The aim of the 2021 workshop of IZA's Environment, Health, and Labor Markets program area is to bring together researchers analyzing the impact of environmental factors and health policies on labor market outcomes, human capital outcomes, industrial activity, production decisions and demographic...

The Festival will address themes related to the re-emergence of regions and cities from the pandemic. It includes longer-standing challenges to society of climate change, geopolitical manoeuvrings, the rise of populism, the financial implications of these shifts, migration crises, new challenges...

Program: - "Countercyclical Congestion"; - "The Real Wages of Newly Hired Workers over the Business Cycle: When the Difference between Worker Flows from Unemployment and Out-of-Labor Force Matters"; - "The Dynamics of Job Search in Unemployment"; - "Minimum Wages in Concentrated Labor...

Postponement of the “4th IZA/HSE University Workshop: Thirty Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain: The Contribution of Labor Market Adjustment to Transition and Convergence” to October 2021 This fourth IZA/HSE University workshop will bring together labor economists who are working on...

The aim of the meeting is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their most recent research related to labor market institutions. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to): Unemployment insurance; Employment protection; Active labor market policies; Short-time work...

Program: - "Waiting for Recall? Evidence from Temporary Layoffs in Austria" Andrea Weber; - "How Applications and Interviews Shape Job Finding" Rafael Lalive; - Roundtable Discussion I: Active Labor Market Policy during the COVID-19 Crisis; - "Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search...

Population aging brings new challenges for the organization of labor markets regarding how social care for frail older individuals should be delivered and financed. This presents an opportunity to increase employment in the caregiving sector, but it also has strong implications for the health...

The event will focus on policy-relevant research, applicable to identifying solutions to jobs challenges in low and middle income countries. 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...

Topics: - The effects of the adoption of managerial strategies and workplace practices on wages and other business outcomes; - The effect direct and indirect employee involvement on business outcomes; - The interplay between the adoption of general management practices and bundles of workplace...