Bellagio Conference on the Ford Foundation Project

Papers and Program for the Bellagio Conference on the Ford Foundation Project on the Development of a New Cross-National Architecture for Labour Market Statistics

Bellagio, Italy, September 23-27, 2002

Monday, September 23, 2002
 
21:00-22:00 Report from Principal Investigators

 
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 Labour Market Performance
 

9:00-10:05"The Unemployment Rate as a Performance Indicator: A Critical Approach from the Macro Perspective"  Rafael Munoz de Bustillo
Discussant: Jacques Freysinnet
10:05-10:20"Hours of Work as a Measure of Performance: Prospects and Pitfalls" (Revised Version)   Mary Stevenson
Discussant: John Schmitt
10:20-11:25Break
11:25-12:30"Labour Market Efficiency, Equity and Economic Performance"  Jonathan Wadsworth
Discussant: David Howell
12:30-13:00Group Photo
13:00-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:15"Social Policy and Economic Performance"  Helen Robinson
Discussant: Martha MacDonald
15:15-16:30"Does Low Dutch Unemployment Represent Superior Economic Performance or Labour Market Transformation?" (Revised Version)   Weimer Salverda
Discussant: Andrew Sharpe
16:30-16:45Break
16:45-18:00Performance Team Leader Report by Rafael Munoz de Bustillo and Discussion

 
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 Labour Market Capacity
 

9:00-10:00"Measuring Labor Market Capacity"  
"The Decomposition of Annual Hours Worked: Toward a Better Understanding of the Source of Labour Supply and Labor Market Capacity" (Revised Version)  
"A Note on Measuring Hours of Work"
Barry Bluestone and Barbara Hamilton
Discussant: Rafael Munoz de Bustillo
10:00-11:00"Different Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Measuring Capacity Jacques Freysinnet
Discussant: Jonathan Wadsworth
11:00-11:15Break
11:15-12:15"Labour Market Capacity: The Danish Case Study"  Peter Plougmann and Finn Tidemand
Discussant: Weimer Salverda
12:15-13:15"Gross Labour Market Flows and Labour Market Capacity"  John Schmitt
Discussant: Jeff Johnson
13:15-14:30Lunch
14:30-15:30"Employee Preferences for More or Fewer Hours"  Kea Tijdens
Discussant: Mary Stevenson
15:30-16:30"Capacity Constraints, Aggregate Demand and Differential Patterns of Economic Activation and Growth"  Paolo Piacentini
Discussant: Achim Kemmerling
16:30-16:45Break
16:45-18:00Capacity Team Leader Report by John Schmitt and Discussion

 
Thursday, September 26, 2002 Labour Market Well Being
 

9:00-10:00"An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries" (Revised Version)   Andrew Sharpe and Lars Osberg
Discussant: Barry Bluestone
10:00-11:00"Investigating Subjective and Objective Well-being Across Countries"  Michael Bolle, and Achim Kemmerling
Discussant: Helen Robinson
11:00-11:15Break
11:15-12:15"Worker Empowerment and Entitlements in 21St Century USA Pasqualino Colombaro
Discussant: Paolo Piacentini
12:15-13:15"Underemployment as Measure of Labour Market Well-being: Measurement and Meaning Across Countries"  Martha MacDonald
Discussant: Finn Tidemand
13:15-14:30Lunch
14:30-15:30"Unemployment, Underutilization and Low Pay: Toward a Summary Measure of Employment Inadequancy" (Revised Version)  David Howell
Discussant: Kea Tijdens
15:30-16:30"Labor Market Statistics and Well-being: A New Architecture but Under Construction "  Tatsuru Akimoto
Discussant: Barbara Hamilton
16:30-16:45Break
16:45-18:00"Entitlements, the Labour Market and Well-being" 
"Labour Market and Well Being: Profiles of the Work Carried out by the Well-being team by Antonio Lettieri and Discussion

 
Friday, September 27, 2002
 

9:00-12:00Discussion of the Final Report
12:00-14:00Lunch
14:00- Free time

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