Workshop “Globalization and Workforce Composition”

08:45-09:00

Greetings

Mouhoub El Mouhoud, President, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL.

09:00-10:15

Invited Lecture 1:

Chair: Mouhoub El Mouhoud, President, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL.

Speaker: Thierry Mayer, Sciences Po and CEPR: “The Laffer Curve for Rules of Origin”.

10:15-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:15

Session 1: Trade shocks and labor market.

Chair: Eve Caroli, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL.

Paper 1: Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics and CEPR “Real Wage Stagnation and Brexit Exchange Rate Depreciation”.

Paper 2: Farid Toubal, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL and CEPR: “Trade Liberalization, Collective Bargaining and Workers:  Wages and Working Conditions”.

12:15-13:45

Lunch^*

13:45-15:00

Invited Lecture 2:

Chair: Gianluca Orefice, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL.

Speaker: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University: “On the Mechanics of Spatial Growth”.

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-17:00

Session 2: The role of workers’ occupation

Chair: Ariell Reshef, University Paris-1 and CNRS.

Paper 1: Maria Bas, University Paris 1: “Heterogeneous Trade Elasticity and Managerial Skills”.

Paper 2: Fabrizio Colella, HEC-University Lausanne “The Effect of Trade on Skill Requirements: Evidence from Job Postings”.

17:00-17:30

Coffee break

17:30-18:30

Policy Panel: Managing the labor market consequences of international trade

Chair: Lionel Fontagné, Banque de France.

Panelist: Marva Corley-Coulibally (ILO), Marion Jansen (OECD), Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova (EU Commission), Mouhoub El Mouhoud (Paris-Dauphine).