2nd IZA Workshop on Non-Standard Employment in a Comparative Perspective

Thursday, April 25:

20:00				Informal Dinner at Restaurant "L'Oliva", Hotel Hilton, Bonn

Friday, April 26:

09:00	-	09:30		Registration
09:30	-	09:45		Welcome Address Werner Eichhorst (IZA) Paul Marx (University of Southern Denmark and IZA)
				Country Studies I
09:45	-	10:30		Introduction
10:30	-	11:15		Werner Eichhorst (IZA), Paul Marx (University of Southern Denmark and IZA)
				"Non-Standard Employment across Occupations in Germany: The Role of Replaceability and Labor Market Flexibility"
11:15	-	12:00		Baptiste Francon (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paul Marx (University of Southern Denmark and IZA)
				"France"
12:00	-	12:45		Fabio Berton (University of Turin), Matteo Richiardi (University of Turin), Stefano Sacchi (University of Milan)
				"Italy"
12:45	-	14:00		Lunch
				Country Studies I (continued)
14:00	-	14:45		Oscar Molina (Autonomus University of Barcelona)
				"Spain"
14:45	-	15:30		Alison Koslowski (University of Edinburgh), Caitlin McLean (University of Edinburgh)
				"United Kingdom"
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee Break
				Comparative Chapters I
16:00	-	16:15		Short Introduction
16:15	-	17:00		Marius Busemeyer (University of Konstanz), Kathleen Thelen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
				"Non-Standard Employment and Systems of Skill Formation in European Countries"
17:00	-	17:45		Antje Mertens (Berlin School of Economics and Law), Vanessa Gash (London City College), Martina Dieckhoff (WZB Berlin), Laura Romeu-Gordo (DZA Berlin)
				"Household Composition and Labor Supply to Atypical Jobs in the Service Sector: A Comparative Study of Germany and the UK"
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant "Zur Lese", Adenauerallee 37, 53113 Bonn

Saturday, April 27:

				Country Studies II
09:00	-	09:45		Moira L. Nelson (Lund University)
				"Non-Standard Employment across Occupations in the United States: The Role of Replaceability and Labor Market Flexibility"
09:45	-	10:30		Per Kongshøj Madsen (Aalborg University)
				"Labour Market Flexibility in the Danish Service Sector: Same, Same, but Still Different"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Comparative Chapters II
11:00	-	11:45		Ruud Muffels (Tilburg University)
				"Flexibilization And Occupational Segregation In Europe Do Institutions and Social Models Matter? "
11:45	-	12:30		Maarten J. Keune (Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies)
				"Trade union responses to precarious work in seven European countries"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch
13:30	-	14:30		General Discussion and Next Steps
14:30				Closure