The main aim of the program is to bring outstanding PhD students to Washington, DC in order to meet with leading labor economists during seminars as well as personal meetings at local universities and public institutions such as the World Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank.The program...

Program: - Jochen Kluve (Humboldt University Berlin, RWI and IZA) "Youth Labor Market Interventions" - Werner Eichhorst (IZA) "Does Vocational Training Help Young People Find a (Good) Job?" - Robert I. Lerman (Urban Institute and IZA) "Do Firms Benefit from Apprenticeship Investments?"

In this panel, we will discuss: - to what extent entrepreneurs are able to substantially influence economic development and wealth creation in an economy; - to what extent the regulatory environment in developed and developing economies explains the differences in outcomes, or whether other...

The aim of the 2015 workshop of IZA’s “Environment and Employment” program area is to bring together researchers analyzing wider labor market impacts of environmental policies. We particularly encourage submissions of papers that provide credible empirical evidence on the following...