Several hundred experts in labor economics to NHH
Nearly 500 international researchers in labor economics are participating at the EALE conference at NHH this week.
`This is a unique opportunity to gain insight into the latest research findings in a field that is highly relevant to both the Norwegian and international economy,´says Professor Kjell G. Salvanes, president of EALE.
From September 5 to 7, NHH is hosting the annual conference of The European Association of Labour Economists (EALE). Many of NHH’s researchers – from several disciplines and departments – will present their latest studies over the three days of the conference (see below).
Katrine V. Løken, Aline Bütikofer, Alexander Willén and Salvanes have the main academic responsibility for the conference. The three are professors at the Department of Economics and the research centre FAIR. They are central figures in NHH's labor economics research, which is recognized as a leading academic environment in Europe.
Two prominent figures
EALE has two main keynote speakers during the three-day conference:
Professor Attila Lindner (University College London) will give the lecture Minimum Wages in the 21st Century.
`Countries such as the UK, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Spain have implemented significant increases in minimum wage. This makes it crucial to understand the impact of minimum wage on employment, wages, and household income, ´says Professor Lindner.
Lindner is a rising star in labor economics, according to Salvanes:
`He has conducted several interesting studies on minimum wage, and in recent years, there has been great interest in this topic. Many see guaranteed minimum wage as an important political tool to increase wage growth for those at the lower end of the income scale´.
Professor Sandra E. Black from Columbia University and Adjunct Professor at FAIR will conclude the conference on September 7 with the lecture Intergenerational Mobility in Longevity.
`Black will present brand-new research on social inheritance and how this affects life expectancy across generations. Her research is highly relevant to both researchers and policymakers, especially at a time when social inheritance is once again high on the international agenda,´says Salvanes.
Special sessions
- Mental health: A dedicated session will highlight the latest research findings in mental health, an area of growing interest both in academia and society in general.
- Labor shortages: Another session will present new research and discuss the critical labor shortages in certain sectors, such as healthcare and the work related to the green transition. Experts from the OECD will participate in a debate on necessary changes in the labor market to meet future challenges.
Additionally, new studies conducted by NHH researchers and co-authors will be presented at the conference (NHH researchers in parentheses):
- Will Artificial Intelligence Get in the Way of Achieving Gender Equality? (Catalina Franco, Siri Isaksson, Daniel Carvajal)
- Paid Family Leave Laws and Firm Resource Allocation (Samuel Piotrowski)
- How Do Firms Respond to Unions? (Alexander Willén og Samuel Dodini)
- Innocuous Exam Features? The Impact of Answer Placement on High-Stakes Test Performance and College Admissions (Erika Povea og Catalina Franco)
- Cohabiting, Childbirth and Child Human Capital (Kjell G. Salvanes)
- The extent and consequences of teacher anti-immigrant bias (Mikko Silliman)
- Measuring the Value of Disability Insurance from Take-Up Decisions (Andreas Haller)
- The Impact of Firms on the Relative Pay of Women Across Countries (Astrid Kunze og Antoine Berthea)
- Health Dynamics and Heterogeneous Life Expectancies (Joanna Olsson)
- Tone at the top: the effects of gender board diversity on gender wage inequality in Europe (Bram Timmermans)