changes on the income distribution in EU countries
Prof. dr. Manos Matsaganis (Athens University of Economics and Business – PARU) The distributional effects of the crisis and austerity in seven EU countries

Discussants:

Dr. Karel Van den Bosch (Federal Planning Bureau BE / University of Antwerp)

Dr. Gilles Mourre (European Commission, Head of Unit Revenue management and tax policy issues)

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03:00 pm: Coffee break

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Thoughts and comments from civil society and policy makers

Chair: Prof. dr. Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino)

Presentations by:

Freek Spinnewijn (FEANTSA)
Robert Urbé (CARITAS Luxembourg)
Sian Jones (EAPN)
Max Conzemius (BDA)
dr. Lieve Fransen (European Commission, Director Europe 2020: Social Policies)

Closing speech by Prof. dr. Frank Vandenbroucke (KULeuven / University of Antwerp) A European Social Union: 10 tough nuts to crack

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07:00 pm: Networking Dinner