The philosophy of EDDI is to be an open, inclusive DDI community-building activity. In this spirit, while GESIS and the IDSC of IZA will be running EDDI, with the IDSC of IZA being the regular host, we strongly hope to take EDDI on the road across Europe so that the community converges at a...

Key topics to be covered at the event include: - Trade finance solutions - ECA backed export finance - Islamic trade finance solutions - Private risk insurance in the Middle East - ECAs short term financing programmes - SME lending - Forfaiting, factoring and receivables discounting - Supply...

The aim of the workshop is to bring together leading scholars and young researchers working on topics related to personnel and labor economics at the intersection of economics, psychology and biology. Acknowledging the increasing importance of neurobiological and neuropsychological approaches to...

At this IZA topic week we will bring together economists and labor economists who have worked on the political economy of reforms in general and of labor markets reforms in transition and emerging economies. As we can perceive the transition context as a quasi-natural experiment, it is...

ESSLE is designed to bring together economists in the field from across Europe and key researchers from outside the region. It provides a unique opportunity for researchers from different universities and countries to discuss their work in a relaxed atmosphere and to develop long-term...

The aim of the conference is to highlight the consequences of the minimum wage on the basis of recent theoretical and empirical contributions. Contributions related to the employment and wage effects of the minimum wage, the optimal design of the minimum wage and its interaction with optimal...

Lecturers: Gary Fields (Cornell University): “Modeling Labor Markets and Labor Market Policies” Eric V. Edmonds (Dartmouth College): “Child and Family Labor Supply in Low Income Economies”

Presentations and debate this year include: - Building a new Latin America on the opportunity of the global financial crisis - Engaging export credit agencies & multilaterals to increase investment in renewable energy projects - Understanding the changing role of commodities traders - Soft...

Key issues to be discussed include: - China’s role as a global sourcing hub - Facilitating intra-Asia trade and expanding global trade flows - Export finance developments in Indonesia and Vietnam’s infrastructure sectors - The role of ECAs in supporting Asia’s growth - The increasing...

Topics to be covered at the conference include: - Corporates’ perspective: How has the recent market volatility affected borrowers’ access to financing? - Are ECA premiums set to rise on India anytime soon? How will this affect demand for ECA coverage in the region? - Challenges and...