9-10 May 2019, International Labour Organization, Geneva
Conference Programme
The 2019 CEPR/IGC/ILO/GSEM Conference on Labour Markets in Developing Countries will be held in Geneva from 9-10 May 2019 at the headquarters of the ILO. The Conference is jointly organised by CEPR, IGC, ILO and the Institute of Economics and Econometrics at the GSEM-University of Geneva.
Thursday 9 May 2019 | ||
9:00 – 10:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Opening remarks Damian Grimshaw (ILO) Imran Rasul (UCL, CEPR and IGC) |
| 10:15 - 11:45 | First contributed session: Informality Chair: Michele Pellizzari (University of Geneva) Mattia Makovec (World Bank): “Firm Exits from the Formal Economy and the Minimum Wage: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Turkey”. Gabriel Ulyssea (University of Oxford and CEPR): “Informality and the Labor Market Effects of Mass Migration: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey”. |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 – 14:15 | Second contributed session: Intra- and inter-sector labour flows Chair: Giacomo De Giorgi (University of Geneva and CEPR) Federico Huneeus (Princeton University): “The Internal Labor Markets of Business Groups”. Esther Mirjam Girsberger (University of Technology Sydney): “The Puzzle of Educated Unemployment in West Africa”. |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Coffee break |
| 14:45 – 16:15 | Third contributed session: Experimental evidence on search skills and frictions Chair: Verónica Escudero (ILO) Bruno Crépon (CREST - ENSAE): “Contemporaneous and Post-Program Impacts of a Public Works Program: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire”. Stefano Caria (University of Bristol and CEPR): “The Selection of Talent: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Ethiopia”. |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45 – 18:00 | First keynote lecture - Robert Townsend (MIT and CEPR) Chair: Damian Grimshaw (ILO) |
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Friday 10 May 2019 | ||
09:00 - 10:30 | Fourth contributed session: Spatial patterns in trade and productivity Chair: Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary University of London and CEPR) Lin Tian (INSEAD): “Division of Labor and Productivity Advantage of Cities: Theory and Evidence from Brazil”. Niclas Moneke (LSE): “Infrastructure Complementarity and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ethiopia”. | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | Second keynote lecture - Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago and CEPR) Chair: Imran Rasul (UCL, CEPR and IGC) |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | Fifth contributed session: Trade and migration Chair: Domenico Tabasso (ILO) Yuan Zi (University of Oslo): “Trade Liberalization and the Great Labor Reallocation”. |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Coffee break |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Policy Panel Chair: Yves Flückiger (University of Geneva) Pamhidzai H. Bamu-Chipunza (WIEGO) Michelle Leighton (ILO) |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Concluding remarks Michele Pellizzari (University of Geneva and CEPR) Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary University of London and CEPR) |
Presentations last 45 minutes, including questions from the floor.