Call for Papers: Perspectives on (Un-) Employment

Date: December 7th-8th, 2015

Location: Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany

Aims and Topics

The IAB Graduate School’s 8 th interdisciplinary Ph.D. workshop “Perspectives on (Un-) Employment” endeavours to bring together young researchers from different disciplines. This international workshop will provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their research in a constructive atmosphere, incorporating feedback and advice from a number of experienced researchers. The workshop will focus on, but not be limited to, theoretical and empirical research in the following fields:

  • International perspectives on the labour market
  • Health and labour market outcomes
  • Intergenerational mobility
  • Macroeconomic analysis of labour markets
  • Labour market institutions and policies
  • Methodological aspects of labour market research
  • Gender differences on the labour market
  • Education, qualification and skills
  • Regional disparities and social inequality
  • Labour mobility and dynamics

Keynote Speakers

  • Prof. Tito M. Boeri, Ph.D. (INPS, Bocconi University, Institute for Study of Labour)
  • Prof. Dr. Johannes Giesecke (Humboldt University Berlin)

For further information on this call please see this link.