The workshop will focus on the causes and effects of heterogeneity among workers, households, or firms on macroeconomic outcomes. This includes but is not limited to research on wage dispersion, heterogeneity in unemployment and participation, the roles of firms and technologies in shaping...

Every year, the Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference brings together economists from the academia, the public and the private sectors, think tanks, and other constituencies to discuss innovative research in economics and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and...

The aim of this year’s meeting is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their most recent research related to labor market institutions. Topics: Unemployment insurance; Employment protection; Active labor market programs; Short-time work schemes; Collective bargaining;...

Inflation targeting has delivered low, stable inflation and substantial macroeconomic stability over the last several decades (financial crisis aside). But the last ten years have proved challenging for monetary authorities. Output has been below pre-crisis trends for a sustained period,...

The purpose of the 2019 workshop of IZA's "Labor Statistics" program area is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their recent empirical research related to contract work. We particularly encourage submissions of papers that present new evidence on: - The prevalence of and...

The objective of the Summer School is to bring together a large number of PhD students and senior lecturers to study topics in labor economics. The Summer School is open to advanced graduate students from European universities, or Europeans studying abroad, engaged in the preparation of a...

The goal of the symposium is to bring together leading economists working in any area of labour economics. To foster the desired interaction, we ask that participants stay for the entire duration of the conference.

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 on: - Increasing wage labor demand. - Creating jobs in the formal sector of the economy, including mobilizing capital for private sector...

Program: - New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans; - Refugee-Specific Government Aid and Child Refugees Success Later in Life; - Are Mexican and U.S. Workers Complements or Substitutes? - Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from Pre- and Post-Mariel Miami; - Cyclical...