The II Banco de Portugal and Banco de España Conference on Labour Economics was held in Madrid, May 21-22, 2024.
The conference aimed at bringing together leading economists to discuss research on labour markets including topics such as productivity, inflation and wages and the impact of labour market institutions.
Elena Pastorino (Stanford University) and Lucas Karabarbounis (University of Minnesota) acted as keynote speakers.
21 May 2024 - 22 May 2024
Banco de España, Madrid
Programme ( 759 KB )
Speakers
21 May
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- 09:30h - 10:00h
- Hugo Reis (Banco de Portugal) and Carlos Thomas (Banco de España)
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- 10:00h - 11:00h
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Job security and liquid wealth
Speaker: Ana Figueiredo
(3 MB) (VU Amsterdam)Discussant: Hugo Reis (Banco de Portugal)
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- 11:00h - 11:30h
- Coffee break
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- 11:30h - 13:30h
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Heterogeneity and hysteresis
Speaker: Mike Elsby (University of Edinburgh)
Discussant: Diego Puga (CEMFI)
Who pays for training? Theory and evidence on firm-level differences in training investments
Speaker: Daniela Vidart
(1 MB) (University of Connecticut)Discussant: Josep Pijoan
(201 KB) (CEMFI)
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- 13:30h - 15:00h
- Lunch break
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- 15:00h - 17:00h
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Measuring productivity of working from home
Speaker: Christine Braum
(587 KB) (Warwick University)Discussant: Beatriz Gónzalez
(762 KB) (Banco de España)The macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance extensions: a policy rule-based identification approach
Speaker: Rubén Domínguez-Díaz
(850 KB) (Banco de España)Discussant: Omar Rachedi
(98 KB) (Esade)
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- 17:00h - 18:00h
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Revisiting the employment effects of the Americans with disabilities act
Elena Pastorino
(1 MB) (Stanford University)
22 May
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- 10:00h - 11:00h
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On the asymmetrical sensitivity of the distribution of real wages to business cycle fluctuations
Speaker: Pedro Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Discussant: Siqi Wei
(375 KB) (IE)
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- 11:00h - 11:30h
- Coffee break
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- 11:30h - 12:30h
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Why do people dislike inflation? Wage erosion and conflict
Speaker: Jonathon Hazell
(1 MB) (London School of Economics)Discussant: Ernesto Villanueva
(834 KB) (Banco de España)
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- 12:30h - 13:30h
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Minimum wages and labor markets in the twin cities
Speaker: Loukas Karabarbounis (University of Minnesota)
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- 13:30h - 13:30h
- Light lunch