69th International Atlantic Economic Conference

March 24 - 27, 2010 | Prague, Czech Republic

J20-1 2927 Demographics, Work Behavior, and the Labor Force

Saturday, 27 March 2010: 16:45-18:45
Chair:
Ngan Collins, RMIT University—Australia
The Welfare and Macroeconomic Effects of Australia's Forced Savings Retirement Pillar
George Kudrna, University of New South Wales—Australia
Racial Discrimination:  Is It a Case of Self Selection?
Gustavo Andrey Fernandes, Universidade de São Paulo—Brazil; Denisard C. Alves, Universidade de São Paulo—Brazil
Financial Crises and Labour Market Performance
Misbah Tanveer Choudhry, University of Groningen—Netherlands; Enrico Marelli, University of Brescia, Italy—Italy; Marcello Signorelli, University of Perugia—Italy
Contractionary Monetary Policy, Female Labor Supply, and the Unemployment-Inflation Tradeoff
Thomas D. Birch, University of New Hampshire at Manchester—USA; Sara Dustin, University of New Hampshire at Manchester—USA
Discussants:
Gustavo Andrey Fernandes, Universidade de São Paulo—Brazil ; Ngan Collins, RMIT University—Australia and Carlos Gradín, University of Vigo—Spain