Education and Skill Mismatches in the Labour Market Workshop, Thursday 3 May 2007
9.00 - 9.15am | Introduction Professor Kostas Mavromaras, Head of Labour Economics and Social Policy, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
9.15 - 10.15am | Professor Peter Sloane, Welsh Economy and Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre, University of Swansea Title: Over-Education in the UK [presentation] |
10.15 - 11.00am | Morning Tea |
11.00am - 12.00pm | Professor Paul Miller, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia Title: Undereducation and Overeducation in Australia [paper] |
12.00 - 1.00pm | Dr Seamus McGuiness, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne Title: Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Over-skilling in the Australian Labour Market [paper] [presentation] |
1.00 - 2.30pm | Lunch |
2.30 - 3.30pm | Professor Bruce Chapman, Professor of Economics, The Australian National University Title: HECS for TAFE: The case for extending income contingent loans to the vocational education and training sector [presentation] [paper] |
3.30 - 4.00pm | Afternoon tea |
4.00 - 5.00pm | Panel Session Chair: Professor Steve Sedgwick, Director, Melbourne Institute |