The MALYNES Project

Migration and Labor Supply when Culture Matters By Simone Moriconi and Thomas Baudin The objective of the “Migration And Labor supplY wheN culturE matterS” (MALYNES) project is to propose an encompassing framework suited to predict the future effects of migration on labor supply in the European Union. MALYNES pursues this general objective following a three-fold […]

Making Globalization More Inclusive

Making Globalization More Inclusive: Lessons from experience with adjustment policies Edited by Marc Bacchetta (WTO and University of Neuchâtel), Emmanuel Milet (Geneva School of Economics and Management) and José-Antonio Monteiro (WTO and University of Neuchâtel) Policies aimed at helping workers adjust to the impact of trade or technological changes can provide a helping hand to the workforce […]

Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

The Department of Economics at the University of North Texas invites applications for an assistant professor position beginning fall 2020. Candidates must either have a Ph.D. in economics or provide evidence that they will have completed their Ph.D. in economics by August 2020. Desired fields include the applied microeconomics and applied econometrics areas of urban, […]

ESRC-ICSSR Call for Collaborative Research: The future of UK-Indian trade and cross border investment in a changing global environment

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) invite joint applications for collaborative projects between Indian and UK researchers focusing on the future of India-UK trade and investment relations in the context of a changing global environment (exemplified not least by the UK’s prospective departure from […]

Call for Papers: Development Economics and Policy

2020 Annual Conference The 2020 annual conference will take place in Hamburg on June 25-26. Keynote Speakers: Anandi Mani (Oxford University) Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University) Local Organizers: Dierk Herzer (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität), Jann Lay (GIGA Institut für Afrika-Studien), Rainer Thiele (Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel) Selection Committee: Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University), Andreas Fuchs (University of Göttingen/IfW Kiel), Michael […]

Office-Selling, Corruption, and Long-Term Development in Peru

By Jenny Guardado (Georgetown University) The idea that colonial institutions are fundamental in explaining the divergent development trajectories of New World countries is well-established.[1] In this view, colonial institutions led to longstanding differences in the protection of property rights or the provision of public goods in countries such as the US and Canada on the […]

Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on Global Food Security Achieving local and global food security: at what costs?

16-19 June 2020 | Le Corum, Montpellier, France Still time to submit abstracts Extended abstract submission deadline: 27 September 2019 We have had a fantastic response to our Call for Abstracts but following several requests for a little extra time to submit abstracts, the deadline for both oral and poster submissions will be extended until Friday […]

Call for papers: Astronomics Society inaugural workshop: The Economics of Space

This workshop will focus on economic and legal analysis of commercial development of space (basically the economics and governance of business in space). We are interested in a range of topics, where possible examples include: • Regulation of Commerce (taxation of extraterrestrial activity; trade between Earth and space facilities; trade between extraterrestrial facilities) • Natural Resource Extraction […]

Call for Papers: International Trade / Growth and Development in Macroeconomics – Ridge December Forum

The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Workshop on International Trade / Growth and  Development in Macroeconomics to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 17-19 December 2019. The deadline for submission is September 27, 2019 (12 AM ET). The 2019 workshop will take […]