The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. In this seminar (Professor Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego and NBER) we will examine how global economic integration affects labor markets with emphasis on mechanisms related to global...

Cédric Tille (Geneva Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies) The course consists of two main parts. We first review the major building blocks of international economics. In the second part, we focus more extensively on selected topics that have been prominent areas of...

he Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and young members of policy institutions such as central banks, ministries, and international organisations. The size of the group is limited to 25 participants; the age...

Unemployment insurance schemes changed in many countries in the last great recession. Several countries increased the duration of unemployment benefits, reinforced the coaching of unemployed workers, provided more training programs or facilitated short-time work compensation. The aim of this...

The workshop will bring together leading scholars and young researchers pursuing research on labor markets in emerging and transition economies with a focus on the link of institutions and informal employment. Informality and informal employment pose a major challenge to policy makers in...

Program: - Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa - The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis Using PROGRESA Database - Do Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Improve Work and Earnings among its Youth Beneficiaries? Evidence after a...

Program: - Session I: Wages and Related Issues - Session II: Time and Timing - Session III: Macro Issues - Session IV: Biological and Non-Cognitive Issues - Session V: Migration - Session VI: Peer Effects - Session VII: Sickness and Absenteeism - Session VIII: Education and Human Capital

The objective of the IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics is to bring together a large number of Ph.D. students and senior researchers to study new areas in labor economics.

Program: Session A: Family Issues Session B: Occupational Adjustment Session C: Employer Attitudes Session D: Remittances Session E: Culture and Identity Session F: Migration Flows Session G: Public Issues Session H: Crime and Culture Session I: Africa 1 Session J: Africa 2 Session K: Rural and...

The aim of the workshop is to bring together leading scholars and young researchers working on topics related to entrepreneurship research. We invite contributions from various interdisciplinary backgrounds: Theoretical contributions as well as empirical research using survey evidence,...