The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on the issues of skills and skill mismatch. Topics include (but are not limited to): - Trends in educational and skill mismatches - Skill shortages and the impact of skill mismatches for enterprises - Job search, job quality and...

Topics: - Tax/benefit policies and labor supply, employment - Fiscal integration in the EU and its effects on EU labor markets - National unemployment insurance (UI) policies and perspectives of EU-wide UI-provision - The interactions of fiscal policies with nominal and real rigidities - The...

Program: Session A: Gender, Session B: Rural Labor Markets, Session C: Migration, Session D: Plenary Session on Labor Demand, Session E: Labor Market Structure 1, Session F: Labor Market Structure 2, Session G: Skills Training 1, Session H: Skills Training 2, Session I: Plenary Session on...

The Program Committee (see above) invites submissions for a maximum of 20 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches, structural modeling or methodological contributions are of...

The IZA/OECD Employment Seminar brings together academic experts and policy makers to discuss issues of current importance in European labour markets. We would welcome empirical contributions to this seminar on the short- and medium-term impacts of labour market reforms – especially those...

Program: - Jochen Kluve (Humboldt University Berlin, RWI and IZA) "Youth Labor Market Interventions" - Werner Eichhorst (IZA) "Does Vocational Training Help Young People Find a (Good) Job?" - Robert I. Lerman (Urban Institute and IZA) "Do Firms Benefit from Apprenticeship Investments?"