Researchers with an interest in political economy (the interface between economics and politics) are invited to submit papers for the 2019 Silvaplana workshop. Papers can be theoretical and/or empirical. The primary criterion is that papers be judged interesting by the program committee. The...

The workshop has the aim of bringing together high quality papers that deal with (i) wage dispersion and inequality; (ii) worker heterogeneity and mismatch unemployment; (iii) labor market policy. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome.

The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate research in the search and matching literature and to bring together high-profile researchers with younger colleagues. The work presented at the workshop should cover theoretical as well as empirical contributions to the search literature. Given the...