Workshop : Globalization and Workforce Composition 2023

The aim of the workshop is to foster interaction between researchers in the field of trade and labor economics, with a particular focus on the consequences of globalization shocks (such as trade and migration) on the labor market.

Program: Globalization and workers outcomes, Trade and (in)formality, Globalization and productivity, Globalization and labor market frictions

September 4^th 2023 / 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Salle Raymond Aron (2^nd floor)

Registration are closed for this event.
Contact : gianluca.orefice@dauphine.psl.eu
 

Invited speakers:
 

• Pamela BOMBARDA, CY Cergy-Paris Université ;
• Katharina EHARDT, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ;
• Brian KOVAK, Carnegie Mellon University ;
• Ariell RESHEF, University Paris 1 & CNRS ;
• Sara SIGNORELLI, École polytechnique - CREST ;
• Gabriel ULYSSEA, University College of London ;
• José VASQUEZ, London School of Economics

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Program:
 

08:45-09:00 - Greetings
Mouhoub EL MOUHOUD, President, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL

09:00-10:30 - Session 1: GLOBALIZATION AND WORKERS OUTCOMES
Chair: Farid TOUBAL, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL

• Paper 1: Giordano MION, ESSEC: “Dream Jobs in a Globalized Economy: Wage Dynamics and International Experience”
• Paper 2: Katharina ERHARDT, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: “Winners and losers of the 2015 Swiss exchange rate shock: Unveiling heterogeneous worker responses”

10:30-11:00 - Coffee break + Poster session

11:00-12:30 - Session 2: TRADE AND (IN)FORMALITY
Chair: Mathieu PARENTI, Paris School of Economics

• Paper 1: Gabriel ULYSSEA, University College of London: “Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations”
• Paper 2: Pamela BOMBARDA, CY Cergy-Paris Université: “Input-trade liberalization and formal employment: Evidence from Mexico”

12:30-14:00 - Lunch break*

14:00-15:30 - Session 3: GLOBALIZATION & PRODUCTIVITY
Chair: Mathilde GODARD, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL

• Paper 1: Ariell RESHEF, University Paris 1 CNRS: “Techies and Firm Level Productivity”
• Paper 2: Jose VASQUEZ, London School of Economics: “The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions”

15:30-16:00 - Coffee break + Poster session

16:00-17:30 - Session 4: GLOBALIZATION AND LABOR MARKET FRICTIONS
Chair: Laura KHOURY, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL

• Paper 1: Brian KOVAK, Carnegie Mellon University: “Wage Insurance for Trade-Displaced Workers”
• Paper 2: Sara SIGNORELLI, École polytechnique - CREST: “Too Constrained to Grow. Analysis of Firms’ Response to the Alleviation of Skill Shortages”

* We provide lunch for speakers and chairs only