The Central Bank is hosting a one-day conference on “Labour Markets over the Business Cycle” on 11 December in Dame Street (programme below). There is a limited number of places still available. If you wish to attend, please email ieaadmin@centralbank.ie by 9 December. Please note that places will be allocated strictly on a first-come-first-served basis.
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Labour Market Adjustment over the Business Cycle
A one-day conference at the Central Bank of Ireland
11 December 2014
Liffey room, Dame Street, Dublin 2
email ieaadmin@centralbank.ie to confirm attendance by 9 December
Programme |
11 December | |
08:45 | Registration and coffee |
09:00 | Opening remarks – “Prospects and Challenges for the Irish Labour Market 2015 – 2020”. John Flynn (Head of Irish Economic Analysis Division, Central Bank of Ireland). |
Session 1
09:20-11:00 |
Cycles in employment, unemployment and wages |
Labour market transitions in Ireland – Thomas Conefrey (Irish Fiscal Advisory Council) | |
Wage Cyclicality – Mario Izquierdo (Banco de Espana)
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11:00 | Coffee & tea break |
Session 2 11:15-13:00 |
Labour market attachment |
Are the marginally attached unemployed or inactive? – Martina Lawless (CBI/ESRI) | |
Sources of wage losses of displaced workers – Pedro Portugal (Banco de Portugal) | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Session 3 14:00 – 15:45 |
Wage flexibility |
Wage flexibility in Ireland – Olive Sweetman (Maynooth University) | |
Wage Setting – Flexibility and Rigidity in the UK since 1975 – Jennifer Smith (University of Warwick)
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Session 4
15:45 |
Labour market adjustment during and after the crisis: the role of policies and institutions |
Pedro Martins (Queen Mary University of London) | |
Questions & discussion
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Closing remarks
Conference Ends |