VII Workshop in Public Policy Design: Worker flows and labor market adjustment

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1 Universitat de Girona From the SelectedWorks of José Ignacio Silva Spring May 27, 2011 VII Workshop in Public Policy Design: Worker flows and labor market adjustment José Ignacio Silva, Universitat de Girona Available at:

2 VII Workshop in Public Policy Design Worker flows and labor market adjustment: New evidence and determinants May 27-28, Universitat de Girona Workshop Venue: Edifici Mercadal, Plaça Sant Jordi 1, 17001, Girona Organizers Elena Del Rey (Universitat de Girona and XREPP) José Ignacio Silva (Universitat de Girona and XREPP) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Friday 13:00 14:00 Lunch: workshop venue. 14:00 14:45: Firm dynamics, job turnover, and wage distributions in an open economy Kerem Cosar (The University of Chicago Booth School of Business), Nezih Guner (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) James Tybout (Pennsylvania State University) 14:45 15:30 Wage rigidities in an estimated DSGE model of the UK labour market Francesco Zanetti (Bank of England) 15:30 16:15: Search frictions and wage dispersion Marcus Hagedorn (University of Zurich) Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania) 16:30 16:45: Coffee break

3 16:45 17:30: Work practices in two-tier labor markets: The firing cost gap workers effort and TFP growth in Spanish manufacturing firms Juan José Dolado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Salvador Ortigueira (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Rodolfo Stucchi (Inter-American Development Bank) 17:30 18:15: Employment fluctuations in a dual labor market, James Costain (Banco de España) Juan Francisco Jimeno (Banco de España) Carlos Thomas (Banco de España) 18:15 19:00: The effects of introducing a simple employment contract in Spain, José Ignacio García Pérez (Universidad Pablo Olavide) Victoria Osuna (Universidad Pablo Olavide) 20:00 Trip by train 20:45 Dinner: Restaurant Draps Saturday 9:45 10:30: Structural unemployment Benedikt Herz (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Thijs van Rens (CREI) 10:30 11:15: Declining labor turnover and turbulence Shigeru Fujita (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) 11:15 11:30: Coffee break 11:30 12:15: The cyclical behavior of equilibrium unemployment and vacancies in the OECD Claudio Michelacci (CEMFI) 12:15 13:00: Fiscal policy and the labour market: the effects of public sector employment and wages Pedro Gomes (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) 13:00 13:45 The trade-offs of social assistance programs in the labor market: The case of the Seguro Popular program in Mexico Mariano Bosh (Universidad de Alicante) 14:30: Lunch: Restaurant Boira

4 PARTICIPANTS Carmen Agudo i Martínez (Ajuntament de Girona) Marta Arespa (Universitat de Barcelona) Dolors Berga (Universitat de Girona) Irma Bertran i Camat (Ajuntament de Girona) Nicolas Boccard (Universitat de Girona) Mariano Bosh (Universidad de Alicante) Maria Cervini (Universitat de Girona) James Costain (Banco de España) Elena Del Rey (Universitat de Girona) Juan José Dolado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Mireia Esteve i Xifra (Ajuntament de Girona) Shigeru Fujita (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) Pedro Gomes (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Nezih Guner (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Benedikt Herz (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Yuliya Kulikova (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Andreas Kyriacou (Universitat de Girona) Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania) Dimitry Matveev (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Helena Monte (Universitat de Girona) Claudio Michelacci (CEMFI) Salvador Ortigueira (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Victoria Osuna (Universidad Pablo Olavide) Sara Riscado (European University Institute) Hector Sala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Virginia Sánchez (Universidad de Cantabria) Joaquin Sanchis (Universitat Jaume I) José I. Silva (Universitat de Girona) Manuel Toledo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Ricard Torres (Universitat de Barcelona) Judit Vall (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Javier Vazquez (Universitat de Barcelona) Angels Xabadia (Universitat de Girona) Francesco Zanetti (Bank of England)

5 HOW TO GET TO GIRONA AND HOW TO MOVE AROUND ONCE YOU ARE THERE ARRIVING TO GIRONA There are two ways to get to Girona. The easiest is flying directly to Girona s airport. Girona is connected with most European countries by Ryanair ( which usually calls Girona s airport Barcelona. Other low fare carriers connect Girona with several European cities. Girona s airport is 20 mins. by taxi/bus to the city center, where the hotel and conference venue are located. The alternative is to fly to Barcelona, which is 100 km south of Girona, and about 2 hours by train. To get to Girona from Barcelona, you have several options that we describe below. BARCELONA AIRPORT GIRONA TRAIN/BUS STATION: If you are coming from Barcelona s Airport, you have 3 options: Option A: Only train (recommended) You can buy a train ticket to Girona in Barcelona Airport s train station. You will have to get down in Barcelona Sants station and take another train there to Girona. There is one train almost every hour from Barcelona-Sants train station to Girona, but please note that the last train leaves at Option B: Only bus The bus Ràpid Aeroport stops in Terminal 1 at Barcelona s airport. The bus arrives directly at Girona s station. However, there are only three of these buses per day on each way. The ticket costs 21,05 one way (37.95 two way trip) and can be bought on the bus. You have the timetable below. Timetable bus from Barcelona airport BCN to Girona Departure from Barcelona airport BCN Arrival to Girona 08:15 09:45 14:15 15:45 21:30 23:00 Bus timetable from Girona to Barcelona airport (BCN)

6 Departure from Girona Arrival to Barcelona airport BCN 05:35 07:00 11:10 12:45 18:10 20:00 All departures leave from Girona s central bus station, which is located next to the train station. The service operates all year around, except for 24, 26, 31 December and 1 January. Option C: Bus+train 1- Take the bus from Barcelona s Airport to the main train station, Barcelona- Sants. (It costs about 2. There are buses every half an hour). 2- When you arrive to Barcelona-Sants Station you have to take the train to Girona. There is one train almost every hour from Barcelona-Sants train station to Girona, but please note that the last train leaves at ON GIRONA AIRPORT GIRONA TRAIN/BUS STATION: If you come from Girona s Airport, there is a bus that will bring you to the train station (the hotel is walking distance from the station). You have one bus every hour, but note that the last one leaves the airport at See the complete timetable below

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8 GETTING AROUND IN GIRONA GIRONA TRAIN STATION-HOTEL (GRAN) ULTONIA The train station in Girona is in the centre of the city and Hotel (Gran) Ultonia (address: Gran Via de Jaume I, 22, Girona. Tel ) is very close to the train station (15 minutes walk at most). See the map below, where A represents the train station and B is your hotel:

9 HOTEL (GRAN) ULTONIA-WORKSHOP VENUE The workshop will take place in Edifici Mercadal, Plaça de Sant Jordi, Girona (next to cinemas Albeniz). The best way to get there is by foot, it should take you around 3 minutes. Below you find the proposed itinerary. Once you are in front of the hotel, cross the street and take the pedestrian access: Picture from the hotel Pedestrian access Workshop building: Edifici Mercadal Next to Cinemas Albeniz

10 TRIP BY TRAIN: Friday at 20:00 It will start on the Bridge Pont de Pedra and finish at the entrance of the restaurant Draps at 20:45. Pont de Pedra 15 minutes walk from the hotel

11 DINNER: RESTAURANT DRAPS Friday at 20:45 Calle Cort-reial, 2, Girona 15 minutes walk from the hotel LUNCH: RESTAURANT BOIRA Saturday at 14:30 PLAÇA INDEPENDÈNCIA, minutes walk from the hotel PLAÇA INDEPENDÈNCIA