The Institute of Employment Research (IAB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank hold a joint conference on the problems of the labour market performance during the crisis in Europe and also the U.S. Of specific (but not exclusive) interest are submissions on - The role of labor mobility for Euro Area...

Regional disparities in unemployment and wages are large, often persistent, and presumably not efficient. To what extent is it due to a range of frictions (search-matching frictions, lack of labor mobility,...), imperfect competition or discrimination? Is the functioning of the housing market...

The "Healthy at Work" conference aims at innovative concepts as well as best-practice examples to promote work-related healthcare and reduce levels of absenteeism. These include models of vocational education and training to prevent symptoms and promote health instead of curing work-related...

The objectives of the conference are to discuss and evaluate the results of the economic policy that have been applied during the last two decades, to suspend the prospect challenges and to investigate the policies in the sector of economy which are considered necessary, so that the countries to...

Forum 2014, entitled Resilient Economies for Inclusive Societies, will be organised around three cross-cutting themes: Inclusive Growth, Quality Jobs, and Trust, exploring the multifaceted nature of resilience and how to now “bounce forward” in addressing economic, social, and environmental...

The objective of the workshop is to bring together 15-20 economists and scholars in related fields of research from Europe and overseas. We particularly invite empirical as well as theoretical contributions related to the following topics: - New/advanced measures for skill mismatch - Theoretical...

The Industrial and Labor Relations Review is calling for papers for a conference and subsequent publication devoted to work and employment relations in health care. We are especially interested in empirical submissions from scholars whose work is grounded in the healthcare workplace with diverse...

Topics: Agriculture; Child labor; Children and youth; Culture; Disability; Disadvantaged groups; Economic development; Education; Empowerment strategies; Ethnic studies; Food production and safety; Gender issues; Labor market policies; Literacy; Micro-finance; Minorities; Pension Reforms;...

Wir laden zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen für theoretische und empirische Beiträge zu folgenden Fragen ein: - Welche Preise werden für Arbeit gezahlt? - Welche Preise zahlen Erwerbstätige dafür, eine Arbeit aufnehmen oder behalten zu können? - Welche Preise zahlt die Allgemeinheit dafür,...

Die Jahrestagung 2014 der Deutschen Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeitsmarktforschung (SAMF) e.V. widmet sich am 21./22. Februar in Berlin, den Bedingungen und der Qualität von Erwerbsarbeit. Im Rahmen dieser Tagung wird vorab am 20. und 21. Februar der dritte Young Scholars‘...