1st IZA/DFID GLM-LIC Research Conference on New Research on Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries

Call for papers: 2019 joint Cedefop and OECD Symposium: The next steps for Apprenticeship

The joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on apprenticeship brings together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from around the world to consider new research exploring the next steps for apprenticeship provision.

The symposium organisers would welcome contributions on how apprenticeship provision is changing or would need to change in response to external mega trends, such as socio-demographic and socio-economic changes, new technologies and labour market changes, new forms of work organisation, trends in education and training.

If you would like to submit an abstract, please download the Call for papers. Deadline for abstract and CV: 3 June 2019

2019 Jobs & Development Conference

Following the success of the 2016 and 2018 Jobs and Development Conferences in Washington DC and Bogotá, the World Bank  in collaboration with IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) and the Network on Jobs and Development are organizing a follow up conference focused on “Improving Jobs Outcomes in Developing Countries.”

2nd IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development: Improving Jobs Outcomes in Developing Countries

BoI/CEPR/IZA Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2019

The goal of the symposium is to bring together leading economists working in any area of labour economics. To foster the desired interaction, we ask that participants stay for the entire duration of the conference. The programme will start on Thursday morning (13th) and end on Friday afternoon (14th). 

22nd IZA Summer School in Labor Economics

The IZA Summer School in Labor Economics was created in 1998, as an annual event taking place at the conference center of Deutsche Post DHL at Ammersee Lake (near Munich) in Bavaria, Germany.

The 3rd DEC 2019 on Social Institutions and the Economic Performance of Nations: A 21st Century Perspective

The broad theme of DEC 2019 is framed along the lines of the late Douglas North’s seminal contributions of the late last century to address issues arising out of the social and political turbulence affecting the global community in the 21^st century. The conference will primarily aim to examine how these issues have been affecting the economic performance of nations at micro and macro levels.

10th International Labour and Employment Relations Association Regional Congress for the Americas

18th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting for Labor Economists (TAM)

We are pleased to announce the organization of the 18th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists to be held at the Ammersee Conference Center in Bavaria, Germany, on June 27-30, 2019. 

3rd IZA Labor Statistics Workshop: Contract Work

The purpose of the 2019 workshop of IZA's "Labor Statistics" program area is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their recent empirical research related to contract work.

Summer Academy on the Future of Work

For its 100th anniversary, the ILO is inviting young people from all over the world for a Summer Academy and Global Debate on the Future of Work.

IZA Workshop on Labor Market Institutions

The aim of this year’s meeting is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their most recent research related to labor market institutions.

2nd IDSC of IZA/CAIS Workshop: Matching Workers and Jobs Online

4th IZA Workshop on the Economics of Education

The aim of the workshop is to bring together about 25 researchers working on the economics of education.

3rd IZA/HSE Workshop on Skills and Preferences and Labor Market Outcomes in Post-transition and Emerging Economies

Most empirical research on skills (cognitive and non-cognitive) and preferences has largely relied on data from high-income, industrialized countries. There is, however, a growing literature that extends this line of research to post-transition and emerging economies, which may be of particular scientific interest because it gives the opportunity to study contexts with a much wider variability of conditions.

2019 joint Cedefop and OECD Symposium: The next steps for Apprenticeship

The joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on apprenticeship brings together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from around the world to consider new research exploring the next steps for apprenticeship provision. The symposium organisers would welcome contributions on how apprenticeship provision is changing or would need to change in response to external mega trends, such as socio-demographic and socio-economic changes, new technologies and labour market changes, new forms of work organisation, trends in education and training.

IFS at 50: The future of income in retirement

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is celebrating its 50^th anniversary in 2019, and to mark the occasion they will be holding a series of events throughout the year where they draw on this experience to consider these big issues and discuss what evidence-based analysis can tell us about how to understand and respond to them. Events in this series will feature expert insight from IFS researchers and key commentators on each topic, and there will be plenty of time for discussion and debate.

15th IZA & 2nd IZA/CREST Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 14 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches or methodological contributions are of particular interest.

IZA Workshop: Heterogeneity and the Labor Market

The workshop will focus on the causes and effects of heterogeneity among workers, households, or firms on macroeconomic outcomes. 

Call for papers: 'Labour is not a commodity', today: the value of work and its rules between innovation and tradition

ADAPT’s International Conference this year is on the topic of “'Labour is not a commodity', today: the value of work and its rules between innovation and tradition". The X international conference on the new Great Transformation of Work is organized in partnership with the ILO and CIELO Laboral Network and under the auspices of the World Employment Confederation (WEC).