This conference will discuss the emergence of new forms of industrial development and policies targeted on the competitiveness of regions and cities. The aim of the conference is to share knowledge and experiences in industrial and territorial development. Developed, emerging, and developing...

The aim of this workshop is to bring together senior and junior researchers to present and discuss original research examining the link between health and the labor market. Topics: - Health and labor market outcomes - Determinants of sickness absence - Health insurance and the labor market -...

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers analyzing wider labor market impacts of the digital economy, i.e. how these technological changes have directly and indirectly affected the world of work, in particular labor productivity. We encourage submissions of papers that provide...

The Program on Labor and Development is concerned with the functioning of labor markets in developing countries, with a particular focus on employment and earnings both in wage employment and in self-employment. The aim of the 2017 IZA Workshop on Labor and Development is to bring together...

Topics of the workshop: - Measurement of preferences and personality traits using survey instruments and experiments - Malleability of preferences and personality traits, and their rank order stability - Preferences and personality traits as driving factors of selection into labor market states...

The aim of the workshop is to gather about 30 researchers working on the economics of education, in particular on the theme "Making schools work - better". Topics: - Easing school-to-work transition - Evaluation of schooling reforms - School financing - Technological change in the classroom -...

The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for high-quality work in labour economics and to bring together economists in the field from across Europe as well as key researchers from outside the region.

The RSA CEE Conference in Cluj-Napoca welcomes inputs from researchers, policy-makers and practitioners working in all areas of regional development. The conference will offer an excellent opportunity for initiating a multidisciplinary dialogue on themes such as: - Resilient Communities, -...

The aim of the 2017 workshop of the program area is to bring together researchers analyzing wider labor market impacts of environmental quality and environmental policies. We particularly encourage submissions of papers that provide credible empirical evidence on the following issues: - Effects...

The aim of the 2017 workshop of IZA’s "Labor Statistics" program area is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their recent empirical research related to changes in the structure of work. We particularly encourage submissions of papers that present new evidence on: - The...