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• Are smaller classes better? by Christopher Jepsen
• Political participation in a digital economy by Robert Gold and Stephan Heblich

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• The effects of privatization on exports and employment; Can the privatization of state-owned enterprises generate a vitruous cycle between exports and employment?
• Gender wage discrimination; does the extent of competition in labor markets explain why female workers are paid less than men?
• Does employee ownership improve economic performance? Employee ownership generally increases firm performance and worker outcomes.
• Can universal preschool increase labor supply of mothers? The success of universal preschool education depends crucially on the policy parameters and specific country context.
• Can diversity encourage entrepreneurship in transition economies? Harnessing the benefits of diversity is essential for encouraging entrepreneurship in the transition region.
• Do social interactions in the workplace lead to productivity spillover among coworkers? Peer pressure can affect productivity and explain why workers' wages and productivity depend on their coworkers' productivity.

• ICID/IZA/Renmin University/UCW Workshop on the Chinese Labor Market in Transition, November 18-19. This workshop wants to bring together junior and senior researchers who analyze the Chinese labor market in a rigorous fashion. While we invite contributions covering any aspect of labor market adjustment in China, one focus of the workshop will be the experience of young Chinese workers, where we are particularly interested in school-to-work transitions of young workers and in youth who enter the labor market early.
• Call for papers: IZA Workshop on Social and Welfare Consequences of Unemployment, March 3-4. In the aftermath of the Great Recession unemployment rates remain high in many countries, with an increasing trend of long-term unemployment. Against this background we are pleased to invite submissions for the IZA Workshop on Social and Welfare Consequences of Unemployment. Researchers interested in participating should submit a full paper or extended abstract by November 30, 2016.
• Call for papers: 2nd Junior/Senior Symposium, May 1-2. After an extremely successful initial Symposium in Bonn in July, the second IZA Junior/Senior Labor Symposium will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, on Monday and Tuesday, May 1-2, 2017. We shall have 10 papers presented by authors who are between 1 and 6 years beyond their PhD. No author on any accepted paper should be outside this range of experience. Deadline for submission is December 15, 2016.
• Call for applications: 20th IZA Summer School in Labor Economics, May 15-20. The objective of the Summer School is to bring together a large number of PhD students and senior lecturers to study new areas in labor economics. Students have the opportunity to present their work and discuss ideas with established researchers in a relaxed and open atmosphere. Submission deadline is January 15, 2017.