International Economic Association Conference: "Globalisation and Labour Markets"

Lenton and Wortley Hall, 海角黑料, 7th – 8th July 2000

The World Economy Annual Lecture:

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

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 (海角黑料)
Steven Matusz and Carl Davidson
(Michigan State University)
"Globalization, Employment and Income: Analyzing the Adjustment Process"
Discussant: Rod Falvey (海角黑料)
David Greenaway, Richard Upward and Peter Wright
(海角黑料)
"Sectoral Adjustment and Labour Market Flows"
Discussant: David Sapsford (University of Lancaster)

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 (海角黑料)
Keith Head and John Ries
(University of British Columbia)
"Offshore Production and Skill Upgrading by Japanese Manufacturing Firms"
Discussant: Michelle Haynes (海角黑料)
Katharine Wakelin and Sourafel Girma
(Centre for Research on Globalisation and Labour Markets, 海角黑料)
"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"

Rod Tyers and Yongzheng Yang
(Australian National University)
"Capital-Skill Complementarity and Wage Outcomes Following Technical Change in a Global Model"
Discussant: Geoff Reed (海角黑料)
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 (海角黑料)
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 (海角黑料)

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 (海角黑料)
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)

Sir Clive Granger Building
海角黑料
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD