08.30 - 09.00 Coffee and Registration
09.00
- 10.30 - Session 1:
Technological
Changes
Chair:
A
Micro-Economic Foundation of Modelling
the Occupational Structure of Economic
Sectors
Frank Cörvers (NL) Research
Centre for Education and the Labour
Market (ROA)
Does
Product Market Competition Increase
Wage Inequality?
Maria Guadalupe (UK) London School
of Economics
Is
There Skill-biased Technological Change
in Italian Manufacturing? Evidence from
Firm-Level Data
Nicola Matteucci (I) Marche Polytechnic
University
The
Impact of Technological and Organizational
Changes on Labor Flows. Evidence on
French Establishments.
Eva Moreno Galbisy (B) IRES-Université
Catholique de Louvain
Skill-Biased
Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions,
and Technological Change
Klara Sabiriranova Peter (USA)
University of Michigan School
Poster
Session 1 : Thusday 10.30-11.00&
15.30-16.00
Chair
: Christiane Bughin (U. Mons)
Labour
demand and innovation behaviour : a
firm level panel data exploration for
the Netherlands
Ronald Dekker(NL) Delft
University of technology
Trade
Liberalization and Labor-Demand Elasticities:
Empirical Evidence from Tunisia
Ilham Haouas (F) Université
Paris1
Employment
Effects of Ecological Innovations: an
Empirical Analysis
Najib Harabi (CH) University
of Applied Sciences Northwest
Compétences
centrales pour innover des firmes françaises:
modélisation du choix d'innover
dans une perspective d'allocation et
de création de ressources
Souhaila Kammoun (F)
LIRHE, Université des Sciences
Sociales de Toulouse 1
Trade,
Techology and Changes in Labour Demand
Elasticities in UK Manufacturing
Sreekala Kochugovindan
(UK) University of London
Reconciling
the Nash and Kalai-Smorodinsky Cooperative
Solutions: Generalized Maximands of
CES Form
Ana Paula Martins (P)
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Computer
Use and Wage Premiums: a Simultaneous
Approach
Joan Muysken (NL) Maastricht
University
Technology,
Trade, and Income Distribution in West
Germany: A Factor-Share Analysis, 1976-
1994
Cartsen Ochsen (D)
University of Rostock
Labor
Productivity and the Impact of Information
and Communication Technologies: A Panel
Data Analysis of Developed and Developing
Countries
Sotiris Papaioannou
(GR) Athens University
Economic
Integration and Elasticities of Labour
Demand : Econometric Evidence from Finland
Elisa Riihimäki (FIN)
University of Helsinki
The
Relationship between Skilled Labour
and Technical Change
Eleni Savvidou (S)
Uppsala University
Why
do Capital Intensive Companies Pay Higher
Wages ?
Matti Viren (SU) University
of Turku
Informatique
et Organisation du Travail: au delà
de la complémentarité,
les interactions sociales
Emmanuelle Walkowiak
(F) Université Paris IX-Dauphine
10.30
- 11.00 Coffee Break and Poster Session
(sessions
1, 2a, 3, 4 & 7a)
11.00
- 13.00 Opening Conference
Welcome
Speech
Chair
: Robert PLASMAN,
Directeur du Dulbéa, co-animateur
du Chapitre "Emploi" à
l'AEA
Bernard LUX ,
Recteur de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut
Keynote Speech
Chair
: Benoît MAHY,
Université de Mons-Hainaut, co-organisateur
du Colloque
Monopsony
and Labour Demand
Alan
MANNING
Department of Economics, London School
of Economics
12.30
- 14.00 Lunch and Poster Session
(sessions
1, 2a, 3, 4 & 7a)
14.00
- 15.30- Parallel Session 2a:
Gender
and Discrimination
Chair
: Daniel Meulders (DULBEA)
Female
Labour Demand Elasticities : Evidence
from Equal Pay Act
Sreekala Kochugovindan
(UK) University of London
Crossing
the Tracks: More onTrends in the Training
of Male and Female Workers in the United
Kingdom
Paul Latreille (UK)
University of Wales Swansea
La
discrimination à lencontre
des jeunes femmes dorigine française
et étrangère dans leur
insertion professionnelle; analyse methodologique
et différences de parcours..
Séverine Lemière
(F) Matisse U. Paris I &
Olivier Joseph (F) Cereq
Technological
Change and Gender Wage
Differentials, Estimates for US Industries
: 1979-2001
Simona Lup Tick
(USA) The University of Arizona
Hiring
Discrimination in the French Financial
Sector: an Econometric Analysis on Pair
Audit Data
Pascale Petit
(F) Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Poster
session 2a & 7a : Thusday
10.30-11.00 &
15.30-16.00
Salimata
Sissoko (DULBEA)
Gender
and Ethnicity in the New Zealand Labour
Market
Robert Alexander
(NZ) University Of Otago
Spécialisation
des emplois et chômage dans un
modèle d'appariement
Samir Amine (F)
Université du Havre
Pay
Equity Illusion : Discrimination against
Women in France
Sandra Cavaco
(F) GATE, CNRS / Université Lyon
II
Gender
Wage Gap and Female Participation in
Labor Market in Egypt
Daad Fouad (ET)
Cairo University
Converging
inequalities : a panel study of the
gender wage gap in the European Union
Amynah Gangji (B)
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Return
to Internal Mobility in the Spanish
Labour Market: Differences by Gender
Dolores Garcia-Crespo
(E) Departamento de Economía
Aplicada. Estadística y Econometría.
Segmentation
by Skills and Wage Discrimination in
a Trans-Border Labor Market
Oscar Gonzalez (SUI)
Istituto Ricerche Economiche (IRE)–U.
della Svizzera Italiana
Wage
Differences between Incumbents and External
Candidates
Wolter Hassink
(NTW) Utrecht University
Gender
Specific Impact of Computer Use on the
Wage Structure in Austria
Helmut Hofer (AUS)
Institute for Advanced Studies
An
Investigation on the Gender Wage Gap
in the Australian Labour Market
Hiau Joo Kee (AUS)
University of Adelaide
Wage
Inequality and Segregation Between Native
and Immigrant Workers in Switzerland:
Evidence Using Matched Employee-Employer
Data
Tobias Müller
(CH) Département d'économétrie,
Université de Genève
Gender
Discrimination – Pay and Promotions
in Job-Ladders
Ada Ma (UK) University
of Aberdeen
Differences
in Career Advancement by Gender : Evidence
from Personnel Data
Stephen L. Mehay (CA)
Graduate School of Business & Public
Policy
Glass
Ceilings? Sticky Floors? Gender Differences
in Wage Growth and Promotion
Philippe Van Kerm (LU)
CEPS/INSTEAD
14.00
- 15.30- Parallel Session 2b :
On
the Job Performance Incentives
Chair
: Gilbert Cette (Banque de France)
Firm-Provided
Social Concerns - Just Another Non-Wage
Compensation Story?
Iben Bolvig (DK) The
Aarhus School of Business
Intra-Firm
Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance
in Belgium
Thierry Lallemand (B)
University of Brussels
Performance-Related
Pay and Firm Performance in Finland
Hannu Piekkola (FIN)
ETLA
Confronting
Objections to Performance Pay: an Analysis
of the Incentives-Job Satisfaction Relationship
after
Controlling for Endogeneity
Ioannis Theodossiou
(UK) University of Aberdeen
The
Impact of Piece Rate Contracts on Wages
and Worker Effort: Evidence from Linked
Employer-Employee Data
Chris Riddell (CA)
University of British Columbia
15.30
- 16.00 Coffee Break and Poster Session
(sessions
1, 2a, 3, 4 & 7a)
16.00-
17.30 Session 3 :
Labour
Market Policies
Chair
: Eskil Wadenskö (U. Stockholm)
Churning
and Institutions - Dutch and German
Establishments Compared with Micro-Level
Data
Piet Allaart (ND) OSA-Institute
The
Impact of the German Job Protection
Legislation on Job Creation in Small
Entreprises
Derik Burgert
(D) Universität Lu-neburg
Subsidized
Employment for Young Long-Term Unemployed
Workers - An Evaluation
Christian Göbel (B)
IRES, Université Catholique de
Louvain
Explaining
the Desire for Local Bargaining: Evidence
from a Finnish Survey of Employers and
Employees
Anni Heikkilä (SU)
The Research Institute of the Finnish
Economy
Wage
Subsidies in East-Germany - A Cure for
the Unemployment Plague?
Paulo Rodrigues (D)
Goethe University Frankfurt, Faculty
of Economics and Business Administration
Poster
session 3 : Thusday
10.30-11.00& 15.30-16.00
Chair
: Michaël Rusinek (ULB)
Des
facteurs qui peuvent perturber le lien
entre croissance et chômage dans
une petite économie ouverte
Ferdy Adam (L) Ministère
de l’économie
Unemployment
and Economic Policy in Morocco Deterministic
and Stochastic Analysis
Ahmad Baijou (MA) Ifrane
University
Evaluation
ex post de l'impact des 35 heures sur
la demande de travail et les performances
économiques des entreprises
Matthieu Bunel (F)
Laboratoire IREGE Laboratoire CIRPEE
Measuring
the Impact of the Italian CFL Programme
on the Job Opportunities for the Youths
Bruno Contini
(I) University of Torino
Allégement
du coût du travail et emploi peu
qualifié : une réévaluation
Islem Gafsi (F)
EPEE, Université d’Evry-val-d’Essonne
Disentangling the Effect of ICT on Residential
and non-Residential Labour Demand in
Luxembourg
Alexandra Guarda-Rauch
(L) Ministère de l’Economie
An
econometric analysis of employment wages
and productivity in Europe in comparison
with the US an Japan, 1964-2000
Maria-Carmen Guisan
(ES) University of Santiago de Compostela
Reduction
in the Long-Term Unemployment of the
Elderly: a Story of Success from Finland
Tomi Kyyrä
(FIN) Government Institute for Economic
Research, VAT
Ideals
in Sequential Bargaining Structures
Ana Paula Martins (P)
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Austria's
Wage Bargaining System: Large Wage Differentials
in a Corporatist Economy
Wolfgang Pollan
(AUS)
Austrian Institute of Economics Research
Union
Wage Gaps in Multilevel Industrial Relations
Systems
Michael Rusinek
(B) ULB
Government
Grants and Labour Demand: a Micro-Econometric
Analysis
Eric Strobl (B)
CORE, Universite catholique de Louvain
17.30-
19.00 Session 4:
Education
and Training
Chair
: Serge Allegrezza (STATEC, Luxembourg)
Employment
Subsidies vs. Other Forms of Active
Programmes in Promoting Youth Employment
Virve Ollikainen
(FIN) Government Institute for Economic
Research
Skill
Wage Premiums, Employment, and Cohort
Effects in a Model of German Labor Demand
Karsten Kohn (D)
Goethe-University Frankfurt
The
Impact of Training on Earnings - Differences
Between Participant Groups and Training
Forms
Anja Kuckulenz (D)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
(ZEW)
Firm-Level
Social Returns to Education
Pedro Martins (UK)
University of St Andrews
The
Determinants of Training Investments
by Firms: Coverage, Intensity and Specificity
Empirical Evidence from two Provincial
Italian Datasets
Massimiliano Mazzanti
(I) Università di Ferrara
Poster
Session 4
:
Thusday 10.30-11.00 & 15.30-16.00
Chair
: Céline Mousset (CRW, U. Mons)
Educational
and Mismatch and Wages in Spain: New
Evidence with Panel Data
Dolores Garcia-Crespo
(E) Departamento de Economía
Aplicada. Estadística y Econometría
The
Effects of Training on Unemployment
and Pay in Greece
Costas N. Kanellopoulos
(GR) Centre of Planning and Economic
Research (KEPE)
University
Prestige and Choice of Major Field :Evidence
from South Korea
Changhui Kang
(SIN) National University of Singapore
Suréducation
sur le marché du travail belge
: Evaluation et analyse des facteurs
explicatifs à l'aide de deux
types d'approches
Gungor Karakaya (B)
DULBEA
General
Education vs Vocational Training : How
do they Affect Individual Labour Market
Performance ?
Pavlina Karasiotou
(B) Université Catholique de
Louvain and Facultés Universitaires
Saint-Louis
Do
all Workers Want Training? Evidence
from Job Satisfaction Data
Nicolai Kristensen
(DK) Aarhus School of Business
Marginal
Rate of Substitution between Work Experience
and Education
Jonas Månsson
(S) Växjö university
Which
Human Capital Matters for the Wages
of the Poor and the Rich ? Evidence
from Match Worker-Firm Data from Tunisia
Christophe Nordman
(F) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement-DIAL
Measuring
Mismatch on a Labour Market
Alka Obadic (NDH) University
of Zagreb
Quand
les enfants d'origine défavorisée
jettent l'éponge. Origine sociale
et investissement éducatif
Lionel Page (F) Université
Paris I
Endogenous
Wage Determinants and Returns to Education
in Spain
Mario F. Rueda-Narváez
(E) Universidad de Málaga
19.30
Reception and Official Diner:
Friday , October 8th, 2004
08.30 - 09.00 Coffee and Registration
09.00
- 10.30 - Session 5:
Microeconometrics
of Wages
Chair
: Patrick Sevestre (U. Paris XII)
Worker
Mobility Displacement, Redeployment
and Wage Dynamics in Italy
Claudia Villosio (I)
University of Torino
Labour
Market Transitions and Wages: an Empirical
Analysis
Alfred Garloff (D)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Nominal
and Real Wage Rigidity: an Assessment
Using Italian Microdata
Agata Maida (I)
University of Turin
Signaling
in the Labour Market: New Evidence on
Layoffs and Plant Closings
Nuria Rodriguez-Planas
(E) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
The
Impact of Minimum wages on Hours and
Employment Revisited
Frank Walsh (IRL)
University College Dublin
Poster
session 5 : Friday
10.30-11.00& 15.30-16.00
Chair
: Ilan Tojerof (DULBEA)
Non
Employment and Subsequent Wage Losses
José Maria
Arranz (E) University of Alcala
Local
Determinants of Spatial Wage Dispersion
in Russia
Céline Bignebat (F)
Université Paris I
Are
Low-Educated Workers Disproportionately
Affected by a Change in the Minimum
Wage?
Helen Connolly
(USA) Northeastern University
Regional
Wage Adjustments and Unemployment :
Estimating the Time-Varying Wage Curve
Kamil Galuscak
(CS) Czech National Bank
Establishment
Size and Wage Level in Six European
Countries: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee
Data
Thierry Lallemand (B)
DULBEA
Modelling
the Employment Effects of Minimum Wage:
the Case of Luxembourg
Teoman Pamukcu (L)
Université du Luxembourg
Inter-Industry
Wage Differential and the Gender Wage
Gap. Evidence from the ESES for seven
EU Countries
Robert Plasman
(B) DULBEA
The
Unemployment Benefit System and Wage
Flexibility in EMU: Time-Varying Evidence
in Five Countries
Joseph Plasmans
(B) The Research Institute of the Finnish
Economy
10.30
- 11.00 Coffee Break and Poster Session
(Sessions
2b, 5, 6, 7b & 8)
11.00
- 12.30 - Session 6:
Employment
Contracts
Chair
: Sergio Perelman (U. Liege)
Exits
from Temporary Jobs in Europe: A Competing
Risks Analys
Anna D'Addio (DK)
Aarhus University
Lousy
and Lovely Jobs: the Rising Polarization
of Working Britain
Maarten Goos (UK)
London School of Economics
Self-Employed
Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden. Why
are their Incomes so Low?
Eskil Wadensjö
(S) Swedish Institute for Social Research
Estimating
Employers' Preference for Employment
Contracts Using Conjoint Analysis
Marloes Zijl (NL)
University of Amsterdam
The
Wage Penalty Induced by Part-Time Work.
Evidence from European Countries
Sile O’Dorchai
(B) DULBEA
Poster
session 6 : Friday
10.30-11.00& 15.30-16.00
Chair
: Sile O'Dorchai (DULBEA)
Urban
Informal Sector and Networks: a Case
Study of Delhi Slum Dweller
Mitra Arup (IND)
Institute of Economic Growth Delhi University
Enclave
Market
Potential and the Location Choice of
Mexican Immigrants in The United States
leila Baghdadi
(F) Université Paris 1 Panthéon
Sorbonne
Determinants
and Characteristics of Temporary Employment
in Europe
Anna D'Addio (DK)
Aarhus University
Coopération
and Labor Contracting : an Intense Relationship
Patrick Micheletti (F)
ESC Marseille
The
Demand for Apprentices in a Deregulated
Labour Market
Samuel Mühlemann (CH)
University of Berne
Formes
d’emploi et durée du travail:
évolution comparée de
la Belgique, de ses régions et
des pays voisins au cours de la période
1992-2002
Béatrice Van Haeperen(B)
IWEPS
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch and Poster Session
(Sessions
2b, 5, 6, 7b & 8)
14:00-15:30
- Parallel Session 7a:
Gender
Wage Gaps
Chair
: François Ricx (DULBEA)
Gender
Wage Gap and Segregation during Transition :
Case of Hungary
Marton Csillag
(F) Inra Toulouse
New
Workplace Practices and the Gender Wage
Gap
Nabanita Datta Gupta
(DK) Aarhus School of Business
Gender
Wage Inequality and Rent Sharing -Evidence
from a German Employer-Employee Data
Set
Hermann Gartner
(D) Institute for employment research
Is
it what you do or where you work that
matters most ? Gender Composition and
the Gender Wage Gap Revisitted
Lena Nekby (FIN)
Stockholm University
Revisiting
the Gender Wage Gap in an International
Perspective
Salimata Sissoko
(B) University of Brussels
14:00-15:30
- Parallel Session 7b:
Human
Capital Management
Chair : Patrick Micheletti (Euromed,
Marseille)
Promotions,
State Dependence and Intrafirm Job Mobility
: Evidence from Personnel Records
Pablo Acosta (USA)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The
Promotion Dynamics of American Executives
Christian Belzil (CN)
CNRS (Gate, u. Lyon 2) et IZA
Human
Resource Management and Labour Demand
Dynamics. A Microeconometric Analysis
Employers Matched Data
Claire Dupont
(B) Université de Mons-Hainaut
The
Estimation of Job Satisfaction with
Endogenous Income
Kostas Mavromaras (UK)
University of Aberdeen
Entrepreneurial
Choice : can the jack-of-all-trande
Attitude be Trained ?
Olmo Silva (I) European
University Institute
Does
Motivation Trigger Autonomy, or Vice
Versa?
Kameliia Petrova (USA)
Department of Economics Boston College
Poster
Session 2b & 7b : Friday
10.30-11.00& 15.30-16.00
Chair
: Pascale Vandepeutte (U. Mons)
Selection
in Hiring, in Relation to Employer Characteristics
and non-wage Job Characteristics
Piet Allaart (NL) OSA-Institute
Nouvelles
normes de recrutement et sélectivité
dans la gestion des ressources humaines
Stephen Bouquin (F)
Université de Picardie Jules
Verne
Les
déterminants du risque d’accident
dans le milieu de travail en Tunisie
Abdelaziz Ben Khalifa
(TN) Université de Tunis
An
Analysis of the Determinants of Job
Satisfaction when Individuals' Baseline
Satisfaction Levels may Differ
Anna D'Addio (DK) Aarhus
University