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         Workshop on Ageing workforces, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), September 6, 2010

Keynote speaker: Jan van Ours (Tilburg, University of Melbourne; CEPR) 
on
Age, Wage and Productivity

The European population is ageing due to demographic changes, so does the workforce of European firms. Such a trend is likely to remain for the foreseeable future and it will be reinforced by the willingness of public authorities to expand employment among individuals aged 50 or more. But are employers willing to employ older workers? A one-day workshop  focussing on the labour market implications of ageing  and the employability of older individuals will be held at the Université Catholique de Louvain/Economic School of Louvain/ IRES (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) on September 6, 2010 .

Programme (9 am-5.30 pm)  

- Welcome of  participants (9-9.15 am)

- Paper 1. Van Ours, J. (Tilburg, University of Melbourne; CEPR) & : AGE, WAGE AND PRODUCTIVITY [with  L. Stoeldraijer ]

- Paper 2. Dostie, B. (HEC Montréal, CIRANO, CIRPÉE and IZA Bonn): WAGES,  PRODUCTIVITY AND AGING

Morning coffee break (11-11.15 am)

- Paper 3. Rigo, M. (Central European University) , THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRODUCTIVITY-WAGE GAPS FOLLOWING THE TRANSITION IN THE HUNGARY. Evidence from linked Employer-Employee data [with  A. Lovasz]

- Paper 4.  Ilmakunnas, P. (Aalto University School of Economics) , DIVERSITY AT THE WORKPLACE: WHOM DOES IT BENEFIT?

Lunch (12.45 am -2 pm)

- Paper 5. Goebel , Ch. (ZEW), WHICH PERSONNEL MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE IN INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF OLDER WORKERS? [with Th. Zwick]

- Paper 6. Parisi, M-L (Università di Brescia)., EXPERIENCE, INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY. Empirical evidence from Italy’s slowdown  [with F. Daveri]

Afternoon break (3.30-3.45 pm)

- Paper 7. Vandenberghe, V. (IRES, Université catholique de Louvain), AGEING WORKFORCE, PRODUCTIVITY AND LABOUR COSTS OF BELGIAN FIRMS  [with  F. Waltenberg]              Presentation

- Paper 8 . Rycx, F .(Dulbea, Université Libre de Bruxelles), "PRODUCTIVITY-WAGE GAPS AMONG AGE GROUPS: DOES FIRM ENVIRONMENT MATTER?" [with  A. Cataldi & S. Kampelmann]

Organising Committee

Prof. Vincent Vandenberghe (vincent.vandenberghe@uclouvain.be)
Claudine Stage (claudine.stage@uclouvain.be)

Scientific committee

Prof. David de la Croix
Prof. William  Parienté
Prof. Frédéric  Docquier
Prof. Hylke Vandenbussche 

Funding for this event is provided by the Belgian Federal Government - SPP Politique scientifique, programme "Société et Avenir", The Consequences of an Ageing Workforce on the Productivity of the Belgian Economy,  research contract TA/10/031A.



Workshop on Ageing workforces, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), September 6, 2010
Collège Jacques Leclerq, 1 place Montesquieu (click to visualise map)
Auditorium Lecl 61

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