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High-level Seminar on Labour Market Experiences: towards more Efficient Labour Markets

High-level Seminar on Labour Market Experiences: towards more Efficient Labour Markets

11 May 2010
Madrid

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On May 11, 2010, the Banco de España hosted the seminar “Towards More Efficient Labour Markets”, which it jointly organized with the International Monetary Fund.Opening remarks were provided by Miguel Fernández Ordóñez, Governor of the Banco de España, and Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department of the IMF. The seminar compared labour market experiences across European and OECD countries, with special attention to the labour market performance of different institution frameworks during the recent financial crisis.

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11 May 2010
09.15 - 10.00: Miguel Fernández Ordóñez (84 KB) – Governor (Banco de España)
Olivier Blanchard - Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department (IMF)
10.00 - 11.30: Chair: José Luis Malo de Molina (Banco de España)
“The concept of flexisecurity. How is it operational in other countries?”, Torben M.
Andersen (86 KB) (University of Aarhus)
“Labour market segmentation”, Tito Boeri (981 KB) (Bocconi University)
Discussants:
Samuel Bentolila (717 KB) (CEMFI)
Miguel Ángel Malo (Universidad of Salamanca) (109 KB)
12.00 - 13.30: Session II: Wage formation and collective bargaining models
Chair: James Daniel (IMF)
“Experiences from other European labour markets”, Giuseppe Bertola (275 KB) (University of Turin)
“Wage formation in Spain”, Juan Francisco Jimeno (391 KB) (Banco de España)
Discussants:
José Ignacio Pérez Infante (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
Marcel Jansen (272 KB) (Universidad Autónoma, Madrid)
16.00 - 17.30: Chair: Ángel Torres (Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain)
“Experiences in other OECD countries”, Stefano Scarpetta (390 KB) (OECD)
“International evidence on employment policies and labour market performance”,
Florence Jaumotte (365 KB) (IMF)
Discussants:
Karl Pichelmann (941 KB) (EU Commission)
Inmaculada Cebrián (118 KB) (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares)
18.00 - 19.30: Round table
Speakers:
Olivier Blanchard (IMF)
José Luis Malo de Molina (185 KB) (Banco de España)
Raymond Torres (287 KB) (International Institute for Labour Studies. ILO)

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