Presenters’ names underlined.
Thursday - 14 May 2009
Location: Room "Aula 2" - Via Angherà 22, Rimini
Morning Session
Chair: Maurizio Mussoni (University of Bologna, and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy)
09.00 a.m. - 9.40 a.m.
Karyn Morrissey (National University Ireland, Galway and Teagasc Rural Economy Research Centre, Ireland), Cathal O’Donoghue (Teagasc Rural Economy Research Centre, Ireland) and Joanne Banks (ESRI, Ireland)
“Labour Force Participation and Monetary poverty in Ireland: An Urban-Rural Comparison”
9.40 a.m. - 10.20 a.m.
Lorenzo Casaburi (University of Bologna and Harvard University) and G. Alfredo Minerva (University of Bologna)
“Spatial Clustering and Production to order Choice ”
10.20 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Alejandro Díaz-Bautista (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte)
“Economic Growth, Integration and Regional Convergence: Differences between North America
and Europe”
11.00 a.m. – 11.40 a.m.
Adriana Galvani (University of Bologna) and Zuhra Kodirova (University of Bologna)
“Spatial factors of Job Creation and Destruction”
11.40 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. BREAK
12:00-13:00
Keynote Adress
Chair: Theo Panagiotidis (University of Macedonia and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Speaker: Gerald A. Carlino (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
"Why Cities?"
01.00 p.m. – 02.50 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session
Chair: Silvia Grandi (University of Bologna and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
02.50 p.m. – 03.30 p.m.
Johan H.L. Oud (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands),
Henk Folmer (University of Groningen and University of Wageningen, The Netherlands),
Roberto Patuelli (University of Lugano, Switzerland, The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy) and Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“A Spatial-Dependence Continuous-Time Model for Regional Unemployment in Germany”
03.30 p.m. - 04.10 p.m.
Wolfgang Polasek (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis),
Wolfgang Schwarzbauer (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria) and Richard Sellner (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria)
“Human capital diffusion and regional growth in Switzerland”
04.10 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. BREAK
04.30 p.m. – 5.10 p.m.
Andrew E. Clark (Paris School of Economics and IZA), Orsolya Lelkes (European Centre, Vienna)
“Let Us Pray: Religious Interactions in Life Satisfaction”
5.10 p.m. – 5.50 p.m.
05.50 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Christelle Garrouste (University of Padua) and Massimo Loi (University of Padua)
“Transition Paths From School To Work: Evidences From The German Socio-Economic Panel”
06.30 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Alexander Cordes (NIW)
“Skill-specific employment growth and training provision in West German manufacturing firms in the
regional context of functional specialisation”
07.10 p.m. Adjourn
8:00 Dinner
Friday - 15 May 2009
Location: Room "Aula 2" - Via Angherà 22, Rimini
Morning Session
Chair: Roberto Patuelli (University of Lugano, Switzerland, and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy)
09.00 a.m. - 9.40 a.m.
José M. Albert (Universitat Jaume I, Spain ), Marta R. Casanova (Universitat Jaume I , Spain), and Vicente Orts(Universitat Jaume I , Spain)
“Spatial location patterns of Spanish manufacturing firms”
9.40 a.m. - 10.20 a.m.
Valter Di Giacinto (Bank of Italy) and Marcello Pagnini (Bank of Italy)
“Agglomeration within and between Regions: Two Econometric Based Indicators”
10.20 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Alessia Matano (University of Rome), Paolo Naticchioni (University of Rome and Université Catholique de Louvain)
“Externalities and WageDistribution: The Role of Sorting”
11.00 a.m. – 11.40 a.m.
Silvia Grandi (University of Bologna and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
“Trade liberalisation and intersectoral reallocation of labour in Italian industrial districts:
preliminary outcomes”
11.40 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. BREAK
12:00-13:00
Keynote Adress:
Chair: Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Bologna, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center SAIS and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy)
Speaker: Gilles Duranton (University of Toronto, Canada and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy)
“California Dreamin’: The feeble case for cluster policies”
01.00 p.m. – 02.50 p.m. LUNCH BREAK (Room: AULA 2)
Afternoon Session
Chair: Wolfgang Polasek (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
02.50 p.m. – 03.30 p.m.
Natalia Presman (Bank of Israel, Israel) and Vadim Klepfish (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
“The Convergence of Regional Unemployment Rates in Israel”
03.30 p.m. - 04.10 p.m.
Joanna Tyrowicz (University of Warsaw, Poland) and Piotr Wojcik (University of Warsaw, Poland)
“Nonlinear Stochastic Convergence Analysis of Regional Unemployment Rates in Poland”
04.10 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. BREAK
04.30 p.m. – 5.10 p.m.
Konstantin A. Kholodilin (DIW), Alexei Oshchepkov, and Boriss Siliverstovs
“The Russian regional convergence process: Where does it go?”
5.10 p.m. – 5.50 p.m.
Pierre M. Picard (University of Manchester) and Tim Worrall (University of Manchester)
“Self-enforcing migration policies”
05.50 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Elena Di Liberto (Università di Palermo) and Marianna Lo Jacono (Università di Trieste)
“Female migration in Italy: job conditions and integration opportunities”
06.30 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Giuseppe Croce (University of Rome, Italy), Emanuela Ghignoni (University of Rome, Italy)
“Employer-provided training and knowledge spillovers. Evidence from Italian local labour markets”
7:10 p.m. End of workshop
8:00 Dinner
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