| 13:30 - 13:40 |
Welcome
speech T. Lennon, Programme Director, European Commission DG-Research |
| 13:40 - 14:00 |
What are the key policy issues? Dr. Rita Asplund, project coordinator, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy |
| 14:00 - 14:10 |
David Dion, European Commission
(DG-EAC) |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
Key policy recommendations emerging from
the project Dr. Rita Asplund, project coordinator, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy |
| 14:30 - 14:50 |
Discussion |
| 14:50 - 15:40 |
Structure
of and inter-temporal changes in wage inequality in Europe Prof. Panos Tsakloglou, CERES, Athens, Greece |
| Economic
effects of demographic and educational change Prof. Claudio Lucifora, FEEM, Milan, Italy |
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| The
dynamics of changing wage distributions in Europe Prof. Pedro Telhado Pereira, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal |
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| 15:40 - 16:00 |
Discussion |
| 16.00 - 16.15 |
Coffee |
| 16.15 - 17.00 |
Major
policy-relevant explanations for the observed patterns and trends: The
role of labour market institutions and flexibility arrangement Prof. Erling Barth, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway |
| Major
policy-relevant explanations for the observed patterns and trends: The
role of over-education, school quality and gender Prof. Peter Dolton, London School of Economics, UK |
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| Market
failures and the under-provision of training Prof. Giorgio Brunello, University of Padova, Italy |
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| 17.00 - 17.20 |
Discussion |
| 17.20 - 17.30 |
Summary and final discussion |