2nd NEUJOBS Validation Event: Employment 2025 - How Will Multiple Transitions Affect the European Labor Market?

Wednesday, April 09:

09:45	-	10:15		Registration
10:15	-	10:30		Welcome Address Werner Eichhorst (IZA)
10:30	-	11:00		Ilaria Maselli (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS))
				"State of the Art in Research and Planning for the Book: Future of Labour Vol.1"
11:00	-	12:00		Session A: Care and Social Inclusion Services (WP 13)
				Chair: Sebastian Siegloch (IZA)
				Michaela Gstrein (IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna), Liliana Mateeva (IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna)
				"Childcare and Social Inclusion Services in the EU- An Employment Analysis"
				Attila Bartha (Central European University), Violetta Zentai (Central European University), Olena Fedyuk (Central European University)
				"Migrant Domestic Care Workers: State and Market-based Policy Mix"
				"The Role of Migrant Labour in Meeting European Care Demand" "Gender Equality and Care Choices in the Light of Population Aging"
12:00	-	13:00		Lunch
13:00	-	14:30		Session B: Employment of Women (WP 16)
				Chair: Marc Goffart (European Commission)
				Piotr Lewandowski (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Iga Magda (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Jan Baran (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Olena Fedyuk (Central European University (CEU CPS)), Attila Bartha (Central European University (CEU CPS))
				"Female's Employment Growth: The Role of Demography, Employment Intensity and Human Capital"
				Iga Magda (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Monika Potoczna (Institute for Structural Research (IBS))
				"Does Flexible Employment Pay? European Evidence on the Wage Perspectives of Female Workers"
				Iga Magda (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Agnieszka Chlon Dominczak (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), Agnieszka Kaminska (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)) "Women as a Potential of the European Labour Force"
14:30	-	16:00		Session C: Health Care, Goods and Services for an Aging Population (WP 12)
				Chair: Tomas Sirovatka (Masaryk University)
				Marek Radvansky (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Tomas Domonkos (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Peter Horvat (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Veronika Hvozdikova (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Ivan Lichner (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Tomas Miklosovic (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Viliam Palenik (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
				"Modelling the Economic Potential of the Silver Economy"
				Johannes Geyer (DIW Berlin), Erika Schulz (DIW Berlin)
				"Societal Change, Care Need and Long-Term Care Workforce in Selected European Countries"
				Erika Schulz (DIW Berlin), Flavia Coda Moscarola (CeRP Italy), Stanislawa Golinowska (CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research), Marek Radvansky (SAVBA Slovakia), Johannes Geyer (DIW Berlin)
				"Impact of Ageing on Curative Health Care Workforce in Selected EU Countries"
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30	-	17:30		Session D Energy and Green Jobs (WP 11)
				Chair: Werner Eichhorst (IZA)
				Arno Behrens (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), Caroline Coulie (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), Fabio Genoese (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), Monica Alessi (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), Julian Wieczorkiewicz (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), Christian Egenhofer (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS))
				"Impact of the Decarbonisation of the Energy System on Employment in Europe"
17:30	-	18:15		Discussion Panel 1
				Chair: Werner Eichhorst (IZA)
				Nico Pestel (IZA) [WP 11] Adelina Comas-Herrera (London School of Economics) [WP 12] Anna Ludwinek (Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions) [WP 13] Ania Plomien (London School of Economics) [WP 16]

Thursday, April 10:

				Session E
				Chair: Bert Colijn (The Conference Board)
09:00	-	10:00		Housing (WP 14)
				John Doling (University of Birmingham), Kees Dol (Delft University of Technology), Nick Horsewood (University of Birmingham)
				"Housing in the Socio-Ecological Transition"
				"Home Ownership, Mobility and Unemployment: A Re-Evaluation of the Oswald Thesis" "Home Ownership and Retirement Decision" "The Housing Market and Business Starts" "Jobs Creaton through Energy Renovation of the Housing Stock" "Employment in European Mortgage Markets"
10:00	-	11:00		Transportation (WP15)
				Rodric Frederix (Transport & Mobility Leuven), Christophe Heyndrickx (Transport & Mobility Leuven), Joko Purwanto (Transport & Mobility Leuven)
				"Effect of the Main Global Scenarios on the Transport Sector"
				Christophe Heyndrickx (Transport & Mobility Leuven), Roderic Frederix (Transport & Mobility Leuven), Joko Purwanto (Transport & Mobility Leuven)
				"Sustainable Urban Transport Strategies and Job Creation"
11:00	-	11:30		Coffee Break
11:30	-	12:30		Session F: Employment of the Elderly (WP 17)
				Chair: Iain Begg (London School of Economics)
				Kene Henkens (NIDI - Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute), Harry Van Dalen (NIDI - Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute), Mo Wang (University of Florida)
				"Recharging or Retiring Older Workers? Uncovering the Age-Based Strategies of European Employers"
				Claudia Villosio (Collegio Carlo Alberto), Michele Belloni (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
				"The Effect of Training on Older Workers’ Wage: Evidence from Europe"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session G
				Chair: Mehtap Akgüç (IZA)
13:30	-	14:30		Labor Immigration Policy and Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants in Europe (WP 18)
				Katarina Eisele (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS))
				"Why Come Here if I Can Go There? Assessing the “Attractiveness” of the EU’s Blue Card Directive for “Highly Qualified” Immigrants"
				Katarina Eisele (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)) "The US Labour Immigration Scheme – All about Being Attractive? EU Perceptions and Stakeholders’ Perspectives Reviewed"
14:30	-	16:00		Policy Puzzles with Roma Employment (WP 19)
				Vera Messing (Central European University)
				"Policy Brief on Patterns of Roma Employment in Europe"
				Lucia Mýtna Kureková (Slovak Governance Institute), Judit Kontsekova (Slovak Governance Institute)
				"Policy Puzzles with Roma Employment: Case Study of Slovakia"
				Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA), Vera Messing (CEU), Brian Fabo (CELSI), Klara Brozovicova (CELSI)
				"Roma Integration: Skills, Incentives, Policy Options"
16:00	-	16:30		Coffee Break
16:30	-	17:30		Discussion Panel 2
				Chair: Chris Ball (The Age and Employment Network)
				Eva Sierminska (CEPS/INSTEAD and IZA) [WP 14] Willi Haas (University of Klagenfurt) [WP 15] Chris Ball (The Age and Employment Network) [WP 17] Corrado Giulietti (IZA) [WP 18] Viola Zentai (Central European University) [WP 19]
17:30	-	18:30		Committee Meetings
19:00				Dinner

Friday, April 11:

09:00	-	10:00		Keynote Speech Duncan Campbell (ILO International Labour Organization and IZA)
10:00	-	11:00		Coffee Break and Poster Session
				Metin Akyol (Darmstadt University of Technology)
				"Do Educational Vouchers Reduce Inequality and Inefficiency in Education?"
				Stuart Campbell (University of London)
				"Over-Education among A8 Migrants in the UK"
				Salvatore Lo Bello (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Iacopo Morchio (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
				"Parental Links and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the UK"
				Milena Nikolova (University of Maryland), Carol Graham (Brookings Institution and IZA)
				"Employment, Late-Life Work, Retirement, and Well-being in Europe and the United States"
				Christian Rulff (Ruhr University Bochum), Julia Bredtmann (Ruhr University Bochum), Sebastian Otten (Ruhr University Bochum)
				"Husband's Unemployment and Wife's Labor Supply - The Added Worker Effect across Europe"
				Wiljan Van den Berge (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
				"Displaced Workers and the Effects of Outplacement and Severance Pay"
11:00	-	12:30		Integration Session (WP’s 1, 9, 10)
				Chair: Miroslav Beblavy (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS))
				Willi Haas (University of Klagenfurt)
				"Several Birds with One Stone: How Different European Response Scenarios Promote or Hinder Synergies for both Job and Sustainability Issues"
				Baptiste Boitier (Société Europèenne d’Economie (SEURECO)), Baptiste Boitier (SEURECO), Nicolas Lancesseur (Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne & SEURECO), Paul Zagamé (SEURECO)
				"Employment Impacts of the Innovation Union Achievement: First Results"
				Hilmar Schneider (CEPS/INSTEAD and IZA)
				"The Consequences of Demographic Change on Labor Demand, Wages and Social Security Systems in Europe"
12:30	-	13:30		Lunch
13:30	-	14:15		Future of Labour Vol.2 and Closing Address Miroslav Beblavy (Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS))

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