Logo

ICID/IZA/Renmin University/UCW Workshop: Labor Markets in Transition in China, Mongolia and Central Asia

Organizers: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Furio C. Rosati (University of Rome Tor Vergata and IZA), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Location:Renmin University of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Date:September 28 - September 29, 2017

Submission Deadline:July 15, 2017
Notification of Acceptance:July 30, 2017

Event Manager:
Viola Hartmann
 

About the Workshop
The Italian Centre for International Development (ICID), IZA, the School of Labor and Human Resources of Renmin University of China and the program Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) are organizing a workshop on labor markets in China, Mongolia and the Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union.
This workshop wants to bring together junior and senior researchers who analyze these labor markets in a rigorous fashion. While we invite contributions covering any aspect of labor market adjustment in these countries, one focus of the workshop will be the experience of young workers, where we are particularly interested in school-to-work transitions of young workers and in youth who early enter the labor market. Other important topics are the labor market experience of migrant workers during the crisis and beyond, measurement issues related to informality and job quality, as well as the costs of worker displacement during the crisis and more generally during episodes of restructuring.
 

Submissions
Researchers interested in participating should submit an extended abstract or a full paper by July 15, 2017 using our online application form. Notifications will be send by July 30, 2017.
 

Funding
Those authors who are invited to present their papers are expected to participate in the whole of the two day workshop. Economy class airfares and up to 3 nights of lodging for presenting authors and discussants will be covered according to the IZA reimbursement guidelines.
Kindly note that tax regulations prohibit IZA from fully reimbursing the travel expenses of participants who combine their trip with other destinations or extend their stay beyond the four-day window surrounding the event.