Topics: - The State and the Family: (Desired and Undesired) Effects of Family Policies ; - How Should We Design Parental Leave Policies? Evidence from Two Reforms in Italy ; - The Effects of Minimum Working Hours: Theory and Evidence ; - Heterogeneous Responses of Productivity to Labor Market...

The Covid pandemic has, it is often said, on the one hand changed everything, and on the other, nothing. International travel restrictions, slowdowns in student mobility and lab-based research collaborations unleashed an extraordinary level of innovation enabled largely by the shift to online...

The theme of the conference fits into this debate by placing at its center the reflection on the priorities identified by the NGEU and the NRRP for the design of ‘sustainable’ EU member countries, which can generate added value also in their ability to address issues of inequality and social...

Evidence-based policy in education and in other fields of the public sector implies the use of sophisticated techniques to assess the performance and efficiency of organizations. The evaluation of national-level reforms and the assessment of specific interventions in education and other public...

Access to education is a human right, a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. Although, there has been a dramatic improvement in education systems across the world, there still exists...

Economists typically view personality, attitudes and preferences as central determinants of decision making. While there is a consensus that heterogeneity in personality traits and preferences is an important driver of socio-economic outcomes, the emergence and development of personality traits...

Keynote lectures will be given by: - Susanna Loeb (Brown University), - Sandra McNally (University of Surrey), - Christopher Taber (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

Topics related to population economics: Education, Health, Labor market topics (human capital, employment, unemployment, wages, firm behavior), Demographics (marriage, fertility, ageing, retirement, mortality, immigration), Income (poverty, inequality), Housing and household issues,...

The workshop aims at bringing together junior and senior economists to present and discuss their ongoing research on human capital. We particularly encourage topics related to both the functioning of the education system and the role of accumulation of knowledge, skills and ability in the labor...

The Conference theme is: "Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: research, practice and education". The 2021 Conference will once again provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, presentation of research findings, and discussion of professional issues relevant to...