Visegrád workshop March 2012

The impact of day-care services on employment, fertility and redistribution in the V4

30-31 March 2012, Budapest

Corvinus University of Budapest, 1093 Budapest, Közraktár utca 4-6., C 510

March 30, Friday

12.00 – 13.30  arrivals

13.30 – 13.40 welcome and introduction by Ágota Scharle, Budapest Institute

13.40 – 14.10 Dorota Szelewa, Michal Polakowski, Blanka Plasova and Ágota Scharle: Review of mothers’ employment and availability of nurseries in Visegrad countries
Comments by Beáta Nagy

14.10 – 14.20  open discussion

14.20 – 14.50  Anna Lovász and Ágnes Szabó Morvai: Explaining mother’s (non)employment in Hungary
Comments by András Gábos

14.50 – 15.00  open discussion

15.00 – 15.30  coffee break 

15.30 – 16.00  Zsuzsa Blaskó, András Gábos and Daniel Gerbery: The  distribution of access to public childcare in Hungary and Slovakia
Comments by Márta Korintus

16.00 – 16.10  open discussion

16.10 – 16.40 Dorottya Szikra and Hana Haskova: Legislation on the age threshold for kindergarten, or the origins of the magic 3
Comments by Petra Reszkető

16.40 – 16.50  open discussion

March 31, Saturday

9.00 – 9.30      arrivals

9.30 – 10.00    Dorota Szelewa and Hana Haskova: Review of fertility and availability of nurseries
Comments by Ágota Scharle (TBC)

10.00 – 10.10  open discussion

10.10 – 10.40  Márton Varga: Far and few between? The child-bearing decisions of Portuguese women  
Comments by Anna Adamecz

10.40 – 10.50  open discussion

10.50 – 11.20  Jana Valkova and Adrienn Győry: Families and female employment in party programmes for the last elections in the Visegrad countries
Comments by Erika Kispéter

11.20 – 11.30  open discussion

11.30 – 12.00  coffee break

12.00 – 12.10  closing of workshop