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

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

October 2023

October 01, 2023 TO
October 01, 2023

IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC - Programme on Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries

Online

The IZA/FCDO Programme on Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) marks the extension of the successful IZA/DFID cooperation, which started as the Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (GLM|LIC) programme in 2011. The extension aims at building a significant new body of evidence on gender, growth, and labour markets to help shape gender and labour market policies in low-income countries. Collaboration with researchers from low-income countries is strongly encouraged.

October 19, 2023 TO
October 20, 2023

18th IZA & 5th IZA/CREST Conference: Labor Market Policy Evaluation

Paris, Palaiseau

The 18th IZA & 5th IZA/CREST Conference will be on the topic of Labor Market Policy Evaluation. This conference is an initiative of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn in cooperation with CREST. The Program Committee invites submissions for about 12 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.

October 19, 2023 TO
October 20, 2023

IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education

Bonn, Germany

The 7th IZA Workshop on the Economics of Education will be helf on October 19 – 20, 2023, in person at IZA Bonn, Germany. The conference will combine invited presentations with an additional poster session aimed at local researchers. Presentations and keynote are available via Zoom for an external audience.

October 27, 2023 TO
October 28, 2023

Labor Markets and Innovation during Times of War and Reconstruction

Online

The Russian aggression against Ukraine has brought incredible destruction in Ukraine and suffering for the Ukrainian population. In the first two months after February 24th, 2022, economic activities came to a standstill for most Ukrainian workers and firms. However, as time passed, the Ukrainian population has shown its resilience and tremendous courage as economic activity slowly but steadily recovered. Like in many prior conflicts, labor markets and economic production have continued to exist in Ukraine.
November 2023

November 10, 2023 TO
November 10, 2023

1st IZA/OECD Workshop: Labor Market Monopsony and Its Regulation

Online

The IZA/OECD workshops aim to increase synergies between researchers and OECD experts to promote the societal impact of academic research and the relevance of expertise. These workshops are organized twice a year and focus on topics of particular importance to the economy and society. They bring together researchers from the IZA network, OECD experts and policymakers. They take place by videoconference, over half a day, with presentations by experts, researchers and discussions with policymakers.
December 2023

December 15, 2023 TO
December 16, 2023

G²LM|LIC & BREAD Conference on Development Economics

Nairobi, Kenya

The IZA/FCDO Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries Programme (G²LM|LIC) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) are pleased to announce a joint Conference on Development Economics .The conference will consist of presentations of advanced stage research by senior or junior researchers, and presentations of early stage research by junior researchers.

June 06, 2019 - June 07, 2019

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About the 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.”
The conference will take place on June 6th and 7th, 2019 in Washington DC. The two-day format will feature keynote speeches, a policy panel, and about 80 paper presentations in parallel sessions. The event will focus on policy-relevant research, applicable to identifying solutions to jobs challenges in low and middle income countries.

Keynotes:

Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
"Productivity, Work and Wages: Lessons for Developed and Developing Economies"

Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard Kennedy School)
"Growth Diagnostics and Jobs"

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 development, SMEs, and value chains
Improving the quality of informal jobs and increasing earnings of self-employed and informal workers
Overcoming structural mismatches and facilitating market transitions through education, skills, and other active labor market programs
Developing social protection systems to increase security and promote income development (strategies for economic inclusion; the roles of transfers and job guarantee programs)
Understanding the future of jobs in services (such as caring, health, education, cultural services and business process outsourcing) in low income countries (LICs)
Understanding the relationship between technological progress, technology adoption, and labor demand
Improving access to jobs for vulnerable or traditionally disadvantaged groups such as women, youth, refugees and IDPs, and people living in fragile, conflict and violent (FCV) contexts
Gender dimensions of jobs in LICs (including the challenge of increasing the rate of female labor force participation)
Ways to reduce spatial mismatches and facilitate labor migration
Theoretical models to understand the drivers of jobs outcomes in developing countries

Please visit our website for content on previous conferences: www.jobsanddevelopmentconference.org

Submission

Please submit full papers or extended abstracts by January 15, 2019 using our online application form.
Notifications on contributed papers will be sent by February 28, 2019.

We strongly encourage submission of full papers. For extended abstracts, full paper submission is due April 1, 2019.

Travel and Accommodation

Authors of accepted papers are expected to participate in the whole two-day conference. The conference will provide hotel accommodation for up to 3 nights only (June 5-7, 2019) and meals during the event. Travel expenses (including flights, visas and airport transfers, etc.) will not be reimbursed by the organizers.

* A partnership of five research institutes from various regions of the world: Development Policy Research Unit at University of Cape Town (DPRU, South Africa), HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (HKUST IEMS, Hong Kong), Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER, India), Institute for Structural Research (IBS, Poland) and Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).