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Labour Market Transitions of Young Women and Men: Innovative Research from 30 School-to-Work Transition Survey Datasets
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Werner Eichhorst (IZA), Sara Elder (ILO International Labour Organization) |
| Location: | Room XI, ILO Headquarters - Geneva |
| Date: | March 23, 2016 - March 24, 2016 |
Event Manager: |
Dominik Spitza (IZA) |
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| This event was made possible thanks to the partnership between the ILO’s Youth Employment Programme and The MasterCard Foundation.
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Program |
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Wednesday, March 23:
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09:45 |
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Arrival and Registration |
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10:00 |
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Opening Session |
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Azita Berar Awad (Director, Employment Policy Department, ILO)
Werner Eichhorst (Director of Labor Policy Europe, IZA)
Presentation of Agenda |
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10:30 |
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Sara Elder (Chief Technical Advisor, Work4Youth Project, ILO)
"Setting a Context: The Work4Youth Project" |
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11:15 |
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Coffee Break and Group Photo |
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Session A: Intergenerational Mobility |
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11:45 |
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Tushar Nandi and Sweta Lahiri (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India)
"Intergenerational Occupational Mobility among Youth (Bangladesh, El Salvador and Nepal)" |
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12:15 |
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Ana Lucia Kassouf and Marcos Garcias (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality of Opportunities among Youths in Brazil" |
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13:00 |
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Open Discussion
Discussants:
Steven Tobin (Senior Economist, Department of Research, ILO)
Aurelio Parisotto (Head, Country Policy Department and Coordination Unit, ILO) |
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14:30 |
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Lunch |
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Session B: Regional Studies |
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15:00 |
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Ralitza Dimova and Karim Stephan (University of Manchester, UK)
"Inequality of Opportunity and (Unequal) Opportunities in the Youth Labour Market: How Is the Arab World Different?" |
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15:30 |
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Edgar Cooke (Ashesi University College, Ghana)
"Unequal Opportunities and Labour Market Transitions in Selected African Countries" |
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16:15 |
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Open Discussion
Discussants:
Werner Eichhorst (Director of Labor Policy Europe, IZA)
Jacqueline O’Reilly (Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, The Centre for Research on Management and Employment (CROME), University of Brighton) |
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16:45 |
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Coffee Break |
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17:30 |
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Open Q&A/ Open discussion/ Activity on Future of Work |
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Thursday, March 24:
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10:00 |
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Recap of Day 1 and Introduction to Agenda for Day 2 and Coffee |
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Session C: Country Studies |
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Nikica Mojsoska Blazevski (University American College-Skopje, FYR Macedonia)
"Employment and Wage ‘Scarring’ when Youth Unemployment is Extremely High: Evidence from Macedonia" |
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Delphine Boutin (Center for Studies and Research in International Development (CERDI), University of Auvergne (France))
"Is there Ethnic Discrimination in the Ugandan Youth Labour Market?" |
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12:00 |
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Open Discussion
Discussants:
Jacqueline O’Reilly (Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, The Centre for Research on Management and Employment (CROME), University of Brighton)
Niall O’Higgins (Senior Research Specialist, Youth Employment Programme, ILO) |
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13:30 |
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Lunch |
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Session D: Special Themes |
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Cinzia Rienzo, Andy Newell, and Andy McKay (National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK)
"Job Satisfaction of Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis" |
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14:30 |
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Shuang Chen and Stuart Cameron (via video conference)
"Education, School-to-Work Transition, and Youth Employment: Evidence from Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam" |
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15:30 |
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Open Discussion
Discussants:
Werner Eichhorst (Director of Labor Policy Europe, IZA)
Valentina Barcucci (Programme Officer, Work4Youth Project, ILO) |
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15:45 |
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Coffee Break |
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16:45 |
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Panel Discussion: Future Research Areas in Youth Employment |
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Moderator: Sara Elder (Chief Technical Advisor, Work4Youth Project, ILO)
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17:00 |
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Closing |
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