FIW-Workshop "Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes"

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 8:30 a.m - 5:00 p.m..
Austrian Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Arsenal Object 20, 1030 Vienna

The goal of this one-day workshop on Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes is to bring together leading theoretical and empirical economists from the field to stimulate interaction and instigate policy conclusions based on novel research that combines new theory with new empirics. The one-day workshop will deal with the relationship between trade, migration and labor markets, a theme that has gained particular policy attention, given the increased concerns of internationalisation patterns and migration flows for home country labor market outcomes. We are delighted to welcome Prof. Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics and Political Science) as our keynote speaker, additionally the workshop will consist of three academic sessions.

The workshop is organised by Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in cooperation within the Research Center International Economics (FIW).

The FIW is a project of the The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). It is a collaboration of WIFO, wiiw, WSR and Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Vienna and Johannes Kepler University Linz.

(Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, are posted on our website after the workshop.)

Photo Gallery

8:30     Registration, coffee

9:00     Opening Remarks:

Marcus Scheiblecker (WIFO), Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW)

9:15    Session I – Globalization and the Labor Market
Chair: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

·         Nora Strecker (with Peter Egger and Sergey Nigai - ETH Zurich)
The Taxing Deed of Globalization: The effects of trade and migration
 on composition of and contribution to tax revenues

Presentation Strecker

·         Jörn Kleinert (University of Graz)
Trade, Labor Markets and Migration

Presentation Kleinert

          Discussion

 10:45   Coffee break

 11:00   Keynote Lecture by Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics)

"Immigration, Trade and Productivity in Services: Evidence from UK Firms"

Presentation Ottaviano

12:30   Lunch

13:45   Session II – Labor Market Institutions and Migration

Chair: Karin Mayr (University of Vienna)

·         Herbert Brücker (IAB)
Refugee Migration into the EU and  Germany

Presentation Brücker

·         Martin Guzi (Masaryk University Brno)
What explains Immigrant-Native gaps in European Labor Markets: The role of institutions

Presentation Guzi

                        Discussion

15:15   Coffee Break

15:30   Session III – Ethnicity, Culture and International Migration

            Chair: Elisabeth Christen (WIFO)

·         Mariola Pytlikova (VSB-Technical University Ostrava)
Do Natives' Attitudes influence International Migration? - Cancelled

·         Peter Huber (WIFO)
Ethnic diversity and the employment prospects of immigrants   

Presentation Huber

Discussion

17:00   End