Joint IZA/OECD Workshop: Global Trends and Local Labor Markets
About the Workshop
Decarbonization, digitalization, globalization and ageing are expected to drive profound changes in labor markets worldwide, though adjustment costs are likely to be unevenly distributed. Local impacts may vary depending on factors such as firm specialization, product and labor market structures, and labor market institutions. The potential consequences for firms, workers and broader communities could be especially severe in regions with limited and shrinking opportunities.
This joint IZA/OECD workshop held in Bonn, 25-26 September 2025, will aim at providing new insights on how firms and workers worldwide adapt to this imminent structural change. We invite papers on how the main overarching factors – digitalization, globalization, ageing but in particular decarbonization and related socio-ecological transition – affect workers and firms in local labor markets in the short and longer term and shape local inequalities.
Preference will be given to papers using linked employer-employee data. The workshop is organised in collaboration with the OECD LinkEED 2.0 initiative, which seeks to mobilise linked employer-employee data for cross-country research and policy analysis ( https://www.oecd.org/en/about/projects/linkeed-200.html).
Against this background, related topics may include:
- Skills Mismatch, Occupational Mobility and Workforce Development
- Firm Adaptation, Worker Careers and Unions
- Job Displacement, Wage Insurance and Local Spillovers
- Regional Disparities, Local Labor Market Concentration and Place-Based Policies
- Regional Mobility, Job Reallocation and Behavioral Responses
- Labor Market Policies Institutions and their Interactions
Submission
Please submit a title and abstract, confirming your availability for an in-person presentation by February 28, 2025 using the Submission Form. Notification of acceptance will be provided by mid-March 2025.
Travel and Accommodation
Those authors who are invited are expected to participate in the entire workshop. Economy class airfares and 3 nights of lodging for presenting authors and discussants will be covered according to the IZA Reimbursement Guidelines if you select the option in the online application form.
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.
IZA Code of Conduct
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