Programme and documents
| THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2015 | |
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| 08:15 | Shuttle Bus transfer from the Electra Palace Hotel on Aristotelous Square |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Arrival and registration |
| 09:30 – 09:45 |
Welcome and opening |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Session 1: Education and skills formation
Chair Francis Green Understanding Educational Impacts: The Role of Literacy and Numeracy Skills Skilled or educated? Educational reforms, human capital and earnings |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Coffee break and poster session 1
Local labour market size and qualification mismatch
Michael Maier Skill Mismatch and Wage Inequality Regional Upgrading or Regional Downgrading? Over-education and underemployment in Greece’s lagging-behind regions Skill Biased Technical Change: Panel Evidence of Task Orientation and Wage Effects |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Key note address
Chair Pascaline Descy Prof. Peter Cappelli Skill Gaps, Skill Shortages, and Skill Mismatches: Evidence and Arguments |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Session 2: Training and Institutions
Chair Solomon Polachek Christine Dauth (née Singer) Do low-skilled workers benefit from further training subsidies? Individual and institutional determinants of skills underutilization |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee break and poster session 1 |
| 15:45 – 17:15 | Session 3: Skill mismatch, macro consequences
Chair Ferran Mane Labour market mismatch and labour productivity: Evidence from PIAAC Data |
| 17:30 – 21:00 | Guided city tour of Thessaloniki and welcome ouzo & meze |
| 21:00 | Shuttle bus transfer to the Electra Palace Hotel on Aristotelous Square |