International Economic Association Conference: "Globalisation and Labour Markets"

Lenton and Wortley Hall, University of Nottingham, 7th – 8th July 2000

The World Economy Annual Lecture:

• Jagdish Bhagwati (Columbia University)
  "Is There Life After Seattle? Reflections on the Prospects for Globalisation"

1. Labour Market Microstructure and Adjustment

• Peter Neary
  (University College Dublin) "Competition, Trade and Wages "
  Discussant: Carl Davidson (Michigan State University)
• Steve Machin and Eli Berman
  (University College London and CEP) 
  "Skill-Biased Technology Transfer: Evidence on The Factor Bias of Technological Change in Developing and Developed Countries"
  Discussant: Don Siegel (University of Nottingham)
• Steven Matusz and Carl Davidson
  (Michigan State University) 
  "Globalization, Employment and Income: Analyzing the Adjustment Process"
  Discussant: Rod Falvey (University of Nottingham)
• David Greenaway, Richard Upward and Peter Wright
  (University of Nottingham) 
  "Sectoral Adjustment and Labour Market Flows"
  Discussant: David Sapsford (University of Lancaster)

2. International Ownership, Wages and Employment

• Karl Taylor and Nigel Driffield
  (Cardiff Business School, University of Wales) 
  "Wage dispersion and the role of multinationals: Evidence from UK panel data"
  Discussant: Mary Amiti (University of Melbourne)
• Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko
  (Stockholm School of Economics) 
  "Outward Investment, Employment and Wages in Swedish Multinationals"
  Discussant: Holger Görg (University of Nottingham)
• Keith Head and John Ries
  (University of British Columbia) 
  "Offshore Production and Skill Upgrading by Japanese Manufacturing Firms"
  Discussant: Michelle Haynes (University of Nottingham)
• Katharine Wakelin and Sourafel Girma
  (Centre for Research on Globalisation and Labour Markets, University of Nottingham) 
  "Are there regional spillovers from FDI in the UK?"
  Discussant: Catia Montagna (University of Dundee)
• Overview paper - André Sapir
  (University of Brussels) 
  "Who is Afraid of Globalisation? The Challenge of Domestic Adjustment in Europe and America" 

3. Trade, Wages and Employment

• Rod Tyers and Yongzheng Yang
  (Australian National University) 
  "Capital-Skill Complementarity and Wage Outcomes Following Technical Change in a Global Model"
  Discussant: Geoff Reed (University of Nottingham)
• Sebastien Jean and Olivier Bontout
  (CEPII and CEPR) 
  "What Drove Relative Wages in France? Structural Decomposition Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework 1970-1992"
  Discussant: Chris Milner (University of Nottingham)
• Barbara Dluhosch and Michael Burda
  (University of Munich) 
  "Fragmentation, Globalisation and Labour Markets"
  Discussant: Adrian Wood (University of Sussex)
• Augustin Fosu
  (African Economic Research Consortium) 
  "Trade and Labour Market Adjustment in Developing Countries"
  Discussant: Kwan Choi (Iowa State University)
• Donald Davis and David Weinstein
  (Columbia University and NBER) 
  "Do Factor Endowments Matter for North-North Trade?"
  Discussant: Peter Neary (University College Dublin)
• Rod Tyers and Yongzheng Yang (Australian National University)  Discussant: Geoff Reed (University of Nottingham)

4. Migration, Wages and Employment

• Doug Nelson and Noel Gaston
  (Murphy Institute of Political Economy, Tulane University) 
  "The Employment and Wage Effects of Immigration: Trade and Labour Economics Perspectives"
  Discussant: Jonathan Haskel (Queen Mary and Westfield College)
• Thomas Bauer and Klaus Zimmerman
  (IZA, Bonn) 
  "Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD Countries"
  Discussant: Zhihao Yu (University of Nottingham)
• Matthew Slaughter and Gordon Hanson
  (Dartmouth College and NBER) 
  "Labour-Market Adjustment in Open Economies: Evidence from US States"
  Discussant: Matthias Lücke (Kiel Institute of World Economics)

Poster session: PhD Students in GLM and the School of Economics

• Neil Foster 
  "International Trade and Economic Growth in Developing Countries"
• Nuno Sousa 
  "Host Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in the UK"
• Pawin Talerngsri 
  "Locational Characteristics and Industrial Patterns of FDI in LDCs: A Case of Japanese Direct Investment in Thailand"
• Niven Winchester 
  "The Impact of Trade on Wages: a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis"