ISome 60 academics and policy makers from around Europe and the USA are set to gather at the 黑料网 on 17 and 18 November to discuss the role of mobility for low and high earnings in the European Union and the United States.
The two-day Conference, marks the formal launch of the University鈥檚 Centre for European Labour Market Research, located within the Department of Economics.
Venue for the event, which is being organised on behalf of the LoWer (European Low-wage Employment Research Network), is the Auditorium, King鈥檚 College Conference Centre
The opening address is to be given by Professor Robert Gregory, Australian National University and Els van Winckel of the European Commission.
Director of the new Centre, Professor Ioannis Theodossiou, said: 鈥淭he Centre aims to be one of the leading centres of research excellence into labour market issues in Europe. It has a distinct European profile with a number of major projects funded by the European Union.
鈥淭he Centre will focus on four research programmes: education, skills and labour mobility; inequality in the labour market; health and work; and the public sector and wage determination.鈥�
Professor Peter Sloane, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, added: 鈥淭he University鈥檚 Department of Economics has a long-established and distinguished tradition of research in labour market economics. It is also a long-standing and active member of the LoWER Network. Hosting this Autumn Conference in Aberdeen was therefore the ideal opportunity for us to launch our new Centre.
鈥淭he event has attracted leading academics and policy makers in this field, including Professor Peter Gottschalk, Boston College; Professor Niels Westerg氓rd-Neilsen, University of Arhus; Professor Stephen Machin, University College London; Professor David Metcalf, London School of Economic and the Low Pay Commission as well as many other distinguished labour economists.
During the two days, the delegates will discuss a range of issues from 鈥淭he gender gap and part-time work鈥� and 鈥淛ob and wage mobility at the beginning of a worker鈥檚 career: the low-skilled versus the university graduate鈥� to 鈥淭he concept of job quality in relation to pay and earnings mobility鈥� and 鈥淭he role of youth in earnings mobility鈥�.
Further information from:
Christine Cook, Executive Director of Public Relations, Tel: 01224 272014
University Press Office on telephone +44 (0)1224-273778 or email a.ramsay@admin.abdn.ac.uk.