IZA Workshop: Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities

Thursday, March 01:

18:00	-	19:00		Registration at IZA
19:00	-	19:45		Project Introduction by Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University)
20:00				Dinner

Friday, March 02:

09:30				Session I
				Chair: Jan C. van Ours (Erasmus School of Economics and IZA)
10:00	-	10:20		Sara de la Rica (University of the Basque Country and IZA*))
				"The Spanish Report"
10:20	-	10:40		Denis Fougère (Sciences Po, Paris and IZA*))
				"The French Report"
10:40	-	11:00		Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex and IZA*))
				"The British Report"
11:00	-	12:00		Discussion
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch
13:00	-	14:00		Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA*))
				"Searching for a Unifying Framework"
				General discussion
14:00	-	14:30		Coffee/Tea Break
14:29				Session II
				Chair: Mihails Hazans (University of Latvia and IZA)
14:30	-	14:50		Vasile Ghetau (University of Bucharest*))
				"The Romanian Report"
14:50	-	15:10		Zoltan Kantor (Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs*))
				"The Hungarian Report"
15:10	-	15:30		Michal Vasecka (Masaryk University and IZA*))
				"The Slovak Report"
15:30	-	16:15		Discussion
16:15	-	16:45		Coffee/Tea Break
16:45				Session III
				Chair: Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex and IZA)
16:45	-	17:05		Mihails Hazans (University of Latvia and IZA*))
				"The Latvian Report"
17:05	-	17:25		Peder J. Pedersen (Aarhus University and IZA*))
				"The Danish Report"
17:25	-	17:45		Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam and IZA*))
				"The Dutch Report"
17:45	-	18:30		Discussion
19:30				Dinner

Saturday, March 03:

09:30	-	10:30		Individual discussions
10:30	-	11:00		Jan C. van Ours (Tilburg University and IZA) "Research Agenda beyond the Country Reports"
11:00	-	12:00		Individual discussions
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch