The Research Institute for Industrial Economics (IFN), The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy and CIBER at Michigan State University has arranged a workshop on globalization and labor markets. Trade models with heterogeneous firms have been a major focus of research for the past decade. More recently, some trade theorists have begun to enrich these models by incorporating heterogeneity in the labor market as well. Such research holds the potential to uncover connections between the nexus of worker and firm decisions with characteristics of the global environment. The idea of the workshop was to bring together a small group of theorists who are working on such models with empiricists who are familiar with matched worker-firm data sources.
The workshop took place at Villa Källhagen, beautifully situated on the Djurgården pensinsula in the middle of Stockholm.
Organizer: Fredrik Sjöholm
Participants
Carl Davidson, Michigan State University
Fabrice Defever, University of Nottingham
Gabriel Felbermayr, University of Hohenheim
Fredrik Heyman,IFN
Alexander Hijzen, OECD
Henrik Horn, IFN
Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham
Steven Matusz, Michigan State University
Pedro Martins, Queen Mary
Devashish Mitra, University of Syracuse
Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, Helsinki School of Economics
Pehr-Johan Norbäck, IFN
Lars Persson, IFN
Priay Ranjan, University of California
Stephen Redding, Yale University
Thorsten Schank, University of Nurnberg
Fredrik Sjöholm, IFN
Nick Sly, Michigan State University
Richard Upward, University of Nottingham
Peter Wright, University of Nottingham
Susan Zhu, Michigan State University
Anders Åkerman, IFN
Program
--- Friday December 5 ---
| 10.00 |
Coffee |
| 10.15 |
Welcome |
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Chair: Peter Wright |
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| 10.30–11.30 |
Session I: Testing Trade Models |
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1. |
Carl Davidson – Michigan State University |
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2. |
Susan Zhu – Michigan State University |
| 11.30–12.30 |
Session II: Empirical Studies 1 |
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1. |
Fredrik Sjöholm – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
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2. |
Alexander Hijzen – OECD |
| 12.30–13.30 | Lunch |
Chair: Fredrik Sjöholm
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13.30–14.30 |
Session III: Theoretical Developments 1 |
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1. |
Devashish Mitra – Syracuse University, and Priya Ranjan – University of California, Irvine |
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2. |
Udo Kreickemeier – Nottingham University |
| 14.30–15.00 |
Coffee |
| 15.00–16.00 |
Session IV: Theoretical Developments 2 |
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1. |
Nicholas Sly – Michigan State University |
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2. |
Stephen Redding – Yale University |
| 16.00–17.00 |
Session V: Matched Worker-Firm Data 1 |
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Chair: Carl Davidson |
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1. |
Pedro Martins – Queen Mary |
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2. |
Peter Wright – University of Nottingham |
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3. |
Thorsten Schank – University of Nurnberg |
| 19.00 | Conference Dinner at Villa Källhagen |
--- Saturday December 6 ---
Chair: Carl Davidson
| 09.00–10.00 |
Session VI: Empirical Studies 2 |
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1. |
Fredrik Heyman – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
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2. |
Richard Upward – University of Nottingham |
| 10.00 |
Coffee |
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Chair: Steven Matusz |
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| 10.20–11.20 |
Session VII: Theoretical Developments 3 |
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1. |
Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
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2. |
Gabriel Felbermayr – University of Hohenheim |
| 11.20–12.20 |
Session VIII: Matched Worker-Firm Data 2 |
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1. |
Anders Åkerman – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) |
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2. |
Katariina Nilsson Hakkala – Helsinki School of Economics |
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3. |
Fabrice Defever – University of Nottingham |
| 12.20–12.30 | Summarizing of the Conference |
| 12.30 | Lunch |