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CofFEE-Europe and the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE) combined to host
a two-day workshop on the theme The Underutilisation of Europe's Labour Resources at
the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands on Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5,
2002. The program is listed below. The Conference Proceedings are available via the
CofFEE Shop.
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Friday, October 4
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Session 1:
14:00-14:45
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"Underemployment and the Labour Reserve in Europe" -
Alo�s Van Bastelaer, Ecostat, Luxembourg.
Discussant: Ellen Carlson, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Session 2:
14:45-15:30
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"Hidden Unemployment in OECD Countries" -
Frank Agbola, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Discussant: Denis De Crombrugghe, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Session 3:
15:30-16:15 |
"The labour market in the context of new measures of unemployment based on the Czech conditions" -
Jarom�r Gottvald, Lenka Filipov�, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Discussant: Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Session 4:
16:45-17:30 |
""Measures of labour underutilisation and their relevance for modelling inflation" -
Bill Mitchell and Ellen Carlson, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Discussant: Erik de Regt, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Session 5:
17:30-18:15 |
"Just a temporary phenomenon? The rise and fall of temporary work in the UK"
Chris Forde, University of Leeds and Gary Slater, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
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Saturday, October 5
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Session 6:
9:00-9:45
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"Local labour markets and job proximity: Conceptual and measurement issues" -
Martin Watts, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Discussant: Joan Muysken, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Session 7:
9:45-10:30
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"Labor market participation, wages and hysteresis - A regional perspective" -
Joachim M�ller, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Discussant: Tom Van Veen, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Session 8:
11:00-11:45
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"Low-skilled unemployment, biased technological shocks and job competition" -
Henri Sneesens, Universiti� Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Discussant: Michael Feil, Zentrum f�r Europ�ische Wirtschaftsforschung, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany.
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Session 9:
11:45-12:30
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"Informal activities: slack-based leisure or hidden employment" -
Chris de Neubourg, CofFEE-Europe, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Discussant: Jarom�r Gottvald, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Session 10:
14:00-14:45
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"Exploring the workplace requirements for sustainable employment" -
David Spencer, Chris Forde, Malcolm Sawyer, Leeds Business School and Gary Slater,
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Discussant: Martin Watt, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Session 11:
14:45-15:30
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"Disability in The Netherlands: another Dutch disease?" -
Joan Muysken and Tim Rutten, CofFEE-Europe, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Discussant: Riccardo Welters, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Session 12:
16:00-17:00 |
Round Table Discussion
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