IZA Workshop: Economics of Time Use and Mental Health: Stress, Sleep, Fatigue and Employment

  • April 2024

    IZA/OECD Workshop: Applications with Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Paris

    The workshop seeks to bring together researchers who share an interest in using linked employer-employee data for innovative and policy-relevant research. The workshop will take place on April 10 and be preceded by a policy seminar with a keynote speaker on April 9. The workshop is organized in the context of the OECDs LinkEED v 2.0 project that seeks to enhance our understanding of the role of policies in inclusive growth through cross-country analytical work based on linked employer-employee data from different OECD countries. We welcome submissions of applied papers using linked employer-employee data in all areas.

    G²LM|LIC Policy Meeting: Boosting Women’s Labour Force Participation – Evidence from Western and Sub-Saharan Africa

    Online

    This online workshop assembles recent empirical evidence on possibilities to improve the position of women in the labour market and their access to it in Western and Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses policy solutions.

    2nd IZA/OECD Workshop: Climate Change and the Labor Market

    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.

  • October 2024

    IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education

    Online

    The 8th IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education will convene international scholars focusing on the development of skills within both formal and informal educational contexts and their valuation in the labor market. The conference will feature a select group of presenters, alongside a poster session for local researchers from the host institutions. Presentations and the keynote speech will be accessible via Zoom to an external audience.

IZA Workshop: Economics of Time Use and Mental Health: Stress, Sleep, Fatigue and Employment
October 05, 2021 - October 06, 2021
The well-being and mental health effects of labor market activity are a challenge for modern economies. This includes the effects of stress, fatigue, sleep as well as anxiety and depression. Covid-19 has put the healthy lifestyles of many families under strain, however, we still have little evidence on how it has transformed people use of time in terms of household allocation to a number of productive, and household activities.

This workshop will focus on discussing the effects of health behaviors on labor market, family and and household decisions.

Key themes
  • Time use during Covid-19
  • Time use and family health behaviors
  • Time use and gender
  • Behavioral effects time and financial stress
  • Sleep and employment
  • Fatigue and leisure consumption
  • Sleep deprivation wellbeing
  • Employment and time use
  • Mental health and labor market
The keynote lecture will be delivered by Daniel S. Hamermesh (Barnard College and IZA; and IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief).

For further information, visit the workshop website.  
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