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Annual Conference of Europe's Labour Economists kicks off in Prague

22 September, 2023

CERGE-EI is the proud organizer of the 35th International Annual Conference of the European Association of Labor Economists (EALE) which is taking place at the Faculty of Law, Charles University between 21-23 September, 2023.

EALE promotes the advancement of knowledge in the field of labour economics in Europe and elsewhere. Hundreds of labor economists from across Europe are now in Prague to share the latest in their research.

Following registration and a welcome coffee the conference started on 21 September with a welcome by EALE President Michèle Belot, Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and an opening speech by Jan Švejnar, co-founder of CERGE-EI and Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Uta Schönberg, Professor of Economics at University College London then gave a keynote speech. The program then continued with the first poster session and 14 parallel sessions which typically contain 3 or 4 short (15 minute) presentations on a wide range of topics, including, among others: Migration, Unions, Retirement, Employment Protection, Gender, Crime and Education. The day then concluded with an informal welcome reception.

Day 2 of the event opened with a job market breakfast where seasoned researchers offered advice to job market candidates in the Labour Economics field, followed by another round of parallel sessions on topics as diverse as environmental issues, automation and technology, mobility, personnel economics, health, covid and consequences of job loss.

Before lunch, participants enjoyed a discussion over research highlights presented in another poster session. Friday afternoon is dedicated to job market sessions as well as more parallel sessions covering topics such as job search, unemployment, job satisfaction and wellbeing, education, gender gaps and family.

The formal program of the day will conclude with a presidential address by Michèle Belot. Then it will be time for some entertainment: the conference participants will go on guided theme tours around Prague to find out about Prague architecture, the legacy of communism, the world of the famous novelist Franz Kafka, or to explore the winding historical streets of the Lesser Town of Prague.

 Day 3 of the conference will open with another round of parallel sessions focusing on issues including occupation choice and intergenerational mobility next to further look into some previously featured topics such as education, wage inequality, policy or gender gaps. Following the third and last poster session of the conference, Saturday will then feature three flash talk sessions on the following themes: job search in the 21st Century, the role of firms in the labor market, and unemployment. The afternoon of Day three will include more parallel sessions with a focus on topics such as policy evaluation, wage inequality, labor demand, minimum wages and discrimination. After that, the floor will be given to the second keynote speech by Gordon B. Dahl, Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. The conference will conclude with an awards ceremony and a general assembly, followed by a dinner.

More at https://eale2023prague.eu