Program: Session A: - Forever Young? Social Policies for a Changing Population in Southern Africa, - Invisible Workers: Exploring the Links etween Employment and Pathways out of Poverty, Session B: - Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi’s Public Works Program on Food Security, - Seasonal...

To inaugurate the IZA Education program area, we wish to bring together researchers analyzing issues related to higher education. We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers so as to create a stimulating environment that will enable us to generate critical discussion and...

Topics: - Mortgage and bankruptcy constraints in equilibrium - Role of individuals’ beliefs and expectations about income and house prices - Interactions between housing and labour market choices - Tenure choice: Why does anyone buy a house? - Housing supply - Contracting frictions in housing...

The 41th anniversary conference theme is The Perils of Research Irrelevance: Balancing Data Use Against Privacy Concerns. Researchers seek to improve educational outcomes through research, but this entails high-quality scholarship and that policymakers, practitioners, and the public at large,...