The conference organizers welcome submissions on any topic related to the general theme of economic behavior and inequality, including but not limited to: - Formation of inequality in various key outcomes and the role of economic behavior; - Role of heterogeneity and biases in behavior and...

The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and medical insurance. A large and increasing fraction of government budgets are allocated to these programmes. Their design varies...

The rapidly changing landscape of commodity markets has important implications for research in finance, monetary economics, industry organization, development economics, international trade, and macroeconomics. The conference will bring together economists working in these areas who share...

All papers presented at the conference will be selected through this open submissions process. Please note that there will be time for only a very small number of presentations. The conference lasts about a day and a half, there are no parallel sessions, and ample time is allowed for discussion...

Theme and Topics: Recent work on labor markets has stressed the importance of trading frictions in accounting for the outcomes that we observe in these markets. The focus of this conference, hosted by CAP, is to further our understanding of how frictions in both labor markets and related markets...

This CRIW conference aims to examine what we know and don’t know about today’s labor market and how it has changed. The goals of the conference are to document significant labor market trends, to explore the causes and consequences of these trends, and to shed light on important issues...

The conference will focus on behavioral responses to taxes and social insurance programs, as well as the implications of such responses for government policy. Taxes are broadly defined to include direct individual and corporate taxes as well as indirect taxes. Social insurance programs include...