June 13, 2012
University of Mainz Campus / Dekanatssaal
Jakob-Welder-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz
Workshop Program
(This workshop is public and open to all)
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Session A: | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence Laszlo Goerke (University of Trier) and Markus Pannenberg |
| • discussant: Andrey Launov (University of Mainz) | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Why Do Unionized Workers Have More Nonfatal Occupational Injuries? Alejandro Donado (University of Würzburg) |
| • discussant: Bernd Fitzenberger (University Freiburg) | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Employers Dealing with Union Representatives: A Case for Strategic Discrimination? Thomas Breda (London School of Economics) |
| • discussant: Steffen Mueller (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch at Baron, University Campus |
| Session B: | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Unions and Workers' Welfare in Chinese Firms Ninghua Zhong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Yang Yao |
| • discussant: Alejandro Donado (University of Würzburg) | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | The Outcome of NGO Activism in Developing Countries under Visibility Constraint Michela Limardi (Paris School of Economics) and Lionel Fontagné |
| • discussant: Klaus Wälde (University of Mainz) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| Keynote Speech | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | The Changing Structure of U.S. Trade Unions John Pencavel (Stanford University) |
| End of the Workshop | |
| thereafter | Workshop dinner at Bastion von Schönborn |
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