Welcome Remarks
Andrés Rosas Wulfers (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Gary Fields (IZA – Institute of Labor Economics)
Albert Park (NJD – Network for Jobs and Development)
Michal Rutkowski (World Bank)
Policymakers Panel
Chair:
Michal Rutkowski
(Senior Director and Head of Global Practice, Social Protection and Jobs, World Bank Group)
Panelists:
Anabel González
(Former Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica; former Senior Director of Trade and Competitiveness, World Bank Group)
Carmen Pagés-Serra
(Chief, Labor Markets and Social Security Division, IDB)
Carolina Trivelli
(Former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Peru)
Andrés Mauricio Velasco
(Technical ViceMinister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia)
- Session: (IBS-ECACE Special Session)
Jobs polarization: how to measure it, and its implications on wages and tenure
ACCOUNTING FOR THE ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL CHANGE ON EARNINGS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Ivan Torre
THE INTERGENERATIONAL DIVIDE IN DEROUTINISATION OF JOBS IN EUROPE
Wojciech Hardy
JOB TENURE: LABOR MARKET POLICIES, GLOBALIZATION,TECHNOLOGY AND THE GROWING INTERGENERATIONAL DIVIDE
Maurizio Bussolo
THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF ROUTINE AND NON-ROUTINE WORK: FINDINGS FROM PIAAC, STEP AND CULS
Piotr Lewandowski
EASY COME, EASY GO? ECONOMIC SHOCKS, LABOR MIGRATION AND THE FAMILY LEFT BEHIND
André Gröger
RETURN MIGRATION AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM KYRGYZSTAN
Clotilde Mahe
GENDER IMBALANCES AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE-SCALE MEXICAN MIGRATION
Melanie Khamis
CHILD LABOR AND THE ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES: EVIDENCE FROM TANZANIA*
Maryam Naghsh Nejad
- Session: The Impacts of workfare programs
STARTING ON THE RIGHT TRACK? THE EFFECTS OF FIRST JOB EXPERIENCE ON SHORT AND LONG TERM LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
Dolores de la Mata
THE IMPACT OF SUMMER EMPLOYMENT FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Emily Beam
WORKFARE PROGRAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE LABOR MARKET: EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUYENDO PERU
Verónica Escudero
THEY GOT MAD SKILLS: THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING ON YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY AND RESILIENCE TO THE EBOLA SHOCK
Maria Cecilia Acevedo
- Session: Firm Innovation & Disruptive Technologies
THE SEARCH FOR GAZELLES: TESTING THE LINKS BETWEEN GROWTH, JOB CREATION AND LONGER-RUN PERFORMANCE
Reyes Aterido
DOES FIRM INNOVATION LEAD TO HIGH GROWTH? EVIDENCE FROM ECUADORIAN FIRMS
Diego Grijalva
THE MARKET-BASED DISSEMINATION OF MODERN-ENERGY PRODUCTS AS A BUSINESS MODEL FOR RURAL ENTREPRENEURS: EVIDENCE FROM KENYA
Gunther Bensch
ROBOTS AT THE TROPICS
Leonardo Iacovone
- Session: GLM-LIC Special Session
“Impact of randomized employment and entrepreneurship training programs in Africa”
IMPACTS OF TRAINING AND CASH ON YOUTH LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM KENYA
Joan Hamory Hicks
A FIRM OF ONE’S OWN: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AND OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
Andrew Brudevold-Newman
INFORMATION FRICTIONS IN THE LABOR MARKET EVIDENCE FROM A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN UGANDA
Vittorio Bassi
- Session: Labor Informality in LAC
REDUCING WAGE GAPS BETWEEN CITIES: THE EFFECTS OF FORMALIZING EMPLOYMENT IN COLOMBIA
Paula Herrera-Idárraga
FINANCIAL DISINCENTIVES FOR FORMAL WORK IN ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA: A MICROSIMULATION APPROACH
David Rodriguez Guerrero
PAYROLL TAXES, SOCIAL SECURITY AND INFORMAL EMPLOYEES. THE 2012 TAX REFORM IN COLOMBIA
Pablo Garlati Bertoldi
- Session: Wage Premium and Structure
ICT ADOPTION AND WAGE INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM MEXICAN FIRMS
Leonardo Iacovone
SKILL PREMIUM, LABOR SUPPLY AND CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF WAGES IN LATIN AMERICA
Julian Messina
DOES EMPLOYING WORKERS OR ACCEPTING WORK PAY? ANALYZING LABOR COSTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Michael Weber
- Session: Earnings and Gender Gaps
THE EFFECTS OF FIRMS AND EQUAL PAY LAWS ON THE GENDER WAGE GAP: EVIDENCE FROM CHILE
Tomas Rau
THE RISE OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND CHANGES IN THE WAGE STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM STRUCTURAL ESTIMATES IN MEXICO
Manuel Fernandez Sierra
LABOR MARKET TRAJECTORIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: A SYNTHETIC PANEL ANALYSIS
Laura Ripani
- Session: HKUST – IEMS Special Session
Technology and Jobs in Asia
JOBS IN ASIA: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS SHAPING ASIA’S QUEST FOR GOOD JOBS (ADB REPORT)
Sameer Khatiwada
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: EVIDENCE FROM ASIA
Elisabetta Gentile
GLOBALIZATION AND THE DEMAND FOR TASKS AND SKILLS: EVIDENCE FROM THE CHINA EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE SURVEY (CEES)
Albert Park
BRIDGING THE INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP? THE EFFECT OF PLAN-MAKING PROMPTS ON JOB SEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT
Eliana Carranza
WELFARE IMPACTS OF FACTORY JOBS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
Niklas Buehren
THE SELECTION OF TALENT: EXPERIMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
Antonio Stefano Caria
- Session: Educational Expansion
THE LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION. A THEORETICAL MODEL WITH APPLICATIONS TO BRAZIL
David Jaume
KNOW THYSELF: A DECISION-THEORETIC MODEL OF OVER-EDUCATION AND EDUCATED UNEMPLOYMENT
Sanjay Jain
THE LABOR MARKET CONSEQUENCES OF EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION
Gary Fields
- Session: Labor Informality and Flexibilization
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FORMALIZATION INTERVENTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Jochen Kluve
WHO GAINS FROM LABOUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY AT THE MARGIN?
Priscilla Fialho
THE UNEMPLOYED AND THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Philippe Burger