2nd IZA/CREA Workshop: Exploring the Future of Work

Thursday, December 05:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:10		Welcome Remarks
				Session A: Automation and Firms
				Chair: Terry Gregory (IZA and ZEW)
09:10	-	09:50		Janis Umblijs (Institute for Social Research, Oslo)
				"The Impact of Robots on the Labor Market: Individual and Firm Level Evidence"
09:50	-	10:30		Clotilde Mahe (University of Luxembourg)
				"Return Migration and Self-employment: Is There a ‘Jack-of-All-Trades’ Effect?"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session B: Automation and Workers
				Chair: Ludivine Martin (LISER)
11:00	-	11:40		Florian Lehmer (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Melanie Arntz (Heidelberg University), Sabrina Genz (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Terry Gregory (IZA and ZEW), Markus Janser (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Britta Matthes (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg), Ulrich Zierahn (ZEW)
				"Technology Adaption, Employment Stability and Wage Changes"
11:40	-	12:20		Wiljan Van den Berge (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis), James Bessen (Boston University), Maarten Goos (Utrecht University), Anna Salomons (Utrecht University)
				"Automatic Reaction - What Happens to Workers at Firms that Automate?"
12:20	-	13:00		Ludivine Martin (LISER), Piotr Lewandowski (Institute for Structural Research (IBS) and IZA)
				"Do De-routinization and Exposure to Automation Influence Job Stress? Evidence from European Survey Data"
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session C: Incentive Schemes
				Chair: Jason Sockin (University of Pennsylvania)
14:00	-	14:40		Juan-Angel Matamala-Gonzalez (UCLA Anderson School of Management)
				"Workload and Effort: Working Faster When There is More Work to Do"
14:40	-	15:20		Jason Sockin (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Sockin (University of Texas at Austin)
				"The Role of Non-base Compensation in the United States"
15:20	-	15:50		Coffee Break
				Session D: Polarization and Wages
				Chair: Hilmar Schneider (IZA and University of Luxembourg)
15:50	-	16:30		Felix Koenig (Princeton University and IZA)
				"Technical Change and Superstar Effects: Evidence from the Roll-Out of TV"
16:30	-	17:10		Olivier Charlot (University of Cergy-Pontoise), Idriss Fontaine (University of La Réunion), Thepthida Sopraseuth (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
				"Employment Fluctuations, Job Polarization and Non-standard Work: Evidence from France and the US"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, December 06:

				Session E: Gender
				Chair: Luca Stella (Bocconi University and IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Berkay Özcan (London School of Economics), Cevat Giray Aksoy (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and IZA), Julia Philipp (London School of Economics)
				"Robots and the Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from Europe"
09:40	-	10:20		Luca Stella (Bocconi University and IZA), Massimo Anelli (Bocconi University and IZA), Osea Giuntella (University of Pittsburgh and IZA)
				"Robots, Labor Markets, and Demographic Behavior"
10:20	-	10:50		Coffee Break
				Session F: Trade and Offshoring
				Chair: Fabian Eckert (Princeton University)
10:50	-	11:30		Alejandro Micco (University of Chile)
				"Automation, Labor Markets, and Trade"
11:30	-	12:10		Bernhard Schmidpeter (University of Essex), Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (University of Linz and IZA)
				"Automation, Offshoring, and the Role of Public Policies"
12:10	-	12:50		Fabian Eckert (Princeton University), Sharat Ganapati (Georgetown University), Conor Walsh (Yale Universtiy)
				"Skilled Tradable Services: The Transformation of U.S. High-Skill Labor Markets"
12:50	-	13:50		Concluding Remarks and Farewell Lunch