PILLARS Conference on Education, Skills, and Worker Retraining

Program

• Thursday, 17 February

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    15:00 - 15:10	Welcome and Introduction to PILLARS Simon Wiederhold and Oliver Falck
    	Keynote Lecture 1 Chair: Simon Wiederhold
    15:10 - 15:55	Training and Re-Skilling in the Labour Market SANDRA MCNALLY (University of Surrey)
    15:55 - 16:00	Break
    	Session 1a – Parallel Session On-the-Job Learning and Training Chair: Simon Wiederhold
    16:00 - 16:25	Differences in On-the-Job Learning across Firms JAIME ARELLANO-BOVER (University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and EIEF) and Fernando Saltiel
    16:25 - 16:50	The Impact of Training and Advanced Digital and Automation Technologies on Productivity and Wages. International Evidence using Firm-level Data. GIORGIO BRUNELLO (University of Padova), Désirée Rückert, Christoph T. Weiss, and Patricia Wruuck
    16:50 - 17:15	The Effect of Job Training on ICT Skills VALENTIN LINDLACHER (ifo Institute), Oliver Falck, and Simon Wiederhold  Discussant: Giorgio Brunello
    	Session 1b – Parallel Session Data Innovation Chair : Oliver Falck
    16:00 - 16:25	Validating Survey Responses to Training Questions using Administrative Data Nicolai Kristensen, Lars Skipper, and JEFFREY SMITH (University of Wisconsin)
    16:25 - 16:50	Using Online Job Adverts to Understand Employer Skill Requirements Gueorguie Vassilev and KHLOE TABOR (Office for National Statistics)
    16:50 - 17:15	Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap LJUBICA NEDELKOSKA (Complexity Science Hub Vienna), Shreyas Gagdin Matha, James McNerney, Andre Assumpcao, Dario Diodato, and Frank Neffke
    17:15 - 17:30	Break/Discussion in Break-Out Room
    	Session 2a – Parallel Session Returns to Skills Chair: Simon Wiederhold
    17:30 - 17:55	The Value of Skills: New Evidence from Apprenticeship Plans CHRISTINA LANGER (Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt) and Simon Wiederhold Discussant: Jaime Arellano-Bover
    17:55 - 18:20	How IT Progress Affects Returns to Specialization and Social Skills FABIENNE KIENER (University of Zurich), Christian Eggenberger, and Uschi Backes-Gellner Discussant: Sandra McNally
    18:20 - 18:45	Jack of all Trades or Master of None: A Machine Learning Analysis of the Labour Market Returns of Transversal Skills in the United States using Online Job Postings Jarno Vrolijk and FABIO MANCA (OECD)
    	Session 2b – Parallel Session Human Capital and Occupation-Specific Skills Chair: Oliver Falck
    17:30 - 17:55	Individualism, Human Capital Formation, and Labor Market Success KATHARINA HARTINGER (Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt), Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, and Simon Wiederhold Discussant: Oliver Falck
    17:55 - 18:20	Immigrant Workforce Integration and Ethnic Segmentation: The Role of Occupational Skill Composition Aliaksei Kazlou and KARL WENNBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
    18:20 - 18:45	IT Skills, Occupation Specificity and Job Separations CHRISTIAN EGGENBERGER (University of Zurich) and Uschi Backes-Gellner
    18:45 - 19:00	Break/Discussion in Break-Out Room

• Friday, 18 February

  • 14:00 - 15:00	Junior-Senior Session with Sandra McNally (L. Cuccu, Y. Guo, K. Hartinger, X. Ma, G.Pulito). Please note that this is a closed session.
    	Session 3a – Parallel Session Firm Creation, Leadership Style, and Skills in the Face of New Technologies Chair: Simon Wiederhold
    15:00 - 15:25	Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China Chong-en Bai, RUIXUE JIA (London School of Economics), Hongbin Lin, and Xin Wang
    15:25 - 15:50	Effects of Supportive Leadership Behaviors on Worker Satisfaction, Engagement and Performance: An Experimental Field Investigation Simone Haeckl and MARI REGE (University of Stavanger)
    15:50 - 16:15	Different Degrees of Skill Obsolescence Across Hard and Soft Skills and the Role of Lifelong Learning for Labor Market Outcomes TOBIAS SCHULTHEISS (University of Zurich) and Uschi Backes-Gellner Discussant: Karl Wennberg
    	Session 3b – Parallel Session New Work Arrangements Chair: Oliver Falck
    15:00 - 15:25	The Impact of ICT on Working from Home: Evidence from EU Countries VAHAGN JERBASHIAN (University of Barcelona) and Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi
    15:25 - 15:50	New Work, Exiting Work and Artificial Intelligence Erik Engberg, Hildegunn Kyvik-Nordas, MAGNUS LODEFALK (Örebro University), Radka Sabolová, and Aili Tang
    15:50 - 16:15	The Impact of Restricting Fixed-Term Contracts on Labor and Skill Demand: Evidence from Italian Online Job Vacancy Data GIUSEPPE GRASSO (LISER – Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) and Konstantinos Tatsiramos Discussant: Ljubica Nedelkoska
    16:15 - 16:30	Break/Discussion in Break-Out Room
    	Session 4a – Parallel Session Job Displacement Chair: Simon Wiederhold
    16:30 - 16:55	The Work-to-School Transition: Job Displacement and Skill Upgrading Among Young High School Dropouts PATRICK BENNETT (University of Liverpool)
    16:55 - 17:20	Just Relocated? Robots, Displacement and Job Quality LILIANA CUCCU (University of Barcelona) and Vicente Royuela Discussant: Patrick Bennett
    17:20 - 17:45	Technological Substitution of Jobs and the Transferability of Human Capital YUCHEN MO GUO (Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt) and Simon Wiederhold Discussant: Vahagn Jerbashian
    	Session 4b – Parallel Session Trade, Multinationals, and Skills Chair: Oliver Falck
    16:30 - 16:55	Offshoring, Reskilling and the Role of Occupational Task Content GIUSEPPE PULITO (Aarhus University) Discussant: Christian Eggenberger
    16:55 - 17:20	Learning by Exporting and Wage Profiles: New Evidence from Brazil XIAO MA (Peking University), Marc-Andreas Muendler, and Alejandro Nakab Discussant: Jeff Smith
    17:20 - 17:45	Where are Multinationals on the Job Ladder? Ragnhild Balsvik, Doireann Fitzgerald, and STEFANIE HALLER (University College Dublin)
    17:45 - 18:00	Break/Discussion in Break-Out Room
    	Keynote Lecture II Chair: Oliver Falck
    18:00 - 18:45	Lifelong Learning and Dynamic Adjustments to Changes in the Labor Market ERIC A. HANUSHEK (Stanford University)