On Thursday 10 and Friday 11 April, Erasmus School of Economics will organise the workshop ‘Labour Market Conditions and Challenges.’ The workshop brings together researchers working on various labor market conditions, presenting insights on how these conditions shape labor market outcomes and interact with inequality, as well as evaluating policies to address related challenges. On Friday afternoon, the workshop will be followed by a keynote lecture by Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne) as part of the Policy Afternoon ‘Shortages in the Labor Market.’
- Date
- Thursday 10 Apr 2025, 10:45 - Friday 11 Apr 2025, 12:00
- Type
- Workshop
- Room
- M1-18
- Building
- Van der Goot Building
Programme
Thursday 10 April
| 10:45-11:00 | Welcome & coffee |
| 11:00-11:45 | Wiljan van den Berge (Utrecht University) “Technological Change, Health and Disability” |
| 11:45-12:30 | Ines Helm (JKU Linz) “Displacement Effects in Manufacturing and Structural Change” |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:45 | Mareen Bastiaans (Europa University Viadrina) “Turning the Tide: The Long-term Gains of Graduating in a Recession for Low Educated” |
| 14:45-15:30 | Martin Nybom (IFAU) “The Long Arm of Recessions: Evidence from Sweden’s Great Economic Crisis” |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-16:45 | Petra Thiemann (Lund University) “College Major Choice: The Role of Risks and Returns” |
| 16:45-17:30 | Emilie Rademakers (Utrecht University) “Bargaining for the Future: Collective Agreements and Firm-Level Automation Decisions” |
| 19:00 | Workshop Dinner |
Friday 11 April
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-11:15 | Elisabeth Leduc (Erasmus University Rotterdam) “What Drives Reskilling Decisions of Unemployed Jobseekers?” |
| 11:15-12:00 | Steffen Künn (Maastricht University) “The Intended and Unintended Effects of Promoting Labour Market Mobility” |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
