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Introduction

• NEA and NDD Activities in the 2013-2014 Programme of Work – Ron Cameron, Head of the NEA Nuclear Development Division, NDD
• Overview of the Workshop: Modelling Employment in the Nuclear Power Sector – Geoffrey Rothwell, Principal Economist, NDD
• IAEA, Nuclear Power and Macroeconomic Analysis – Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi, Planning and Economic Studies Section, International Atomic Energy Agency

• Input-Output Analysis in Perspective – Jan Horst Keppler, Senior Economics Advisor, NDD
• Primer on Input-Output (I-O) Modelling – Geoffrey Rothwell, Principal Economist, NDD
• Modelling Employment and Nuclear Power in the CGE Models – Robert Beestermöller, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• SMR Cost Assessment for Input-Output Modelling – Geoffrey Black, Center for Advanced Energy Studies and Boise State University, and Steven Peterson, Clinical Professor, University of Idaho, United States

Session II: Modelling Employment in the Nuclear Power Sector
Chair: Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi

• Modelling Employment in the American Nuclear Power Sector with Input-Output Analysis – Geoffrey Black, Center for Advanced Energy Studies and Boise State University, and Steven Peterson, Clinical Professor, University of Idaho, United States
• Modelling Employment in the American Nuclear Power Sector – David Bradish, Manager, Energy and Economic Analysis, Nuclear Energy Institute
• Jobs in the Nuclear industry in France in 2009 – Jeanne Lubek, Management Consultant

Session III: Guidelines for Modelling the Nuclear Power Sector
Chair: G. Rothwell

Discussion on the issue of appropriate Input-Output modelling of the nuclear power sector

• What constitutes the nuclear power sector?
• What model(s) are best able to represent the nuclear power sector?
• If I-O, how are production coefficients to be determined? (standard errors?)
• If CGE, how would substitution elasticities be determined? (standard errors?)
• How should changes over time be addressed?

Discussion of the issue of direct, indirect, and induced employment in the nuclear power sector

• How should direct, indirect, and induced employment in the sector be calculated?
• How can gross effects be distinguished from net effects? (What baseline?)
• How can generic multipliers be used to determine employment effects?
• How would multipliers change with technological change?
• What modifications are required for application to other generating sectors?

Discussion on future activities