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Introduction:
Registration begins at 8.30 on Thursday, December 4, 2008 in the second-floor (Level 2) foyer of the
General Purpose Building (GP)
which is on the West Campus of the University of Newcastle (click previous link for a map).
The official program commences at 9.00 and two lecture rooms in the immediate vicinity are
of the Level 2 foyer are being used: (a) GP Lecture Room 1.1; and (b) GP Lecture Room 1.2
Abstracts:
Coming soon
Program:
Thursday, December 4, 2007
The Keynote sessions are of 45 minutes in duration. The parallel session papers are
20 minutes for each presentation plus 10 minutes following each paper for questions and
discussion.
| 8.30-9.10 |
Registration - GP Building Second Floor (Level 2) Foyer, West Campus with
tea/coffee available.
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| 9.10-9.15 |
Official Welcome from Professor Bill Mitchell, Director of the Centre
of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), University of Newcastle, Australia. GP 1.1
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| Session 1: |
Parallel Session A - GP 1.1
Chair: Joan Muysken |
Parallel Session B - GP 1.2
Chair: Martin Watts |
| 09.15-9.45 |
The Job Network: innovative, effective, efficient?
Beth Cook, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Formal-Informal Dichotomy: Revisiting the Debate on Agriculture-Industry Linkage.
Saumya Chakrabarti, Visva-Bharati University, India.
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| 9.45-10.15 |
Do casual workers upgrade to better jobs?
William Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia and Riccardo Welters, CofFEE, James Cook University, Australia.
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A Macroeconomic Framework of Employment: The Rural - Urban Conflict from a Kaleckian Perspective.
Saumya Chakrabarti, Visva-Bharati University, India.
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| Session 2: 10.15-11.00 |
Feature address
Room: GP 1.1
Chair: Bill Mitchell
Labour market implications of the Review of Australian Higher Education.
Dr Bob Birrell, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University, Australia.
The paper argues that the focus should be on professional development rather than VET.
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| 11.00-11.30 |
Morning Tea - GP Level 2 Foyer |
| Session 3: |
Parallel Session A - GP 1.1
Chair: Gorica Trajkovic |
Parallel Session B - GP 1.2
Chair: Beth Cook |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Casual workers in health and education: the impact of skill shortages on hours and working conditions.
Lisa Bamberry, RMIT University, Australia.
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An all embracing workforce - encouraging older workers.
Audrey Guy, University of Canberra, Australia.
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Skills Shortages - Will they derail the Australian Rail Transport Industry (ARTI)?
Anusha Mahendran and Mike Dockery, Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University, Australia.
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Immigration Can Lessen the Ageing Problem.
Joan Muysken, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, Frank Corvers, ROA, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands) and Thomas Ziesemer, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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| 12.30-13.00 |
Developing skills in the Australian labour market.
Victor Quirk, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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No parallel paper.
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| 13.00-14.00 |
Lunch - GP Level 2 Foyer |
| Session 4: 14.00-14.45 |
Feature address
Room: GP 1.1
Chair: Joan Muysken
Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands.
Mr Ton van der Bruggen, Senior Consultant Philips Electronics and NUON, The Netherlands.
The presentations outlines the job creation scheme run by Philips that targets difficult to employ workers.
Dr Riccardo Welters will also present a 10 minute summary of recent research in this area.
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| Session 5: |
Parallel Session A - GP 1.1
Chair: Riccardo Welters |
Parallel Session B - GP 1.2
Chair: Michael Flanagan |
| 14.45-15.15 |
Labour underutilisation and the Phillips curve.
William Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia and Joan Muysken, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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No parallel paper.
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| 15.15-15.45 |
Decent Work for all, with no inflation
Peter Kriesler and J.W. Nevile, University of NSW, Australia.
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Suspending welfare payments to promote school attendance: strange logic, unlikely outcomes and a better way.
Sally Cowling, UnitingCare Children, Australia.
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| 15.45 - 16.15 |
Afternoon Tea - GP Level 2 Foyer |
| Session 6: 16.15-17.45 |
Special Public Forum - The Global Financial Crisis
Room: GP 1.1
Chair: Martin Watts
The causes of the global financial crisis and the lessons to be learned
Professor Randy Wray, Levy Institute and University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.
A bond trader's perspective on the global crisis and its solutions
Warren Mosler, Valance Corp, USA and Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Cambridge, UK
There is no financial crisis so deep that cannot be dealt with by public spending
Professor Bill Mitchell, Director, CofFEE, University of Newcastle.
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| 17.45 |
End of Day 1 Sessions |
| 19.00 for 19.30 |
Conference Dinner - Surtaj Restaurant, 265 Hunter Street, Newcastle -
Google Map of Location.
The dinner is included in the full conference registration fee. Surtaj is in Hunter Street,
Newcastle just east (towards the ocean) of the intersection with Darby Street. The restaurant
in on the first floor of the building. It is about 15 minutes walk from Noahs
on the Beach Hotel; and 5 minutes walk from the main Newcastle Railway station.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
| Session 7: 9.00-9.45 |
Special Technical Presentation
Room: GP 1.1
CofFEE Functional Regions Presentation
Professor Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle.
This session will present the first edition of the new geography designed by the Centre of Full Employment and Equity
for use in social science research. The session will explain the derivation, the meaning and the resources that will be
available to researchers as a result of this Project.
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| Session 8: |
Parallel Session A - - GP 1.1
Chair: Beth Cook |
Parallel Session B - - GP 1.2
Chair: Riccardo Welters |
| 9.45-10.15 |
Developments in ABS Measures of Labour Underutilisation.
Tracey Chester, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, Australia.
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No parallel paper.
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| 10.15-10.45 |
The Development and Usage of Comparative LMI Indicators in Labour Market Research.
Tom Van Veen, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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No parallel paper.
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| 10.45-11.15 |
Morning Tea - GP Level 2 Foyer |
| Session 9: 11.15-12.00 |
Feature address
Room: GP 1.1
Chair: Bill Mitchell
The generation of productive employment opportunties for the unskilled: principles, potential and pitfalls of labour - intensive construction.
Professor Robert McCutcheon, University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa.
Download paper HERE.
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| Session 10: |
Parallel Session A - GP 1.1
Chair: Michael Flanagan |
Parallel Session B - GP 1.2
Chair: Joan Muysken |
| 12.00-12.30 |
The End of Economic Growth? A Contracting Threshold Hypothesis
Philip Lawn, Flinders University, Australia and Matthew Clarke, Deakin University.
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Marginalisation in the Danish Labour Market: an Analysis of Event History Data.
Agne Lauzadyte, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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| 12.30-13.00 |
Adjustments to the Basel II framework for prudential control as suggested by the current financial crisis.
Siqiwen Li, University of Newcastle, Australia and James Juniper, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Disability Employment Reform, Social Inclusion and Mental Health.
Gorica Trajkovic, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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| 13.00-14.00 |
Lunch - GP Level 2 Foyer |
| Session 11: |
Parallel Session A - GP 1.1
Chair: Gorica Trajkovic |
Parallel Session B - GP 1.2
Chair: n/a |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Evolving Patterns of Employment Concentration in Sydney.
Martin Watts, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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No parallel session
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| 14.30-15.00 |
Spatial Dependence in Australian Cities: an Update.
Anthea Bill, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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No parallel session
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| 15.00 |
Conference Close - with Afternoon Tea Announcements for 2009 and Thanks.
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