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IZA Workshop on Understanding Informal Employment in Transition: The Case of Georgia

Organizers: Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University), Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:November 25, 2011 - November 26, 2011

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann (IZA)

The Organizer are Grateful to the Volkswagen Foundation for Generous Support

Program

Friday, November 25:

 
        Open Session
 
 
08:30 - 09:00   Registration
 
 
09:00 - 09:10   Greetings by Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
 
09:10 - 09:40   Presentation of the Project “Understanding Informal Employment in Transition: The Case of Georgia” by
Hartmut Lehmann
(University of Bologna and IZA)
 
09:40 - 10:00   Thoughts on the Project by


 
10:00 - 10:30   Some Aspects of the Theoretical Literature on Informality and Informal Employment by
John Bennett (Brunel University and IZA)
 
10:30 - 11:30   Developments of the Labor Market in Georgia by
Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University and IZA)
Karin Torosyan (ISET, Tbilisi State University)
 
 
11:30 - 11:45   Coffee Break
 
 
11:45 - 12:45   The CRRC Data Set: Sampling Approach, Questionnaire Development and Field Work Management by
Koba Turmanidze (The Caucasus Research Resource Centers)
 
12:45 - 13:00   Summarizing the Morning Session by
Zahra Siddique (IZA)
 
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
14:00 - 14:45   Presentation of the 2009 RLMS Supplement on Informality by
Hartmut Lehmann
(University of Bologna and IZA)
Fabian Slonimczyk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
 
14:45 - 15:30   Work on Informal Employment and Risk Attitudes in the Ukrainian Labor Market by
Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
 
15:30 - 16:00   Work on Informality in Russia by
Fabian Slonimczyk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
 
 
16:00 - 16:15   Coffee Break
 
 
16:15       Open Ended Discussion on the Material of the First Day
 
 
18:30       Dinner at Restaurant “Roses”, Martinsplatz 2a, Bonn
 
 

Saturday, November 26:

 
        Closed Session
 
 
09:30 - 16:00   Discussion about Design and Wording of Supplement on Informality to the CRRC Main Survey
 
 
        In Between
 
11:00 - 11:15   Coffee Break
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
19:00       Dinner at Restaurant “Im Stiefel”, Bonngasse 30, Bonn
 




List of Participants

John Bennett (Brunel University and IZA)
Randall K. Filer (Hunter College/CUNY and IZA)
Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University and IZA)
Zahra Siddique (IZA)
Fabian Slonimczyk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
Karine Torosyan (ISET, Tbilisi State University )
Koba Turmanidze (The Caucasus Research Resource Centers )