This quantitative analysis, largely by labour economists, was supplemented by a presentation by Val Lougheed, a local outplacement counsellor, who has had years of personal experience with displaced workers. Final results of this research project will be presented at the second major CILN conference in the Hamilton area in September 1998. The ultimate goal is to paint the first comprehensive statistical picture of what it is like for long-service employees to lose a job in a variety of developed countries, and to learn about the functioning of different national labour markets from these differences. Here is a picture of some of the participants of the workshop. The workshop programme follows.
Final papers are now available here .