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University of Wales Economics Colloquium 2004
University of Wales Swansea 17th May 2004

Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre (WELMERC) and the Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development (WIRED) are hosting a one-day conference on Welsh economic policy to be held at the Digital Technium, University of Wales Swansea on Monday 17th May 2004.

Schedule:

Room 104, Digital Technium, University of Wales Swansea
9.30 - 4.30 17th May 2004

9.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.40 Jane Bryan and Calvin Jones (Cardiff):
'Evidence-based Regional Policy: An Alternative Approach'

10.40-11.20 Andrew Henley (Aberystwyth):
'Prospects for regeneration in mid-Wales'

COFFEE

11.35-12.15 James Foreman-Peck and Laurian Lungu (Cardiff):
'A Supply-side Econometric Model of the Welsh Economy'

12.15-12.55 Richard Jones and Peter Sloane (Swansea):
'Regional Differences in Job Satisfaction: Why are the Welsh so Happy at Work?'

LUNCH

13.30-14.10 James Foreman-Peck (Cardiff):
'Should Welsh Schools be Smaller?'

14.10-14.50 Steve Hill and Mandy James (Glamorgan):
'An Evaluative Framework for the Welsh Assembly Government's Cultural Strategy (Creative Future)'

TEA

15.05-15.45 Huw Lloyd-Williams and John Treble (Swansea):
'Are Poverty and Deprivation Different?'

15.45-16.25 Melanie Jones, Paul Latreille and Peter Sloane (Swansea):
'Disability, Gender and the Labour Market in Wales'