The conference strives to expand the frontiers of global knowledge around jobs, improve understanding of the interplay between development and quantity and quality of work, and advance the discussion on the most effective policies to improve jobs outcomes in low- and middle-income countries....

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...

The aim of the conference is to bring together policymakers and practitioners, international institutions, and leading academics to shed light on these issues from both practical and research perspectives, and draw robust and novel policy implications.

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the latest policy-relevant research to foster the creation of multi-sector, multi-disciplinary solutions to jobs challenges around the world based on research and empirical evidence. In addition to the regular sessions in all fields of labor...

The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers, empirical and theoretical, investigating the main drivers of productivity with particular attention to the role of the law, institutions, and norms. Possible topics include: - Firm Productivity - Human Capital and Skill Formation -...

Topics: - Mismatch of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in the labor market; - Cognitive and non-cognitive skills and labor productivity; - The evolution of cognitive and non-cognitive skills over the life cycle; - Policy interventions and the formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

This conference will provide an opportunity to analyze some of the issues mentioned above and review what we know on the role of skills and their use for promoting productive employment. The thematic sessions welcome papers: - Reviewing the measures of skills available in developing and emerging...

Program: - Cash Transfers and Social Assistance - Climate Change, Poverty and Migration - Education, Informality and Inequality - Education and Discrimination - Education and Labor Markets - Labor Market Programs and Employment - Health, Participation and Remittances - Welfare and Social Effects...

The theme of this conference is development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Submissions are encouraged on all topics related to development in the African continent, broadly defined.

The special theme of this year’s conference is Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship. The thematic sessions include: - The design of social assistance and social insurance policies and their role in promoting human capital investment and improving labor market outcomes especially among...