To expand the frontiers of global knowledge around jobs and advance the discussion on the most effective policies, we are interested in papers that focus on: - Increasing wage labor demand. - Creating jobs in the formal sector of the economy, including mobilizing capital for private sector...

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the latest policy-relevant research to foster the creation of multi-sector, multi-disciplinary solutions to jobs challenges around the world based on research and empirical evidence. In addition to the regular sessions in all fields of labor...

IAEE/NABE Session "Technology and the Future of Energy" Saturday, January 6, 2018 10:15 am, Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon A IAEE/USAEE Session "Energy Economics, Regime Changes, and Sustainability" Saturday January 6, 2018 12:30 pm, Marriott Downtown, Meeting Room 406 IAEE/AEA Session...

Topics include (but are not limited to): - Earnings inequality and workers’ well-being - Precarious versus stable jobs - Informality and job quality - Innovative ways to measure the quality of the work environment - The impact of early entry into the labor market on job quality - Gender...

The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss labor markets dynamics and their relation with growth. Topics: - Labor market responses to macroeconomic and policy changes: structure of labor markets, downward wage rigidities, the institutional environment...

This conference will try to address following questions: - How technological progress is influencing structural change in different countries? - How can countries unleash the potential of new technologies to create better jobs for farmers, the self-employed, and workers in the informal sector? -...

This conference will provide an opportunity to analyze some of the issues mentioned above and review what we know on the role of skills and their use for promoting productive employment. The thematic sessions welcome papers: - Reviewing the measures of skills available in developing and emerging...

In 2013, Latin America will need to continue to grow for the benefit of society at large while ensuring the modernization of its economies and the strengthening of its democratic institutions. With the full support of President Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso, the Government of Peru and the...

The special theme of this year’s conference is Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship. The thematic sessions include: - The design of social assistance and social insurance policies and their role in promoting human capital investment and improving labor market outcomes especially among...

Recent shifts in the Arab world coupled with an economic contraction at the global level have created a new urgency for decision-makers across the region: the need to address the fundamental conditions required to revive growth and support human development. Now more than ever, it is critical to...