The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss labor markets dynamics and their relation with growth. Topics: - Labor market responses to macroeconomic and policy changes: structure of labor markets, downward wage rigidities, the institutional environment...

The conference is thus meant to stimulate further research and to create an opportunity for discussions of topics such as the following: - objectives of portability and optimal design of portability rules, - conceptual issues arising in different sub-fields, old-age provision and health care in...

From the 1960s onwards, international economics and international business have been developing as separate fields. More recently, four trends that may lead to a possible convergence of international economics (IE) and international business (IB) have become evident. First, the modern IE...

The organizers welcome submissions on the general theme of Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes. Relevant aspects of globalization include trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment and the operation of multinational enterprises, current account imbalances, real exchange rate...

Possible sessions could include, but are not limited to, the following: - International capital flows - International portfolio allocation - International portfolio diversification - Global flight to quality - Liquidity and capital flows - Investing in emerging economies - Capital market...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the UCLA conference. Papers focusing on general equilibrium growth and models of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of global and regional trade patterns, foreign direct investment,...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Manila conference. Papers focusing on the patterns and implications of international trade and foreign direct investment in a growing world economy, as well as the conditions under which nations...

Topics: 1. Diagnosis of labor market conditions and vulnerability in middle and low income countries. 2. Links between the business environment, labor demand and poverty reduction. 3. Benefits/costs of structural reforms and globalization for workers 4. Causes and consequences of formality and...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Sydney conference. Papers focusing on the determinants of the patterns of international trade, investment and migration in a growing world economy and on the conditions under which nations...