Labour Market Policy for Economic Growth Workshop
Event Type
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The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) would like to invite you to a workshop on:
‘Labour Market Policy for Economic Growth’
in collaboration with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and
the Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry (RIETI)
16th January 2015, 10:00–17:00
Hosted by NIESR (2 Dean Trench Street, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HE)
Programme
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Session 1 (10.00-11.30) |
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10.00–10.15 |
Opening remarks: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Chairman, RIETI); and Richard BALDWIN (Director, CEPR and Graduate Institute, Geneva) |
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10.15–10.45 |
"The Impact of a Demand Shock on the Employment of Temporary Agency Workers: Evidence from Japan during the Global Financial Crisis" Kotaru TSURU (Keio University) |
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10.45–11.00 |
Response: Marco FRANCESCONI (University of Essex) |
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11.00–11.30 |
General Discussion |
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11.30–11.45 |
Coffee |
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Session 2 (11.45–13.00) |
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11.45–12.15 |
"Working hours, promotion and gender gaps in the workplace: theory and evidence from an econometric case study" Hideo OWAN (University of Tokyo) |
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12.15–12.30 |
Response: Ghazala AZMAT (Queen Mary University London) |
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12.30–13.00 |
General Discussion |
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13.00–14.00 |
Lunch |
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Session 3 (14.00–15.15) |
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14.00–14.30 |
"Mental health from the perspective of human capital" Yoichi SEKIZAWA (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI) |
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14.30–14.45 |
Response: Francesco Fasani (Queen Mary University London) |
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14.45–15.15 |
General Discussion |
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15.15-15.30 |
Coffee |
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Session 4 (15.30–17.00) |
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15.30–16.45 |
Panel Discussion – Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute, Geneva and CEPR), Jonathan Portes (NIESR), Atsushi NAKAJIMA (RIETI) and Kotaru Tsuru (RIETI) |
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16.45–17.00
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Concluding Remarks
The event is free but registration is required.If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Luca Pieri at bvegh [at] cepr.org or on +44 (0) 207 654 1931.
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