Conference on Occupational Mismatch and Skill Shortage
10-11 September 2026
Hosted by: University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Venue: Fondazione “Circolo Artistico Politecnico”, Palazzo Zapata, 2nd floor, Piazza Trieste e Trento 48, Naples.
Presentation structure: 30 minutes for each presentation, including time for questions.
Day 1 – Thursday, 10 September 2026
08:30–09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00–09:15 Opening Remarks
TRAILS Session 1: Technology and Workers’ Careers
09:15–09:45 Teleworking and Workers’ Careers
Lorenzo Incoronato (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF and ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin), with V. Pezone and A. Scognamiglio
09:45–10:15 The Gender Gap in Digital Skills at Work
Adele Whelan (ESRI and Trinity College Dublin), with L. Brosnan and S. McGuinness
10:15–10:45 Coffee Break
TRAILS Session 2: Job Changes and Workers’ Match Quality
10:45–11:15 When Jobs Change: Skills Mismatch and the Value of Training
Paul Redmond (ESRI and Trinity College Dublin), with L. Kelly and L. Brosnan
11:15–11:45 Job Displacement, Match Quality and Wage Losses: Evidence from Cross-Country Administrative Datasets
Annalisa Scognamiglio (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF), with L. Coraggio, P. Heß, L. Incoronato, M. Mertz, A Miano, M. Pagano, L. Sinno, and J. Tåg
11:45–13:00 Lunch Break
13:00–14:00 Keynote: Job Search Assistance for Vocational Students
Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po)
14:00–14:30 Coffee Break
TRAILS Session 3: Reallocation and Spatial Frictions
14:30–15:00 Trapped Labor: Zombie Firms and the Growth of the Living – The Labor Market Distortion Channel
Andrea Locatelli (Bank of Italy), with Antonio Accetturo and Michele Cascarano
15:00–15:30 Human Capital Misallocation and General Equilibrium Effects
Carla Varona Cervantes (Central Bank of Chile), with Nadim Elayan and Agustín Díaz
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–16:30 Inter-generational Congestion and Spatial Labour Market Out- comes
Damiano Raimondo (University of Warwick), with Gabriele Guaitoli and Roberto Pancrazi
16:30–17:00 The Micro and Macro Implications of Early Career Skill Mismatch
Piero De Dominicis (Bocconi University)
17:00 End of Day 1
Day 2 – Friday, 11 September 2026
09:00–09:30 Arrival and Coffee
TRAILS Session 4: Occupational Mismatch and Human Capital
09:30–10:00 Was Your Degree Worth It? Heterogeneous Returns to Fields of Study and Skill Mismatch
Lorenzo Navarini (University of Vienna and ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin), with Dieter Verhaest
10:00–10:30 Imperfect Self-Knowledge and Skills Mismatch
Enzo Brox (University of Bern), with Daniel Goller and Stefan C. Wolter
10:30–11:00 When Tight Labor Markets Don’t Raise Wages: Firms’ Beliefs About Hiring
Hannah Paule-Paludkiewicz (Deutsche Bundesbank), with Karol Paludkiewicz and Benjamin Schoefer
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 Policy Panel
Moderator: Ferdinando Giugliano (CEPR)
Panel speakers: Konstantinos Pouliakas (CEDEFOP), Sandra McNally (University of Surrey), and Samuel Bentolila (CEMFI)
13:00–13:45 Lunch and Conference Conclusion
Organizing Committee:
- Luca Coraggio (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Lorenzo Incoronato (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Monica Langella (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Armando Miano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Georgios Panos (Aristotele University)
- Marco Stenborg Petterson (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Vincenzo Pezone (LUISS)
- Ioannis Pragidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Paul Redmond (ESRI)
- Annalisa Scognamiglio (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)