The Barcelona GSE Summer Forum Workshop on The Macroeconomics of Labor Markets will run for 2 days and will take place on June 14-15, 2021 in Barcelona (or online, if an in-person event is not possible).
This workshop aims at discussing research on the frontier of macro labor economics. We encourage theoretical and empirical submissions from all macro labor areas, including, but not limited to, discrimination in the labor markets, search and matching, interactions between family and the labor market, labor force participation, the impact of automation, and insurance against labor market risks.
Keynote speakers
- L. Rachel Ngai (LSE and CEPR)
- Fabien Postel-Vinay (UCL and IFS)
Workshop organizers
- Javier Fernandez-Blanco (UAB and Barcelona GSE)
- Virginia Sanchez Marcos (Universidad de Cantabria and CEPR)
- Ludo Visschers (University of Edinburgh and UC3M)
- Ronald Wolthoff (University of Toronto)
Covid safety considerations
Our current plan is to hold this workshop in person in Barcelona. In the event that in-person activities are not possible, this workshop will be moved online.
The Summer Forum organizers are closely monitoring COVID-19 health and safety regulations. Any changes to the workshop format will be communicated in a timely manner. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to receiving your paper submission.