European Governments made substantial efforts to reform labor market institutions when walking away from the Eurosclerosis of the 1980s. To achieve political viability, the reforms mostly entailed changing the rules only for new hires and introducing a wide array of new flexible, fixed-term,...

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...

Paper proposals are invited in any area of labour economics.

European postal operators are facing unprecedented declines in mail volumes, exacerbated by the economic downturn. This event will provide expert insights into the strategic measures required to reduce operating costs, adapt offerings to meet changing customer expectations, and grow revenues...

At this IZA topic week we will bring together economists and labor economists who have worked on the political economy of reforms in general and of labor markets reforms in transition and emerging economies. As we can perceive the transition context as a quasi-natural experiment, it is...

Lecturers: Gary Fields (Cornell University): “Modeling Labor Markets and Labor Market Policies” Eric V. Edmonds (Dartmouth College): “Child and Family Labor Supply in Low Income Economies”

In this 2-day workshop we plan to have papers on microeconomic aspects of labor market adjustment in transition and emerging economies. The main focus of the workshop is on countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and China, but research on the new member states of the European Union...

This year's conference will again provide excellent insight into key industry developments whilst generating invaluable networking opportunities. Speakers from across the sector will be considering: - What will emerge as the dominant revenue model in broadcasting? - Channel hopping? The future...

Full liberalisation of the postal market has been in place since 2006, and the market has been and will be evolving rapidly as the industry adjusts to competition. We are faced with questions concerning the future role of regulation, adapting to changing customer demand, and how to retain and...

Topics: 1. Diagnosis of labor market conditions and vulnerability in middle and low income countries. 2. Links between the business environment, labor demand and poverty reduction. 3. Benefits/costs of structural reforms and globalization for workers 4. Causes and consequences of formality and...