The economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine are likely to reshape the science-policy interface with significant implications for net-zero goals, green growth, and sustainable development. The recent experience from the...

The conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and analyzing their socioeconomic determinants and consequences. Topics of interest include, among others, the determinants of immigration to the OECD, migrants’...

The conference will review the emerging patterns of how culture and creativity foster local growth and the implications for policies in the area of employment, innovation, and regional development. Thematic sessions: - Cultural heritage and local development: maximising the impact, - Fulfilling...

Theme of the Forum: “Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs/skills and social dimensions”. Topics: - Competitiveness impacts of environmental policies, - Distributional consequences of environmental policies, - Green industrial policy, - Employment implications...

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 15 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches or methodological contributions are of particular interest. Topics: -...

We particularly encourage submissions of papers that provide good theory or empirical evidence on the following topics: - Technical progress over the long run and its labor market effects - Uneven adoption of ITC technologies across the OECD countries, and the impact on growth and labor...

Systems innovation is a horizontal policy approach that mobilises technology, market mechanisms, regulations and social innovations to solve complex societal problems in a set of interacting or interdependent components. They are characterised by disrupting or complementary types of knowledge...

Topics: - Does competition kill or create jobs? The links and drivers between competition and employment - Competition law and policy in Kazakhstan - The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement - Serial offenders: Why do some industries seem prone to endemic collusion?

Topics: - Mismatch of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in the labor market; - Cognitive and non-cognitive skills and labor productivity; - The evolution of cognitive and non-cognitive skills over the life cycle; - Policy interventions and the formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills.