• Impatience, schooling, and happiness, by Brian C. Cadena
• How can knowledge and new ideas be turned into jobs?, by David B. Audretsch
• Does performance-related pay improve productivity?, by Claudio Lucifora

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• How to minimize lock-in effects of programs for unemployed workers: Determining the appropriate timing and targeting of these programs can help improve their cost-effectiveness.
• How immigration affects investment and productivity in host and home countries: Immigration may boost foreign direct investment, productivity, and housing investment.
• Immigrants' occupational mobility – Down and back up again: The occupational status of most immigrants initially declines but then increases.
• Do global value chains create jobs in developing countries? Labor market impacts of integrating into global chains depend on lead firms, specialization, skills, and institutions.

• 31st Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), 22-26 August. The joint committee of the University (Geneva School of Economics and Management) and the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies of Geneva will host the 31st annual congress of the European Economic Association and the 69th meeting of the Econometric Society.
• 4th IZA Conference on Labor Market Effects of Environmental Policies, 1-2 September. IZA aim to bring together researchers analyzing wide labor market impacts of environmental policies. Submissions of papers providing credible empirical evidence regarding effects on sector energy prices, industrial output, and employment and more are encouraged. Find full information here.
• 31st annual Conference of the Italian Association of Labor Economists, 22-23 September. The conference will be hosted by the University of Trento, and the program includes invited lecturers, and parallel and poster sessions, as well as providing the opportunity to analyze and discuss issues related to the functioning of the labor market as well as develop research collaborations.
• What Works Global Summit, 26-29 September. The Campbell Collaboration, the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (Queen's University Belfast), the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), and Sense about Science announce the first What Works Global Summit.