Program: - "Waiting for Recall? Evidence from Temporary Layoffs in Austria" Andrea Weber; - "How Applications and Interviews Shape Job Finding" Rafael Lalive; - Roundtable Discussion I: Active Labor Market Policy during the COVID-19 Crisis; - "Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search...

Topics: - Innovative methods for policy evaluation (e.g. field experiments) - Labor market policies for low-skilled, youth and other disadvantaged unemployed groups - The effects of labor market policies on inequality (in wages, occupations, job tasks etc.) - Relationship between labor market...

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...

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...