Topics of the workshop: - The formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood and adolescence; - Measurement of preferences and skills using survey instruments and experiments; - Malleability of preferences and cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and their rank order...

This second IZA/Higher School of Economics workshop will bring together labor economists who are working on labor market adjustment in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Central Asian former Soviet Republics and China. While the main focus of the workshop is on the specified topic,...

The topic of the conference is “Social Security and the changing concept of work”. Both pension schemes and most other social security schemes as we know them are financed by contributions that are levied on salary from work, and / or income from self employment. The sustainability of the...

Topics: - Employment relations - Employee stress and burnout - Positive organizational behavior - Health and interventions - Work-Family Interface - Personnel selection - Human resource management - Leadership and management - Sustainable environment and organizations - Performance and...

Program: Session A: Fertility in Russia Session B: Migrants and their Behavior in Central Asia and Russia Session C: Retirement and Consumption Session D: Invited Policy Lecture Session E: Informality and Self-Employment Session F: Minimum Wages in Russia Session G: Education and Labor Market...

Program: - Wealth Inequality in the Very Long Run: Reflections on “Nordic Exceptionalism” (Sam Bowles and Mattia Fochesato) - On the Measurement of Income Mobility (Rolf Aaberge) - A Life Cycle Model of Health and Retirement: The Case of Swedish Pension Reform (Johanna Wallenius) - Nordic...