The aim of the workshop is to bring together young and experienced researchers to present and discuss their work in the broad area of migration economics. Both empirical and theoretical contributions are welcome. The workshop will be organized in a manner designed to foster interaction among the participants in a relaxed atmosphere.

The keynote lectures will be given by:

Francisca Antman (University of Colorado Boulder)

Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University)

Researchers interested in participating are invited to submit a paper (preferred) or an extended abstract in pdf format to migrationworkshop@rwi-essen.de. The submission deadline is June 15, 2022. Young researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by July 1, 2022.

Further information on the workshop can be found here.

The Dezernat Zukunft is offering a prize of €2,500 for the best answer to the question of how wages will develop in Germany in the upcoming years. The focus of your paper should be on the quantitative analysis of wage indicators and should be presented in a maximum of 2,500 words. Consideration should include wage trends for 2022 and 2023, but may go beyond.

The deadline for submission is May 31, 2022, 12 p.m. CET. Please send your work in PDF format to info@dezernatzukunft.org (subject: “Call for Papers Wages”).

Find more information here.

The Zi (Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany) in Berlin is looking for a student assistant (part-time – 20 hours per week) to support research projects on the intersection of health economics and labor markets of medical practitioners. Tasks will be mainly focused on the review and processing of survey data.

The position is supposed to be filled as soon as possible.

Find the full job posting (in German) and the application portal here.

The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) are pleased to announce the 4th Forum on Higher Education and the Labour Market, taking place entirely online on 6-7 October, 2022. While focussing on empirical perspectives on students’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference offers sessions with a more general perspective on “Higher Education and the Labour Market”, for example on returns to tertiary education, university dropout, graduates’ placement on the labour market, and regional mobility of graduates.

Keynote speakers are Prof. David A. Jaeger (University of St Andrews) and Prof. Núria Rodríguez-Planas (City University of New York, Queens College).

Interested researchers are invited to submit a short outline (max. 500 words) by June 20, 2022, to HELM@dzhw.eu.

Find more information here.

On August 22-23, 2022, the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) and the Department of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) will organize a workshop on ‘Educational Resources and Student Performance’ in Oslo. The purpose is to stimulate research in the broad area of economics of education, and to bring together young and experienced researchers.

Keynote speakers are professor Victor Lavy, University of Warwick, UK and professor Diane Schanzenbach, Northwestern University, USA.

The deadline for submission of papers is April 20, 2022. Young researchers are particularly encouraged to submit. For submission, please send the paper, or 2-3 page abstract, to astrid.sandsor@nifu.no. Authors of submitted papers will be notified about acceptance mid May.

Find more information here.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva is hiring an economist for a period of one year to work on skills and transitions in the labour market, including the analysis of online data from labour intermediation platforms in various middle-income countries.

Application deadline: March 21, 2022. 

Find more information here.