IZA and DFID organize the first workshop in their joint program on growth and labor markets in low-income countries. The GLM-LIC program aims to improve worldwide knowledge on labor market issues in low-income countries and provide a solid basis for capacity building and the development of...

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 20 presentations from academic researchers in all areas of labor market policy evaluation and methodological contributions from related fields.

At this IZA topic week we will bring together economists and labor economists who have worked on the political economy of reforms in general and of labor markets reforms in transition and emerging economies. As we can perceive the transition context as a quasi-natural experiment, it is...