In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

This workshop focuses on the macroeconomic implications of micro-level frictions, such as adjustment costs, informational rigidities, search and matching frictions, costly reallocation, irreversibility, taxation, among others. Topics of particular interest include price and wage setting, capital...

The workshop aims to bring together research that analyzes several aspects of insurance against individual risk from a macroeconomic perspective. These aspects cover forms of (1) mutual insurance either from formal institutions (e.g general tax/transfer system, the pension system, unemployment...

This workshop aims at discussing research on the frontier of macro labor economics. We encourage theoretical and empirical submissions from all macro labor areas, including, but not limited to, discrimination in the labor market, search and matching, interactions between family and the labor...

How does market power affect labor market outcomes? This workshop invites papers on market power in the goods market and monopsony power in the labor market, with particular emphasis on the macroeconomic implications. Work on the intersection of macro/labor and IO and both theoretical and...

The conference will be held both in person and online. Sessions will focus primarily on issues encountered by under-represented groups in economics, finance and central banking. We invite papers drawn from a variety of methods, perspectives, and disciplines and especially encourage submissions...

The conference aims to bring together high-quality research that is at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. We invite researchers to submit empirical and theoretical contributions related to the labor market on topics such as business cycle dynamics, labor market frictions,...

The conference aims to bring together high-quality research that is at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. We invite researchers to submit empirical and theoretical contributions related to the labor market on topics such as business cycle dynamics, labor market frictions,...

The conference aims to bring together high-quality research that is at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. We invite researchers to submit related empirical and theoretical contributions. Papers using microeconomic data are especially welcome. Among the areas of interest...

Globalisation and Labour Markets - David Dorn (University of Zurich) This seminar examines how global economic integration affects labor markets in the United States and in Western Europe, with emphasis on mechanisms related to international trade and offshoring, adoption of new technologies,...