Theme: Analysis of the contribution of the CAP to European rural employment – past, present and future. Topics: - Maintenance/creation of employment in rural areas, - The impact of CAP on agricultural and rural employment, - Methodological and data issues.

Topics: - Univariate and multivariate density forecasts: evaluation, combination, presentation, - Applications of unobserved component models, mixture models, non-linear or non-Gaussian models, - Modelling of structural instabilities and time varying relationships, the use of shrinkage...

This workshop provides researchers with an opportunity to present theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented research on: - forecasting unemployment rates in Europe, - effects of the crisis on labor markets in Europe, - country-specific differences in labor markets, - age-specific differences in...