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...

There seems to be general agreement that „populism“ has been on the rise over the past decade, and that it has implications for election outcomes and economic policies. There is the notion that pupulist economic policies oriented towards short-term gains at the cost of long-term structural...

The world is changing fast and policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic face a wide range of challenges; be it pushing at bay the spectra of secular stagnation, lowering inequality, defining frameworks to manage new technologies or tackling climate change and migration. In this fourth edition...

Preliminary Programme: Session 1 - Monetary policy modelling in low interest rate and low inflation environment ; Session 2 - Models for macroprudential analysis ; Session 3 - Forecasting models – Nowcasting with rich datasets.

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;...

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...

This conference focuses on the core questions facing the insurance industry today, as the sector undergoes changes which will fundamentally transform the behaviour of providers, brokers and consumers alike. Looking at how digital disruption and innovation will impact insurance going forward,...

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.