This course provides a self-contained set of lectures to bring PhD students and practitioners up to speed in the area of empirical research using firm-level data. The course starts with an introduction to models of firm dynamics. Next, attention is paid to estimation of productivity, including...

We invite theoretical, empirical and conceptual contributions on topics such as: - Digital Media, Journalism, Search Engines, Online Social Networks, - Algorithms, Mechanism Design, Finance, Entrepreneurship, - Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Sharing Economy and Gig Work, - Platform competition and...

This workshop will bring together applied economists working in the fields of global linkages, international economics, productivity growth and firms dynamics to discuss the most recent academic research. We are particularly (even though not exclusively) interested in contributions that analyze...

We welcome papers on International Economics, Macroeconomics and Finance related to the following topics: - Financial crises and capital flows - Sovereign debt crises - Interaction of public and private capital flows - Capital flows, risk taking and financial fragility - Effects of capital...

This workshop is focused on the interplay between economic geography, trade in products and production factors, and their relationship to economic growth. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - The causes and consequences...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

We aim at creating a forum of junior and senior experts to discuss cutting-edge research in the fields of economic growth and fluctuations (EGF). We do not want to limit the range of topics, but rather be broad and open to the best type of research conducted in the EGF field.

This workshop aims at bringing together top researchers working on different topics related to migration so as to discuss state of the art recent research in the field.

PhD students and young researchers in the fields of migration, diaspora, and ethnic studies, with particular emphasis on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), are invited to apply to the IMISCOE PhD Conference. Within the European Union, one of the identified emergent research areas...

Within the general fields of economic growth and economic history, we are looking for papers dealing with, among others, the following topics: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress...