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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
Christoph Ernst , Gabriel Michelena
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Sustainable Employment Policies in Labor-Intensive Sectors: Case of Vietnam
Dung Xuan Ho , Quang Xuan Nguyen, Thuy Dieu Thi Vu, Chien Thi Dinh, Son Minh Luong
Exports, Gender- and Skill-based Employment: A Multi-Country Evidence
Akash Yadav, Sandeep Kumar Kujur
Firm Dynamics, Wage Outcomes and Productivity - Ethiopia LIMMS, 2018-2020
Ding Xu
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
Maria Mexi
Trade And Employment Under Global Uncertainty
Christoph Ernst , Gabriel Michelena
The nexus of Trade, Investment, and Employment in practice: The METI project
Joyanna Pelivani
Case Studies from the Southern Mediterranean Region
Murad Samhouri
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
Shireen Kanji , Fiona Carmichael, Christian Darko , Richmond Egyei
The Policies for Dealing with Informal Employment in Türkiye and Their Impacts on Formal Employment
Oğuz Karadeniz
Measuring the Economic Contribution of Cooperatives: A Pathway to Decent Employment
Olivier Frey
Digital Agriculture and Decent Working Conditions of Smallholder Farmers and Farmworkers in Ghana
Licarion Kunwedomo Miine , Angela Akorsu Dziedzom, Owusu Boampong, Shaibu Bukari
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’
Fiona Dragsta , Maarten van Klaveren
The Challenge of Measuring Underemployment
Gerhard Bosch
Digital Labour Platforms and their Contribution to Development Outcomes
Uma Rani , Rishabh Dhir , Nora Gobel
Decent Workplace: Evolution of the Concept and Relevance
Nausheen Nizami , Narayan Prasad
Universal versus Employment-based Social Protection?
Gabriele Köhler
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
Drew Gardiner , Jérôme Rossier, Jean-Christophe Graz, Jean Marc Mukundabantu
AI Paradoxes and De-skilling of Future Workers: Evidence from India
Sumit Kumar Maji
The Returns to Skills in terms of Wages and Job Amenities in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data
Willian Adamczyk, Isaure Delaporte, Veronica Escudero , Hannah Liepmann
The Role of Skills in Mediating the Effects of Emerging Digital Technologies on Employment
Isaure Delaporte , Veronica Escudero, Fabien Petit
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
Michael Alexander Francis
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
Raúl Lorente , J. Verónica Ramírez
Decent Work and the City: The Opportunities and Limits of Local Experimentation
Mathew Johnson , Eva Herman, Ceri Hughes, Stephen Overell
Decent Work and Meaningful Work in Different Work Contexts in Portugal: A Qualitative Analysis
Liliana Faria , Nicole Gonçalves, Ana Martins, Reurisson Dias
Futuristic Approaches to Prison Labour in India: Paving Way for Rehabilitation and Right to Decent Work Post Release
Sharan Jit , Vandana Sharma, Shivika Goyal
Constructing a Typology of Industrial Relations Systems: Towards a Human-centred and non-Euro-centric Model?
Bernd Brandl , Valeria Pulignano, Jane Parker, Patrice Jalette
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
Discussant(s): Jill Rubery
Presentations of the Special Session
The Politics of Unpaid Labour
Valeria Pulignano
Damage Caused by Unpaid Labour: Sustaining and Valuing Work in a Just Economy
Damian Grimshaw
Economic Sustainability, Unpaid Labour and the Reframing of Employment in the Post-Growth Era
Valeria Pulignano , Milena Franke , Bart Meuleman
Challenging Boundaries: Exploring Pricing Strategies, and Unpaid Labour Time to Explain Earning Disparities in Online Labour Markets
Uma Rani , Valeria Pulignano , Nora Gobel , Karol Muszyński