Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) |
| Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025 | |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Parallel Session 1.1: Labour Market Outcomes: Role of FDI, Trade and Firm Dynamics Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Sangheon Lee FDI, Global Value Chains and Structural Changes in Labour Markets The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Sustainable Employment Policies in Labor-Intensive Sectors: Case of Vietnam Exports, Gender- and Skill-based Employment: A Multi-Country Evidence Firm Dynamics, Wage Outcomes and Productivity - Ethiopia LIMMS, 2018-2020 |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Book discussion: Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice? Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Introductory remarks: Gladys Cisneros, Chief, ILO Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT)
Presenters: Fabiola Mieres, ILO Research Department and Christiane Kuptsch, ILO MIGRANT Discussants: Leah F. Vosko, York University, Canada and Etienne Piguet, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Parallel Session 2.1: Special Session on Decent Work through Trade and Investment Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Joyanna Pelivani Decent Work through Trade and Investment Presentations of the Special Session Trade and Labour: Rethinking Policy Tools for Better Labour Outcomes Trade And Employment Under Global Uncertainty The nexus of Trade, Investment, and Employment in practice: The METI project Case Studies from the Southern Mediterranean Region |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Parallel Session 3.1: Beyond Formal and Informal: Rethinking Work and Employment in the 21st Century Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Dorothea Schmidt-Klau Job Quality, Gender and Transitions of the Informal Economy in India, Peru, Vietnam and Ethiopia The Policies for Dealing with Informal Employment in Türkiye and Their Impacts on Formal Employment Measuring the Economic Contribution of Cooperatives: A Pathway to Decent Employment Digital Agriculture and Decent Working Conditions of Smallholder Farmers and Farmworkers in Ghana |
| Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Parallel Session 4.1: Special Session on Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Christoph Scherrer Challenges of Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals Presentations of the Special Session Declining Wage Shares, Wealth Inequality and ‘Living Wages’ The Challenge of Measuring Underemployment Digital Labour Platforms and their Contribution to Development Outcomes Decent Workplace: Evolution of the Concept and Relevance Universal versus Employment-based Social Protection? |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Parallel Session 5.1: Digitalisation and Labour Market Dynamics: Exploring the Impact on Skills, Wages, and Employment Opportunities Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Olga Strietska-Ilina Who Gets the Digital Jobs? Inequality, Skills and Inclusion in Rwanda’s Digital Labour Market AI Paradoxes and De-skilling of Future Workers: Evidence from India The Returns to Skills in terms of Wages and Job Amenities in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data The Role of Skills in Mediating the Effects of Emerging Digital Technologies on Employment Reinforcing Poor Skills Opportunities through Times of Crisis: An Analysis of the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Training, Wages and Key Workers in the UK, a Gendered Approach |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Information Session: Introducing 'Work-Net International' Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Jill Rubery Other Speakers: Caroline Fredrickson, ILO; Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, University of Montreal |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Parallel Session 6.1: Decent Work in Diverse Contexts: Rethinking Policies and Institutions Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Christoph Scherrer The Rise of Informal Employment in Latin America and New Forms of Informality Decent Work and the City: The Opportunities and Limits of Local Experimentation Decent Work and Meaningful Work in Different Work Contexts in Portugal: A Qualitative Analysis Futuristic Approaches to Prison Labour in India: Paving Way for Rehabilitation and Right to Decent Work Post Release Constructing a Typology of Industrial Relations Systems: Towards a Human-centred and non-Euro-centric Model? |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Parallel Session 7.1: Special Session on the Politics of Unpaid Labour Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Uma Rani The Politics of Unpaid Labour: Sustaining and Valuing Work in a Just Economy Presentations of the Special Session The Politics of Unpaid Labour Damage Caused by Unpaid Labour: Sustaining and Valuing Work in a Just Economy Economic Sustainability, Unpaid Labour and the Reframing of Employment in the Post-Growth Era Challenging Boundaries: Exploring Pricing Strategies, and Unpaid Labour Time to Explain Earning Disparities in Online Labour Markets |
| Date: Friday, 04/July/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Parallel Session 8.1: South African Labour Market: Informality, Unemployment, and Policy Responses Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Sher Verick The Labor Market Consequences of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Low Informality Amidst High Unemployment: The Case of South Africa An Economic Policy from Below for Informal Traders in South Africa Institutions, Political Settlements and Decent Employment in Africa Creating Livelihoods through Informal Convenience Stores: Lessons from Immigrant-run Businesses for Local Entrepreneurship in South Africa |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Parallel Session 9.1: Co-sponsored Session with Levy Economics Institute on "Designing Effective Job Guarantee Programs" Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Mito Tsukamoto Chair: Kate Philip The Case for Employment Guarantee Programs as Automatic Stabilizers The Job Guarantee: Lessons from Argentina's Jefes Plan and its Reform The Job Guarantee Program and the Kaleckian Dilemma: Lessons from the Rehn-Meidner plan Using Employment Guarantee Schemes for Addressing Today's Employment Challenges: Learnings from Contemporary Experiences |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Parallel Session 10.1: Measurement Approaches to Growth and Development Location: Library Room (Jura) (R2 south) Chair: Rick Samans The Human Development Journey: A Perspective on Concepts and Metrics A Methodology to Estimate the Needs of Workers and Their Families for the Purpose of Wage Setting, Including Living Wages Measuring Progress Beyond GDP to Value what Counts |
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