09.00 - 10.30

Plenary Session
What governance for the euro area?

Chair: Paolo Onofri, PROMETEIA

Why labour market performance differed across countries in the recent crisis, Karl Aiginger, Thomas Horvath and Helmut Mahringer, WIFO

Labour markets during recessions – evidence on the role of wage rigidity and hysteresis, Juha Kilponen, EFSF, David Lodge, ECB, Rolf Strauch, EFSF and Juuso Vanhala, BoF

Not for bad weather: Macro analysis of flexicurity with regard to the crisis, Andranik Tangian, Hans Boeckler Foundation and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Discussant: Henri Sterdyniak, OFCE

10.50 - 12.50

Session 1
Labour markets performances in the crisis

Chair: Mari Kangasniemi, Labour Institute for Economic Research

Labour markets in the crisis: comparison between seven countries, Marion Cochard, Gérard Cornilleau and Eric Heyer, OFCE

An international comparison of employment in the recovery, Dawn Holland, Simon Kirby and Rachel Whitworth, NIESR

Employment and economic recession in Germany, Italy, and UK: different remedies for the same illness?, Fabio R. Aricò, University of St Andrews and Ulrike Stein, IMK

Labour Market Adjustment: Ireland after the crisis, John FitzGerald, Adele Bergin and Ide Kearney

Discussant: Dominik Groll, IfW

10:50 - 12:50

Session 2
Labour market institutions

Chair: Antti Kauhanen, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Are flexible workers more insecure? An integrated approach based on micro-data, Fabio Berton, University of Eastern Piedmont and LABORatorio R. Revelli, Matteo Richiardi, University of Turin and LABORatorio R. Revelli, Stefano Sacchi, University of Milan, Collegio Carlo Alberto and LABORatorio R. Revelli

Fixed-term contracts, economic conjuncture and training opportunities: a comparative analysis across European labour markets, Raffaele Guetto and Giorgio Cutuli, University of Trento

Unemployment insurance generosity in the period of crisis: the effect on post-unemployment job quality, Anne Lauringson, University of Tartu

Discussant: Seija Ilmakunnas, Labour Institute for Economic Research

10.50- 12.50

Session 3
Migration and mobility

Chair: Markku Kotilainen, ETLA

How do economies with open labour markets work? Katarzyna B. Budnik, ECB

The role of labor mobility in reducing unemployment in the European Union, Oussama Ezzeddine,LAREFI, Université of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV

The substitutability of immigrants and native workers in France: use of a production function, Vincent Fromentin, Université Nancy 2, CEREFIGE

The consequences of workforce migration on education outsourcing in the aftermath of the crisis: The case of Romania, Diana-Mihaela Pociovalisteanu, Constantin Brancusi” University of Targu-Jiu, West University of Timisoara, Adina Popovici, West University of Timisoara and Victor-Bogdan Oprean, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, West University of Timisoara

Discussant: Christian Dreger, DIW

13.50 - 15.50

Session 4
Domestic experiences

Chair: Catherine Mathieu, OFCE

 
Exploring the small increase in Dutch unemployment during the Great Recession, Jasper de Jong, Nicole Bosch and Adri den Ouden, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Short-time working arrangements in France during th criss: An empirical analysis of firms and employees, Oana Calavrezo and François Lodin, Statistical Department of the French Ministry of Labour (DARES)

The impact of recession on adult training and skills updating: evidence from the UK in 2008-09, Geoff Mason and Kate Bishop, NIESR, Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)

The 2008-2009 crisis and short-time working schemes as a flexisecurity alternative: the Turkish example, Seyma Ipek Kostekli, Istanbul Chamber of Industry

Discussant: Antti Kauhanen, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

13.50 - 15.50

Session 5
Labour maket functioning

Chair: Kari Alho, ETLA

The impact of the economic and financial crisis and the policy response on youth employment in the European Union, Niall O’Higgins, LABESS, CELPE University of Salerno & IZA

A gender analysis of the economic crisis on labour markets in six European countries, Marion Cochard, Gérard Cornilleau, OFCE and Hélène Périvier, OFCE, PRESAGE

Challenges of Nordic labour markets: A polarization of working life? Rita Asplund, ETLA, Helsinki, Erling Barth, Institute for social research, Oslo, Per Lundborg, SOFI, University of Stockholm and Kjersti Misje Nilsen, Institute for social research, Oslo

Routinization-biased technical change, globalization and labor market polarization: Does theory fit the facts? Jaewon Jung, RWTH Aachen University, Thema, University of Cergy-Pontoise and Jean Mercenier, ERMES, University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2)

Discussant: Ray Barrell, NIESR

13.50 - 15.50

Session 6
Macroeconomic aspects of labour markets

Chair: Katarzyna Pietka-Kosinska, CASE

Finance and Employment, Marco Pagano, University of Naples Federico II, CSEF, EIEF, CEPR and Giovanni Pica, University of Salerno, CSEF
The Decline of U. S. Unemployment after 1982: what can Europe learn - or unlearn - from the American experience? Stéphanie Laguerodie, Centre d’économie de la Sorbonne (CES), Université Paris 1, and Francisco Vergara, Association pour la diffusion de l’économie politique (ADEP)

Wage dynamics in France when employment and working hours are distinguished, Pierre Villa, CEPII
How Okun’s law is non-linear in Europe? A semi-parametric approach, Mathieu Jardin, Gaétan Stephan, University of Rennes 1 - CREM

Discussant: John FitzGerald, ESRI

16.10 - 18.00

Round Table

Chair: Sixten Korkman, ETLA

Ray Barrell, NIESR

Gérard Cornilleau, OFCE

John FitzGerald, ESRI

Seija Ilmakunnas, Labour Institute for Economic Research