Chair:

Henri Sterdyniak, OFCE and University of Paris Dauphine

• Social safety nets and structural adjustment
  Paul van den Noord, European Commission DG ECFIN, Nathalie Girouard and Christophe André, OECD
• Challenges for the Dutch welfare state
  Ruud A. de Mooij, CPB, Erasmus University Rotterdam, CESifo, Tinbergen Institute
• European social model(s): Experiences and reform perspectives
  Alois Guger and Ewald Walterskirchen, WIFO

Discussant:

John Fitz Gerald, ESRI