The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting lockdowns have created a deep global recession, induced massive government interventions and forced a change in the social and economic behaviour of economic agents. This raises many questions about the path to economic recovery and the...

This biennial conference provides a forum for new theoretical and applied work on forecasting. For more than a decade the world economy has operated under elevated economic, financial and political risks, and it has recently been hit by economic shutdowns of unprecedented length owing to the...

The aim of the workshop is to bring scholars together to present their current research involving expectations surveys. Contributions in the following areas are of particular interest: - factors influencing the way consumers and firms form expectations - the effect of policy measures on...

The two-day event will provide an opportunity for leading academics, policy makers and practitioners to share their views and understandings on investment finance and competitiveness, while raising awareness of the challenges posed by technological transformation and the need to adapt workforce...

The fourth annual ECB Forum on Central Banking will focus on investment and growth in advanced economies. During two days of sessions and panels, approximately 150 central bank governors, academics, financial journalists and high-level financial market representatives will exchange views on...

Suitable research topics for paper submissions include the following: - The structure of wages, in particular differentials across countries, regions, sectors, skill, gender and age and the impact of recent economic shocks on such differentials - More generally, issues relating to the dispersion...

Topics: - Dynamics of unemployment: How does unemployment, and particularly long-run unemployment, adjust to a slowdown in economic activity? Is there symmetry between upturns and downturns? Have these adjustment mechanisms changed in the current crisis environment? What explains variations of...

In Europe, the past decade has been marked by relatively strong employment growth, while labour productivity and labour shares have experienced a decline in a number of countries, in particular in the euro area. Understanding the patterns, sources and implications of employment dynamics is...