All papers in Empirical Economics will be considered. However, submissions of papers on the following areas of research are particularly encouraged: Labour Economics; Household Economics; Health Economics; Crime Economics: Political Economics; Industrial Organization.

The IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meetings are a joint initiative of IZA and the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) to underline the prominent role of international labor market research in Europe as well as the US.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and research results in the field of labor economics. Invited sessions: 1. The Great Recession 2. Early Childhood Development and the Labor Market 3. Peer Effects in the Labor Market 4. New Developments in the Economics of...