Workshop
"Empirical Analysis of Firm Heterogeneity in International Trade"

Centre for Globalisation Research,
School of Business and Management
Queen Mary, University of London

11 November 2009, 12.30-7pm

Preliminary programme

12.30-1.15: Registration, light lunch, and welcome

1.15 - 2.00: Keynote lecture

Multiple Offshoring: Evidence for French Firms

Richard Kneller, University of Nottingham, and Liza Jabbour

2.00 - 3.10: Productivity session

Productivity and the Sourcing Modes of Multinational Firms

Fabrice Defever, London School of Economics, and Farid Toubal

Importing, Exporting and Productivity in Irish Manufacturing
Fergal McCann, Université de Paris 1

3.10 - 3.25: Coffee break

3.25 - 5.00: Employment session

The effect of trade liberalization on the size distribution of plants in Colombia

Sabine D'Costa, London School of Economics

Employment Growth and International Trade: A Small Open Economy Perspective
Frédèric Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business, Rikke Ibsen and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen

Exchange Rate, Employment and Hours: What Firm-Level Data Say

Francesco Nucci, La Sapienza University of Rome, and Alberto F. Pozzolo

5.00 - 5.15: Coffee break

5.15 - 7.00: Wages session

Trade, Technology Adoption and the Rise of the Skill Premium in Mexico

Alejandro Riaño, University of Nottingham

Managers Mobility, Trade Status and Wages
Luca Opromolla, Banco de Portugal, and Giordano Mion

Exports, Imports and Wages: Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker-Product Panels
Pedro Martins, Queen Mary, University of London & CEG-IST, and Luca Opromolla

7.30: Dinner at Zeera's, Mile End Road (expenses covered by each participant)

Contact the organiser, Pedro Martins, at p.martins@qmul.ac.uk