Alessio Moro

Friday May 11^th

9:30: Giannantonio De Roni (UniCredit Foundation) – Introduction

09.40-13.30 Morning session

Chair: Cristiano Cantore (University of Surrey)

 

09:40   Orhun Sevinc (Central Bank of Turkey)

Interpersonal-Service Tasks and the Change in the U.S. Employment Structure

 

10:30   Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia)

In search of Labor Demand

(with David A. Green and Ben Sand)

 

11:20   Coffee Break

 

11:50   Zsofia Barany (Sciences Po)

Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation

(with Christian Siegel)

 

12:40   Omar Rachedi (Bank of Spain)

The Changing Structure of Government Spending

(with Alessio Moro)

 

13:30   Lunch

 

15.30-17.10 Afternoon session

Chair: William Addessi (University of Limerick)

 

15:30   Miguel Leon-Ledesma (University of Kent)

The rise of services and balanced growth in theory and data

(with Alessio Moro)

 

16:20   Richard Rogerson (Princeton University)

Structural Change in Investment and Consumption: A Unified Approach

(with Berthold Herrendorf and Akos Valentinyi)

Saturday May 12^th

 

09.30-13.20 Morning session

Chair: Omar Rachedi (Bank of Spain)

 

09.30   Rachel Ngai (London School of Economics)

China's mobility barriers and employment allocations

(with Christopher Pissarides and Jin Wang)

 

10:20   Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto)

Structural Change and the Aggregate Employment Fluctuations in China and the US

(with Wen Yao)

 

11:10   Coffee Break

 

11:40 Gilles Saint-Paul (Paris School of Economics)

Secular Satiation

 

12:30   Satoshi Tanaka (University of Queensland)

Sex Ratios and Long-Term Marriage Trends 

(with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull and Shannon Seitz)

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Host: University of Cagliari.

 

Organizers: Alessio Moro, University of Cagliari;

                    Rachel Ngai, London School of Economics.

 

Funding bodies: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Legge Regionale 7.

                           Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari

                           UniCredit Foundation.