Major Theme: The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus The Conference will seek to explore the apparent contradictions of the policy stances that are now emerging amidst the global unemployment crisis. More specific themes: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any...

We invite empirical and theoretical submissions, which relate to the Workshop theme of "Crises, Institutions and Labour Market Performance: Comparing Evidence and Policies". Papers offering a comparative perspective are encouraged though selection will be primarily based on quality.

Recent shifts in the Arab world coupled with an economic contraction at the global level have created a new urgency for decision-makers across the region: the need to address the fundamental conditions required to revive growth and support human development. Now more than ever, it is critical to...

Invited speakers: Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota) Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario and RCEA) Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University) Gianluca Violante (New York University)

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.

This conference aims to generate a ground through which political, social, global, and systematical aspects of labor markets and political economy of employment and unemployment can be discussed. Considering the 2008 economic crisis and the massive unemployment rates in all over the world and...

We welcome papers analyzing: - The measurement of both, inter and intra generational income mobility - The effect of educational, labor market and social policies in enhancing / obstructing social mobility - Political economy aspects of an emerging middle class: Do the poor face the risk of...

ADAPT and UNAM – National Autonomous University of Mexico invite professors, researchers, doctoral students, experts, practitioners and all those interested in the conference topics, from the perspectives of multiple disciplines – including, but not limited to, economics, sociology,...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. In this seminar (Professor Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego and NBER) we will examine how global economic integration affects labor markets with emphasis on mechanisms related to global...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of research based on the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Attendance at the...