Theme: Human Capital in modern societies: theories, policies, and economic implications. The conference provides an opportunity to analyze and discuss issues related to the functioning of the labour market as well as to develop research collaborations.

Theme: "Gender Gaps in Educational Choices" The theme for this year conference is the analysis of the factors determining different educational choices and labour market outcomes across gender. There will be a special invited plenary session on Retirement and Reform of the Pension System. The...

The theme for this year conference is about labour market reforms with a particular emphasis on successful practices implemented in European countries. The Great Recession has destroyed jobs around the world, but has hit more strongly the younger workers: who were the first to exit and are now...

Conference Program: SESSIONS A.1 Tracking in schooling A.2 Pre-market abilities A.3 Migrations and Networks A.4 Job insecurity and female labor supply A.5 Job satisfaction A.6 Macroeconomics of the labour market B.1 Determinants of schooling performances 1 B.2 Intergenerational mobility and...

The aim of the Conference is to present and discuss recent research on cultural traits, beliefs and social norms and how they affect the functioning of institutions and legal systems. Topics: • Economics and Econometrics of Interactions • Cultural diversity and discrimination • Political...

The reform process triggered by the recent financial crisis is gradually making progress. Advances are underway in the area of banking regulation, accounting standards, and market infrastructure (e.g. clearing houses for derivatives, etc.). A new framework for macroprudential policy is also...

The Conference consists of a thematic session and a session including free contributions. The thematic session will be introduced by an invited lecture given by Peter Sloane (IZA, Bonn), followed by the presentation of the selected papers. A panel discussion on "The Future of Labour Economics in...

ERWIT is an annual workshop that brings together international economists from across Europe and key researchers from outside the region. The workshop disseminates the findings of recent research on international trade, and presentations often involve exploratory rather than finished papers. It...

Paper proposals are invited on any aspect of urban and regional economics.