Technological progress, especially recent changes through automation and digitalization, international trade, and demographic developments have far-reaching consequences for the way we work and study. In a one-day workshop, we want to discuss the challenges to the labor market and the educational and vocational system in a globalized and digitalized world facing demographic change and migration. The special focus lies on how these developments affect firms and workers (e. g., employment, skill demand and supply, task requirements, wages, working conditions, and workload). Moreover, we want to examine the political sphere, and draw conclusions which policies are effective to foster the benefits and limit the negative consequences for the society. We invite researchers to submit empirical and theoretical contributions on this topic from all areas of economics and social sciences.
Date
29.5.2019
Venue
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI)
Politických vězňů 7
Prague 1
Czech Republic
Keynote speakers
Jan Svejnar, Columbia University
Organisation
IAB Research Department: Regional Labour Markets
Programme
- 8:45 a.m. Registration (Room no. 7)
- 9:00 a.m. Welcome (Room no. 7)
Sergey Slobodian, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) - 9:15 a.m. Keynote (Room no. 7)
Jan Švejnar, Columbia University and CERGE-EI - 10:15 a.m. Coffee break (room no. 6)
- 10:45 a.m. 1st session “International trade” (Room no. 7)
- Do Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade Save American Jobs and Wages?
Marco Leonardi, University of Milan - Can labor market institutions mitigate the China syndrome? Evidence from regional labor markets in Western Europe
Jan-Luca Hennig, Trinity College Dublin - Domestic Wage Effects of Outward Foreign Direct Investments – Evidence from German Investments in the Czech Republic
Linda Borrs, University of Bamberg and Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
- Do Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade Save American Jobs and Wages?
- 10:45 a.m. 2nd session “Migration” (Room no. 8)
- Say it like Goethe: Language learning services abroad and the self-selection of immigrants
Sekou Keita, IAB - Standardized Occupations versus Unstandardized Qualifications – Undereducation of Immigrants in Germany
Marvin Bürmann, University of Bielefeld - Export-led and Migration-led Belle Époque in Argentina (1870-1913). What role of the European Migrants?
Rama Dasi Mariani, Sapienza University of Rome
- Say it like Goethe: Language learning services abroad and the self-selection of immigrants
- 12:15 p.m. Lunch break (room no. 6)
- 1:15 p.m. 3rd session “Labor market policy” (Room no. 7)
- Do informational nudges alter firms’ hiring behavior of older workers?
Julia Lang, IAB - How Does Potential Unemployment Insurance Benefit Duration Affect Reemployment Timing and Wages?
Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI - Industrial Policy at Work: Direct and Downstream Effects of an Income Tax Break for Workers in IT
Smaranda Pantea, Ministry of Public Finance of Romania and University of Economics, Prague
- Do informational nudges alter firms’ hiring behavior of older workers?
- 4th session “Technology” (Room no. 8)
- Broadband Upgrade and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: QuasiExperimental Evidence
Simone Schüller, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich - Technology adaption, employment stability and wage changes
Florian Lehmer, IAB - Low-skill jobs and routine tasks specialization: New insights from Italian provinces
Irene Brunetti and Valerio Intraligi, National Institute for the Public Policy Analysis (INAPP)
- Broadband Upgrade and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: QuasiExperimental Evidence
- 2:45 p.m. Coffee break (room no. 6)
- 5th session “Human capital” (Room no. 7)
- Getting out of the starting gate on the right foot: employment effects of investment in human capital
Agata Maida, University of Milan - The relevance of vocational training for middle-qualified workers in Germany
Sabine Schindler, University of Koblenz-Landau - Technological change and further training
Pascal Heß, IAB
- 6th session “Regional development” (Room no. 8)
- Demographic divergence: Why should wages, prices and income grow faster in Germany?
Joël Hellier, University of Lille and University of Nantes - Unemployment rate forecasting and Google Trends. A regional approach for Romania
Mihaela Simionescu, Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Romanian Academy and Centre for Migration Studies in Prague Business School - Wage Differentials in EU Transition Economies (2009-2013): Informal Employment and Gender Issues
Oksana Nezhyvenko, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
- Demographic divergence: Why should wages, prices and income grow faster in Germany?
- 4:45 p.m. Short break 5:00 p.m.
- Panel discussion “The advent of e-mobility and robots: Chances and challenges for the labor market” (Room no. 7)
Moderation: Štěpán Jurajda, Charles University Prague, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and CERGE-EI- Sabine Pfeiffer, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Jan Švejnar, Columbia University and CERGE-EI
- Manfred Wulff, Volkswagen
- 6:30 p.m. End of the workshop
- 7:30 p.m. Conference dinner at Zorto Restaurant, Nekázanka 2037/6, Prague 1
Further information
Sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance, Regional Development and Home Affairs
In cooperation with
- University of Bamberg
- CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute
- Bayerisch-Tschechische Hochschulagentur
