ECB/CEPR Labour Market Workshop 2005: Labour Markets in an Enlarged European Union: What would raise Employment?
Frankfurt am Main, Eurotower (CI) 20-21 June 2005
Organisers:
Michael Burda (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and CEPR)
Eric Maurin (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE) and CEPR)
Julián Messina (ECB)
Roberta Serafini (ECB)
Programme:
Day 1 - Monday, 20 June 2005
| Session 1: An Overview of Labour Markets in the New and Old Member States Chair: Julián Messina (ECB) |
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| 09.00-10.15 | Keynote Speech: Labour Supply, Home Production and Structural Change Christopher Pissarides (London School of Economics and CEPR) |
| 10.15-10.30 | Coffee Break |
| 10.30-11.30 | Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries pdf 946 kB, en Eric Bartelsman ( 1 ) (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland) Stefano Scarpetta (The World Bank) Discussant: Erica Groshen (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) |
| 11.30-12.30 | Labour Market Institutions and Wage Differentials pdf 287 kB, en Winfried Koeniger (IZA, Bonn) Marco Leonardi (Universitá degli Studi di Milano) Luca Nunziata ( 1 ) (University of Oxford) Discussant: Daniele Checchi (Universitá degli Studi di Milano) |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| Session 2: FDI, Multinationals and Labour Reallocation Chair: F. Mongelli (ECB) |
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| 13.30-14.30 | Do Multinational Enterprises relocate Employment to Low Wage Regions? Evidence from European Multinationals pdf 187 kB, en Jozef Konings ( 1 ) (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR) Alan P. Murphy (Trinity College, University of Dublin) Discussant: Karolina Ekholm (Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR) |
| 14.30-15.30 | Fear of Relocation? Assessing the Impact of Italy’s FDI on Local Employment pdf 305 kB, en Stefano Federico ( 1 ) (Banca d'Italia) Gaetano A. Minerva (Università del Piemonte Orientale) Discussant: Piero Cipollone (Banca d’Italia) |
| 15.30-15.45 | Coffee Break |
| 15.45-16.45 | Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals Sasha Becker ( 1 ) (Universität München) Karolina Ekholm (Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR) Robert Jaeckle (Ifo Institute) Marc A. Muendler (University of California, San Diego) Discussant: Sebastian Kessing (University of Warwick) |
| 19.30 | Dinner at the Restaurant Opéra, Opernplatz |
Day 2 - Tuesday, 21 June 2005
| 09.00-09.15 | Address Otmar Issing (ECB) |
| Session 1: Labour Markets in the New Member States: Comparative Studies Chair: Gabriel Fagan (ECB) |
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| 09.00-10.15 | Are Labour Markets in the New Member States sufficiently flexible for EMU? pdf 72 kB, en Tito Boeri (IGIER, Università Bocconi and CEPR) Discussant: Jan Fidrmuc (Brunel University and CEPR) |
| 10.15-11.15 | Labor Reallocation in Imperfect Labour Markets: The Case of Estonia and Poland pdf 820 kB, en Ana Lamo (European Central Bank) Julián Messina (European Central Bank) Etienne Wasmer ( 1 ) (University of Quebec, Montreal and CEPR) Discussant: Michael Burda (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and CEPR) |
| 11.15-11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30-12.30 | Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets catching up to the World Standard? pdf 347 kB, en Klara Sabirianova (University of Michigan) Jan Svejnar (University of Michigan and CEPR) Katherine Terrell ( 1 ) (University of Michigan) Discussant: William Dickens (The Brookings Institution) |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Labour Markets in the New Member States: Case Studies Chair: Ad van Riet (ECB) |
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| 13.15-14.15 | Trade Protection and Industry Wage Structure in Poland CEPR Website Beata Smarzynska Javorcik ( 1 ) (The World Bank and CEPR) Chor-Ching Goh (The World Bank) Discussant: Julian Zawistowski (Ministry of Economy and Labour, Poland) |
| 14.15-14.30 | Coffee Break |
| 14.30-15.30 | Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency? The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001 pdf 100 kB, en Peter F. Orazem (Iowa State University) Milan Vodopivec ( 1 ) (The World Bank) Discussant: Maria Gutierrez-Domenech (Bank of England) |
| 15.30-16.30 | Are there Increasing Returns to Local Concentration of Skill? Evidence on Wages and Returns to Education in Transition pdf 217 kB, en Stephan Jurajda (CERGE-EI, Prague and CEPR) Discussant: Lorenz Götte (University of Zurich) |
( 1 ) Denotes speaker
Authors have 35 minutes to present to be followed by 15 minutes for the discussant and 10 minutes general discussion.
