IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC - Jobs of the World Project Launch

IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC - Jobs of the World Project Launch
May 03, 2022

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Chair:

18:00 – 18:10 Opening Remarks

  • Hilmar Schneider (CEO of IZA)
  • Andy Hinsley (Research and Evidence Division Team Leader in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO))


Introduction

18:10 – 18:15 The Idea and the Concept of the Jobs World Project

 

Data and Website

18:15 – 18:35 Jobs of the World Database

  • Andrea Smurra (University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies)

 

Research Examples

18:35 – 18:45 Young Adults and Labour Markets in Africa

18:45 – 18:55 An Empirical Analysis of the Banerjee-Newman Occupational Choice Model

 

Building Blocks

18:55 – 19:05 Wealth as a Key Feature of the Data

19:05 – 19:15 Future Directions and Research Questions

 

Conclusion

19:15 – 19:30 Comments on the Project

  • Adnan Khan (Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO))
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