12th Path to Full Employment Conference/17th National Unemployment Conference

The theme for this year's conference is The Aftermath of the Crisis and will thus focus on the challenges facing policy makers in the recovery phase. Participation will enable you to share ideas with some of the best researchers in this field about how we can quickly reduce the labour market slack. More specific themes: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any research on unemployment - its dimensions, causes, cures. - The labour market and the intergenerational debate. - The policy challenge of emerging skill shortages and underutilisation - how do we design effective solutions to both? - The increasing problem of underemployment and marginal workers. - Why has work become more precarious? Is it a problem? What are the solutions? - What is full employment? How is it defined and measured? How close are we to achieving full employment? What are the challenges that remain? - Employment guarantees versus income guarantees - pros and cons. - Why do disparities in regional labour markets persist? What is the extent of the problem and its solutions? Analysing spatial patterns of work and housing. - Long-term, youth, disabled and indigenous unemployment.