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4th IZA Workshop on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets: Migration, Crisis, and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U

Organizers: Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Location:Budapest, Hungary
Date:July 01, 2011 - July 02, 2011

Event Manager:

Ulrike Maurer (IZA)

Program

Friday, July 01:

13:00 - 13:45   Registration and Lunch Buffet
 
13:45 - 14:00   Opening Remarks by Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn) and Martin Kahanec (Central European Institute and IZA)
 
        Session A: European Union Perspectives
  Chair: Alan Barrett (Trinity College Dublin and IZA)
 
14:00 - 14:30   Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration"
 
14:30 - 15:00   Tito Boeri (Bocconi University and IZA)
  "The Redistributive Impacts of Migration after the EU's Eastern Enlargement"
 
15:00 - 15:30   Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn), Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
"Return Migration of EU Enlargement Migrants after the Crisis"
 
15:30 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
        Session B: Receiving Countries' Perspectives
  Chair: Pawel Kaczmarczyk (Warsaw University)
 
16:00 - 16:30   Alessandra Venturini (University of Turin and IZA)
  "The Case of Italy"
 
16:30 - 17:00   Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "The Case of Germany"
 
17:00 - 17:30   Alan Barrett (Trinity College Dublin and IZA)
  "The Case of Ireland"
 
17:30 - 18:00   Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University and IZA)
  "The Case of Sweden"
 
19:00       Dinner and Cruise
 

Saturday, July 02:

        Session C: Sending Countries' Perspectives
  Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)
 
09:00 - 09:30   Mihails Hazans (University of Latvia and IZA)
  "The Case of Latvia"
 
09:30 - 10:00   Lucia Mýtna Kureková (Central European University, Budapest), Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)
  "The Case of Slovakia"
 
10:00 - 10:30   Pawel Kaczmarczyk (Warsaw University)
  "The Case of Poland"
 
10:30 - 11:00   Monica Roman (University of Economics, Budapest), Daniela Andren (Orebro University, Sweden)
  "The Case of Romania"
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
        Session D: Migration, Crisis, and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U
Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
11:30 - 12:00   Tatiana Fic (National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)), Dawn Holland (NIESR), Pawel Paluchowski (NIESR)
  "Labour Mobility within the EU: Recent Trends"
 
12:00 - 12:30   Roundtable Discussion
 
12:30       Closing Remarks
 
12:30 - 14:00   Lunch
 




List of Participants

Alan Barrett (Trinity College Dublin and IZA)
Tito Boeri (Bocconi University and IZA)
Tatiana Fic (National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
Mihails Hazans (University of Latvia and IZA)
Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)
Pawel Kaczmarczyk (Warsaw University)
Lucia Kurekova (Central European University)
Monica Roman (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
Alessandra Venturini (University of Turin and IZA)
Eskil Wadensjö (Stockholm University and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)