IZA Workshop: EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets

Thursday, November 30:

14:00				Session I: The Impact of Free Movement of Workers from Central and Eastern Europe on Labor Markets
				Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (University of Bonn)
14:10	-	14:30		Gerard Hughes (Trinity College Dublin*))
				"EU Enlargement and Ireland's Experience of Migration from Central and Eastern Europe"
14:30	-	14:50		Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University and IZA*))
				"Post-Enlargement Migration and Labour Market Impact in Sweden"
14:50	-	15:10		Jonathan Portes (King's College London and IZA*))
				"Labour Migration to the UK"
15:10	-	15:30		Krystyna Iglicka (L.K. Academy of Management*))
				"The Impact of Workers from Central and Eastern Europe on Labour Markets. The Experience of Poland"
15:30	-	15:40		Discussant: Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA)
15:40	-	16:30		Open Discussion
16:30	-	17:00		Coffee Break
17:00				Session II: Scientists meet Policymakers: The Perspectives of East-West Migration
				Chair: Jonathan Portes (King's College London and IZA)
17:00	-	17:20		Marcel Canoy (Erasmus University Rotterdam*)), Ricklef Beutin (European Commission), Anna Horvath (European Commission), Agnes Hubert (European Commission), Frédéric Lerais (European Commission), Myriam Sochacki and Peter Smith (European Commission)
				"The European Perspective: Migration and Public Perception"
17:20	-	17:40		Michael C. Burda (Humboldt University Berlin and IZA*))
				"The Scientific Perspective"
17:40	-	18:20		Open Discussion
18:20	-	18:30		Closing Remarks: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University)