European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics and Migration

The European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics and Migration was held from 7/12 September 1998 in Gerzensee, where it was hosted by Studienzentrum Gerzensee. The organizers were Philippe Bacchetta (Studienzentrum Gerzensee, Université de Lausanne and CEPR), Alan Barrett (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, and CEPR), Dennis Snower (Birkbeck College, London, and CEPR) and Klaus F Zimmermann (IZA, Universität Bonn, and CEPR). The symposium included sessions devoted to migration and language, training, skill-biased technical change, migration effects, decomposition methodologies, labour flows and institutions, quits, recruits and retentions, and education returns.

Papers delivered were as follows:

‘Language Practice and Economic Well-Being Among Immigrants in Canada’
Barry Chiswick (University of Illinois, Chicago) and
Paul Miller (University of Western Australia)

‘The Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealand’s Old and New Immigrants’
Liliana Winkelmann (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and
Rainer Winkelmann (University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Universität München and CEPR)

‘Temporary Migrants from Egypt: How Long do they Stay Abroad?’
Thomas Bauer (IZA, Universität München, Rutgers University and CEPR) and
Ira Gang (Rutgers University and IZA, Bonn)

‘Does Training Generally Work? The Return to In-Company Training’
Alan Barrett (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, and CEPR) and
Philip O’Connel (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin)

‘Training, Rent-sharing and Unions’
Alison Booth (University of Essex and CEPR)
Marco Francesconi (University of Essex and CEPR) and
Gylfi Zoega (Birkbeck College, London, and CEPR)

‘The Impact of Globalization on European Labour Markets’
Michael Burda (Humboldt Universtät zu Berlin and CEPR) and
Barbara Dluhosch (Universität zu Köln)

‘Does the Sector Bias of Skill-Biased Technical Change Explain Changing Wage Inequality?’
Jonathan Haskel (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, and CEPR) and
Matthew Slaughter (Dartmouth College, Hanover)

‘The Changing Distribution of Male and Female Wages 1978–1996’
Amanda Gosling (Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, and CEPR)

‘Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors?’
Alison Booth (University of Essex and CEPR)
Marco Francesconi (University of Essex and CEPR) and
Jeff Frank (Royal Holloway College, University of London)

‘Regional Disparities and Labour Mobility: The United States vs the European Monetary Union’
Chiara Bentivogli (Banca d’Italia) and
Patrizio Pagano (Banca d’Italia)

‘The Effects of Migration on the Relative Demand of Skilled versus Unskilled Labour: Evidence from Spain’
Juan Dolado (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, and CEPR)
Rosa Duce (FEDEA, Madrid, and Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) and
Juan Francisco Jimeno (FEDEA, Madrid, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and CEPR)

‘The Absorption of Highly Skilled Immigrants: Israel 1990–95’
Zvi Eckstein (Tel Aviv University and CEPR) and
Yoram Weiss (Tel Aviv University and University of Chicago)

‘Immigration and Unemployment: An Investigation of a Modern Version of an Old Conspiracy’
Gil Epstein (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, and CEPR) and
Arye Hillman (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, and CEPR)

‘On Measuring Discrimination and Convergence’
Christoph Schmidt (Alfred-Weber-Institut and CEPR)

‘Estimating Labour-Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration from Israel’
Shoshana Neuman (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, and CEPR) and
Ronald Oaxaca (University of Arizona, Tuscon)

‘Labour Reallocation, Job Tenure, Labour Flows and Labour Market Institutions: Evidence from Spain’
Carlos Garcia-Serrano (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) and
Juan Francisco Jimeno (FEDEA, Madrid, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and CEPR)

‘Firing Costs: Eurosclerosis or Eurosuccesses’
Yu-Fu Chen (University of Dundee)
Dennis Snower (Birkbeck College, London, and CEPR) and
Gylfi Zoega (Birkbeck College, London, and CEPR)

‘A Model of Disability’
Michael Orzsag (Birkbeck College, London) and
Dennis Snower (Birkbeck College, London, and CEPR)

‘Options to Quit’
Gérard Pfann (Universiteit van Limburg, Maastricht, and CEPR)

‘Optimal Contracts in a Frictional Labour Market: Firms’ Strategies for Recruitment or Retention’
Margaret Stevens (Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford, and CEPR)

‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Educational Choices and Earnings: An Empirical Study for Portugal’
Leonor Modesto (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa)

‘The Rate of Return to Private Education’
Robert Wright (University of Stirling and CEPR)