The Program Committee invites submissions for about 20 presentations from academic researchers in all areas of labor market policy evaluation and methodological contributions from related fields.

AREA has pursued two missions: bringing recognition to the combined use of vocational rehabilitation and economic loss assessment as a distinct discipline, and providing a peer-exchange forum for vocational, economic and rehabilitation experts who practice within this growing field.

The policy summit will focus on housing, inequality, neighborhoods, and labor market issues, with special consideration given to research related to the foreclosure crisis. Topics of particular interest include labor mobility and housing lock-in, wealth and income inequality, housing and human...

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...

Conference Schedule: CONFERENCE SESSION I - Labor Market Flows in the Cross Section and Over Time - Housing and the Labor Market: Time to Move and Aggregate Unemployment CONFERENCE SESSION II - Hours Worked Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from OECD Countries 1960-2010 - Transitions in the...

Conference Schedule: CONFERENCE SESSION I - Labor Market Flows in the Cross Section and Over Time - Housing and the Labor Market: Time to Move and Aggregate Unemployment CONFERENCE SESSION II - Hours Worked Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from OECD Countries 1960-2010 - Transitions in the...