WTO-ILO workshop on global trade and employment
WTO and ILO co-organized this workshop of leading international researchers to explore the knowledge frontier on the relationship between trade and employment.
- identify and report on the latest research being carried out on global trade and employment
- discuss policy options for governments on trade and employment
- develop a list of priority issues for research on trade and employment.
The workshop was part of on-going research collaboration between the WTO and the ILO on global trade and employment.
Programme
31 August 2009
Opening Remarks (Chair: Patrick Low)
Pascal Lamy, Director-General WTO
Juan Somavia, Director-General ILO
Introduction to workshop set-up and objectives (Chair: Patrick Low)
Marion Jansen
Theme 1: Offshoring and Labour Demand (Chair: Marc Bacchetta)
Herbert Brücker - Presentation
Theme 2: Trade, Firms and Employment (firm level data, new trade theory) (Chair: Marion Jansen)
Steve Redding and Peter Schott - Presentation
Welcoming words Victor K. Fung, Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce and ICC Research Foundation
Theme 3: Trade and Inequality (Chair: Steve Redding)
Vanessa Strauss-Kahn - Presentation
Theme 4: Trade, Informality and Other Aspects of Job Quality (Chair: Nina Pavcnik)
Sam Olofin and Abiodun Folwewo - Presentation
1 September 2009
Theme 5: Labour Market Adjustment to Trade Reform (Chair: Richard Newfarmer)
Theme 6: Trade, FDI and Skills/skill Upgrading (Chair: Marc Muendler)
Francis Kramarz - Presentation
Theme 7: Trade and Labour Market Regulation/institutions (Chair: Marcelo Olarreaga)
Theme 8: Trade, FDI and Bargaining Power of Workers (Chair: Marco Fugazza)
Devashish Mitra - Presentation
Workshop report by rapporteurs
Presentation (Marc Bacchetta, Marion Jansen)
Closing discussion: Priority Themes for Future Research
Concluding remarks
José Manuel Salazar, Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO
Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General, WTO