The aim of this year's conference is to assess the impact of selected demographic processes (population aging in economically developed countries, but also labor-related migration in some countries, including Poland) on the functioning of the pension system, health care and family policy - now...

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 16 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches, structural modeling, RCTs or methodological contributions are of particular...

The workshop intends to provide a platform for the discussion of new ideas in the structural evaluation of labour market policies. Particular attention will be given to modeling labour market policies in presence of search-and-matching frictions and information asymmetries. Submission of...

The conference is open to all who are interested in the problems of contemporary welfare state. Stream Themes: - Comparative methodology - Pensions - Health care - Labour market policy - Family policy - Social services and social work - Poverty and social assistance - Education - Inequalities...

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.

This event will be led by a number of locally-based presenters and aims to cover the core material of labour economics as required by those researching in this area or teaching at the postgraduate level. There will be five focused sessions: - schooling and earnings; - discrimination; - labour...

Conference Programme: Plenary A: Growth for jobs or jobs for growth? Plenary B: Is there a trade-off between competitiveness and quality jobs? Plenary C: Is the rise in inequality here to stay? Plenary D: The future of jobs – is unemployment inevitable? Plenary E: Conference closure – is...

We invite contributions (papers and presentations of projects) that provide solutions to the following challenges and questions: - Most people in developing countries are dependent on the agricultural and informal sectors. We question whether employment creation should concentrate on these...

Topics of interest: - Evaluation of training policies - Training for the unemployed - Benefits of lifelong learning - Training & gender - Funding of Lifelong learning - Barriers to access to lifelong learning - Efficiency of lifelong learning programs - The distribution of lifelong learning

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...