6th IZA/ASE Workshop on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets

Featuring the Romanian Launch of the

International Handbook on the Economics of Migration

Bucharest, Romania

November 25–26, 2013

Organizers:

Department of Statistics and Econometrics

from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies

and

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Monday, November 25

Venue: Aula Magna, 6 Piata Romana

12:00 - 12:45 Registration and Lunch Buffet

12:45 -13:00 Opening Remarks

Dorel Paraschiv (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)

13:00 – 14:30 Book launch: International Handbook on the Economics of Migration

Chair: Mitrut Constantin (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Speakers:

Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)

Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)

Discussants:

Monica Roman (Bucharest University of Economic Studies and IZA)

Daniela Luminita Constantin (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Dumitru Sandu (University of Bucharest)

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:30 Session A

Chair: Monica Roman (Bucharest University of Economic Studies and IZA)

Benjamin Elsner (IZA)

“The Effects of Post-Enlargement Migration on the Sending Countries"

Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA), Klaus F.

Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)

“Returning Home at Times of Trouble? Return Migration of

EU Enlargement Migrants During the Crisis"

Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA), Costanza Biavaschi

(IZA), Lucia Kurekova (Central European University), Klaus F. Zimmermann

(IZA and University of Bonn)

“Workers from Eastern Partnership Countries in EU Labor Markets:

Unleashing Potentials for Mutual Gains"

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:30 Session B

Chair: Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)

Rossitsa Rangelova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

“Bulgaria"

Dumitru Sandu (University of Bucharest)

“Romania"

Hanna Vakhitova (Kyiv School of Economics)

“Ukraine"

Tuesday, November 26

Venue: Room 0129, 6 Piata Romana

8:30 – 10:30 Session C

Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)

Kosta Barjaba (European University of Tirana)

“Albania"

Emina Cosic (University of Sarajevo)

“Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Verica Janeska (University of SS. Cyril and Methodius)

“Macedonia"

Georgeta Mincu (CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research), Vasile

Cantarji (CBS-AXA)

“Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern

Partnership Partner Countries - Country Report: Moldova"

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Labor and Migration Challenges in the Region

Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)

Keynote Address (tba)

Panelists:

Dorel Paraschiv (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Rossitsa Rangelova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Nicoleta Caragea (National Institute of Statistics)

Cristina Boboc (Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Institute of

National Economy)

Stefania Tatu (CEFIMO, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

12:30 Closing Remarks

Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)

Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA)