The Covid-19 pandemic has touched everyone in some way, but many of its impacts have been disproportionately felt by women: Job losses and care burdens, for example, have fallen on women relatively more than men. Two years after the pandemic began, and as countries increasingly move toward...

The conference welcomes academics, as well as corporate or government economists. The conference theme: Global Economy after 2020: Emerging Economies, Growth and Population. - Plenary Session 1: " Emerging Economies " - Plenary Session 2: " Growth and Population in Emerging and Advanced Economies "

Topics of the workshop: - The formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood and adolescence; - Measurement of preferences and skills using survey instruments and experiments; - Malleability of preferences and cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and their rank order...

This second IZA/Higher School of Economics workshop will bring together labor economists who are working on labor market adjustment in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Central Asian former Soviet Republics and China. While the main focus of the workshop is on the specified topic,...

Authors are invited to submit original papers addressing areas including, but not limited to, the following: - Promising practices or policies in schools or work places to promote the employability of youth, particularly of less-skilled youth. - Identifying policies or practices that work as...

Program: Keynote Speeches: - David Neumark (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, and IZA) "Age Discrimination Laws and Age Discrimination in the United States" - Juan F. Jimeno (Head of the Research Division of the Bank of Spain and IZA) "What/How Dismissal Regulation...

Program: Session A: Fertility in Russia Session B: Migrants and their Behavior in Central Asia and Russia Session C: Retirement and Consumption Session D: Invited Policy Lecture Session E: Informality and Self-Employment Session F: Minimum Wages in Russia Session G: Education and Labor Market...

Employment is a key aspect of inclusive and sustainable development and this conference will deal with the following key labor market issues: - short and medium term outlook for jobs; - informal and non-regular employment; - unemployment insurance and social policy in developing Asia; -...