The purpose of this conference is to facilitate discussion of ongoing research which studies policy relevant questions related to labor economics. Reflecting the breadth of modern labor economics, the scope of relevant topics is broad, ranging from employment and compensation, immigration and...

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List of Themes and JEL-Codes: - Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work (D13, J1) - Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16) - Retirement (J14, J26, J32) - Labour Supply and Taxation (H2, J22) - Labour Force and Employment (J21) - Labour Demand (J23) - Occupational Choice and Intergenerational...

List of Themes: - Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work (D13, J1) - Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16) - Retirement (J14, J26, J32) - Labour Supply and Taxation (H2, J22) - Labour Force and Employment (J21) - Labour Demand (J23) - Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility (J44,...

List of Themes: Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work; Labour Market Discrimination; Retirement; Labour Supply and Taxation; Labour Force and Employment; Labour Demand; Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility; Education, Training and Human Capital; Econometric Methods for Policy...

List of Themes and JEL-Codes: 1. Family, Marriage and work (D13, J12, J13, J16) 2. Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16, J42) 3. Retirement (J14, J26) 4. Program and Policy evaluation (C21, J18, J38) 5. Labour supply (H2, J21, J22) 6. Labour demand (J21, J23) 7. Occupational choice and...

The workshop intends to bring together researchers from the fields of migration and climate/disaster research. The submission of both theoretical and empirical papers is welcome. Preference will be given to papers studying the link between climate change/natural disasters and migration.

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

Over the past two decades, technological advances have facilitated an increasing international fragmentation of production processes. The academic literature has proposed several explanatory paradigms for this new form of trade. Some of these follow the lines of comparative advantage, while...