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14th IZA & 1st IZA/CREST/OECD Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation

Organizers: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA), Stéphane Carcillo (OECD and IZA), Bruno Crépon (CREST and IZA), Xavier D'Haultfoeuille (CREST), Stefano Scarpetta (OECD and IZA), Arne Uhlendorff (CREST and IZA), Gerard J. van den Berg (University of Bristol and IZA)
Location:OECD, Paris, France
Date:October 11 - October 12, 2018

Submission Deadline:May 31, 2018
Notification of Acceptance:June 30, 2018
Final Papers Due:September 21, 2018

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann
 

About the Program

We are very pleased to announce the 14th IZA & 1st IZA/CREST/OECD Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation. This conference is an initiative of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn in cooperation with CREST and OECD. It will start in the morning of October 11 and end in the afternoon of October 12, 2018. The conference dinner takes place on the evening of October 11.

The keynote lecture will be delivered by Matias Cattaneo (University of Michigan).

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 15 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches or methodological contributions are of particular interest.

Topics include (but are not limited to):
  • Innovative methods for policy evaluation (e.g. field experiments)
  • Labor market policies for low-skilled, youth and other disadvantaged unemployed groups/welfare recipients
  • Policies to integrate refugees and migrants into the labor market
  • Relationship between labor market policies and health outcomes
  • The effects of labor market policies on inequality (in wages, occupations, job tasks etc.)
  • Machine learning for policy evaluation
  • Identification of treatment effects
 

Paper Submission

Please use our Online Application Form to submit pdf versions of papers. The deadline for paper submission is May 31, 2018.

Confirmations will be sent until June 30, 2018.
 

Travel and Accommodation

Those authors who are invited to present their papers are expected to participate in the 2-day workshop. Economy class airfares and up to 3 nights of lodging for presenting authors will be covered according to the IZA Reimbursement Guidelines.



Kindly note that tax regulations prohibit IZA from fully reimbursing the travel expenses of conference participants who combine their trip with other destinations or extend their stay beyond the four-day window surrounding the event.