Friday, March 6

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08:00 – 08:30	Registration and coffee
08:30 – 08:35	Opening by Jos Berghman, conference chair
08:35 – 09:00	Welcome speech by Mr Mars Di Bartolomeo, Minister of Health and Social Security of G.D. Luxembourg
09:00 – 10:00	Keynote speaker 1 - Bob Deacon: Global and World Regional Social Policy: Europe as model, obstacle or irrelevance?
10:00 – 11:10	Parallel sessions A
	A1: National or Transnational social policy 1 Chair: Wim van Oorschot	A2: Labour Market 1 Chair: Dimitris Pavlopoulos
	Government policy and the labour market in the UK: Influences from the American and European socio-economic models of capitalism (download paper.pdf - presentation .pdf) Catherine Coron/ Ruxandra Pavelchievici Discussant: Jan Drahokoupil	A Silent Revolution: New Management Ideas and the Reinvention of European Public Employment Services (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Jörg Timo Weishaupt Discussant: Anne Reimat

	Following the US model? Welfare-to-Work Policies in Comparison (download paper.pdf - presentation .pdf) Michaela Schulze Discussant: Christian Albrekt Larsen	Flexicurity pathways to improve labour market outcomes of migrant workers in the EU Elisenda Estruch Puertas Discussant: Gerlinde Verbist
11:10 – 11:40	Coffee break
11:40 – 12:50	Parallel sessions B
	B1: Social Cohesion 1 Chair: Frédéric Berger	B2: Methodology of the Welfare State change 1 Chair: Jacques Hagenaars
	Social Cohesion policies between Europe and Asia : City Restructuring and Welfare construction (download paper.pdf) Gilles Verpraet Discussant: Isabelle Terraz	The Impact of Decommodification and Stratification on Social Trust Levels: Decomposing Esping-Andersen's Welfare Regime Typology (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Larysa Tamilina Discussant: Alexandra Kaasch

	National Pride Values among Ethnic Minority and Majority Groups in Europe. A Comparative Evidence from the European Values Survey. (Download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Victor Cebotari Discussant: Jorge Garces/ Francisco Rodenas	‘Capability' for Social Policy? (download paper.pdf) Rod Hick Discussant: On-Kwok Lai
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00	Keynote speaker 2 - Maria João Rodrigues: The European social policies and the financial and economic crises.
15:00 – 16:45	Parallel sessions C
	C1: National or Transnational social policy 2 Chair: Philippe Liégeois	C2: Migration 1 Chair: Jacques Hagenaars
	Policy Learning from the West! Best Practices Learning from the East? Matrix of Transnational Welfare-Mix Policy Learning for Global Active Ageing (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) On-Kwok Lai Discussant: Olaf van Vliet	Does human capital pay off the same for immigrants and natives? An analysis of unemployment duration in Germany (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Hanne Vandermeerschen Discussant: Catherine Coron

	From myth to reality: Globalization and Public Social Spending in OECD Countries revisited (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Marius Busemeyer Discussant: Maria Clara Murteira	The differential dependence of migrants on welfare entitlements in Belgium and Ireland (download paper.pdf) Gerlinde Verbist Discussant: Anna Meyer Christensen

	Converging trends of Social Policy in Europe: Social Security Benefit reform in the UK, the Netherlands and Finland (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Minna van Gerven Discussant: Tim Van Rie	Wage differentials between natives and immigrants in France and Austria (download paper.pdf) Natalia Malancu Discussant: Iryna Kyzyma
16:45 – 17:20	Coffee break
17:20 – 18:30	Parallel sessions D
	D1: Migration 2 Chair: Marie Valentova	D2: EU and Social Policy 1 Chair: Franz Clément
	Children of labour immigrants and their schooling in Luxembourg and Switzerland: similarities and differences between Portuguese-, Italian-, and ex-Yugoslavian-origin students. Aigul Alieva Discussant: Antonios Roumpakis	The impact of EU membership on the welfare state in the new member states (download paper.pdf) Maarten Keune Discussant: Robert Asomadu-Kyereme

	Luxembourg's corporatist-Scandinavian welfare system and incorporation of migrants (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Claudia Hartmann-Hirsch/ Fofo Ametepe Discussant: Natalia Malancu	The role of the EU in promoting social dialogue and core labour standards in inter-regional agreements (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Maria Cristina Macovei Discussant: Larysa Tamilina
20:00 – 23:00	Conference dinner

Saturday, 7 March

09:00 – 10:00	Keynote speaker 3 – Anton Hemerijck: In Search of a New Welfare State (download presentation.pdf)
10:00 – 11:10	Parallel sessions E
	E1: EU and Social Policy 2 Chair: Franz Clément	E2: National or Transnational social policy 3 Chair: Wim van Oorschot
	Localisation and globalisation. Europanisation of the welfare state (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Olaf van Vliet Discussant: Minna van Gerven	How New Economic Ideas Changed the Danish Welfare State : The case of neo-liberal ideas and highly organised social democratic interests (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Christian Albrekt Larsen Discussant: Ruxandra Pavelchievici

	The EU at work? On convergence of labour market performance in the EU and OECD (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Tim Van Rie Discussant: Stijn Lefebure	Neoliberalism and welfare reform in Central and Eastern Europe: What is driving the ‘second-generation reforms'? (download link to paper - presentation.pdf) Jan Drahokoupil Discussant: Michaela Schulze
11:10 – 11:40	Coffee break
11:40 – 12:50	Parallel sessions F
	F1: Migration 3 Chair: Eva Sierminska	F2: Social Cohesion 2 Chair: Frédéric Berger
	The impact of institutions on the unemployment gap between immigrants and natives Anna Meyer Christensen Discussant: Rod Hick	Good practices to reduce discrimination and social exclusion: Comparative analysis of the situation in seven European countries (download presentation.pdf) Jorge Garces/ Francisco Rodenas Discussant: Gilles Verpraet

	Female Migration in Ukraine: Determinants and Consequences (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Iryna Kyzyma Discussant: Fofo Ametepe	Do unemployed youth in Europe really "choose" to live with their parents? (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Isabelle Terraz Discussant: Victor Cebotari
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00	Keynote speaker 4 – Ian Gough: Climate Change and Social Policy (download presentation.pdf)
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee break
15:15 – 17:20	Parallel sessions G
	G1: Welfare State Sustainability Chair: Philippe van Kerm	G2: Labour Market and Elderly policies Chair: Eva Sierminska
	Extending Pro-Poor Social Security in Ghana - The Role of Mutual Insurance Organisations (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Robert Asomadu-Kyereme Discussant: Marius Busemeyer	Welfare regimes and long-term care for elderly people in Europe (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Anne Reimat Discussant: Andranik Tangian

	"Ideas from above" International Organizations and European Health Systems (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Alexandra Kaasch Discussant: Bart Verbelen	Elderly Poverty and Inequality in Advanced European Welfare States (download presentation.pdf) Stijn Lefebure Discussant: Maarten Keune

	The ethical relevance of inequalities in living standards between pensioners and their contemporaries (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Maria Clara Murteira Discussant: Maria Cristina Macovei	Is Europe Ready for Flexicurity? An empirical study based on the 4th European Working Conditions Survey (download paper.pdf - presentation.pdf) Andranik Tangian Discussant: Carmen Petrovici

	Re-embedding the labour-capital relation in Europe: the 'meta-regulated' European social space and the ECJ rulings on the Laval and Viking cases (download paper.pdf) Antonios Roumpakis Discussant: Claudia Hartmann-Hirsch	Welfare state institutions and early retirement patterns in Europe:A comparative analysis using the ECHP and the EU-SILC (download presentation.pdf) Carmen Petrovici Discussant: Jörg Timo Weishaupt
17:20 - 17:30	Closing speech by Mr. Georges Schroeder, president of CEPS/INSTEAD

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