The idea of the workshop is to gather together three recognised researchers who will make individual presentations on a policy relevant topic, and to make them then interact with policy-makers from international and Belgian institutions during a roundtable. We want to discuss the interactions...

Regional disparities in unemployment and wages are large, often persistent, and presumably not efficient. To what extent is it due to a range of frictions (search-matching frictions, lack of labor mobility,...), imperfect competition or discrimination? Is the functioning of the housing market...