The purpose of the 2019 workshop of IZA's "Labor Statistics" program area is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their recent empirical research related to contract work. We particularly encourage submissions of papers that present new evidence on: - The prevalence of and...

To expand the frontiers of global knowledge around jobs and advance the discussion on the most effective policies, we are interested in papers that focus on: - Increasing wage labor demand. - Creating jobs in the formal sector of the economy, including mobilizing capital for private sector...

Going into its 15th edition this year, the IZA Annual Migration Meeting aims at bringing together junior and senior migration researchers to discuss their most recent work in a constructive atmosphere. We encourage submissions on all topics related to the economics of migration.

Workshop program: - Gender and High Skill - Household Bargaining - Political Empowerment - Gender in Economics and Academia - Gender Issues in Developing Countries - Policy and Labor Supply - Mothers in the Labor Market - Crime and Risky Behaviors - Gender Wage Gap - Education and Gender

After an extremely successful initial Symposium in Bonn in July, the second IZA Junior/Senior Labor Symposium will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, on Monday and Tuesday, May 1-2, 2017. We shall have 10 papers presented by authors who are between 1 and 6 years past the Ph.D. No...

Program: Session A: Gender, Session B: Rural Labor Markets, Session C: Migration, Session D: Plenary Session on Labor Demand, Session E: Labor Market Structure 1, Session F: Labor Market Structure 2, Session G: Skills Training 1, Session H: Skills Training 2, Session I: Plenary Session on...

The main aim of the program is to bring outstanding PhD students to Washington, DC in order to meet with leading labor economists during seminars as well as personal meetings at local universities and public institutions such as the World Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank.The program...

In this panel, we will discuss: - to what extent entrepreneurs are able to substantially influence economic development and wealth creation in an economy; - to what extent the regulatory environment in developed and developing economies explains the differences in outcomes, or whether other...