Events

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Conferences & Workshops

The IAB organizes numerous meetings for the scientific community and for professionals in the public sphere.

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IAB Colloquium

The main aim of the discussion series is to support the exchange of information between IAB and other research institutes.

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IAB Special Lecture Series

Outstanding international researchers across the Social Sciences present their current work.

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Macroeconomics and Labor Markets

The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and the IAB are organising this joint seminar series.

Current Events

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Technological Rivalry and the Allocation of Talent: Evidence from China’s College Admission

This paper studies how the U.S-China technology rivalry reshapes college admissions using data from China.

IAB-Colloquium with Prof. Lei Li, PhD, Georg-August-University Göttingen

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23.6.2026 - 24.6.2026

7th Forum „Higher Education and the Labour Market“ (HELM)

This year’s focus topic is ‘Intended and Unintended Consequences of Higher Education’.

International Conference

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Breaking Barriers or Reinforcing Inequalities? The Impact of Affordable Childcare on Entrepreneurship

This study exploits exogenous variation in the pricing of childcare caused by a nationwide reform.

IAB-Colloquium with Assistant Prof. Emma Lappi, PhD, Aarhus University

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Trade Integration, Import Competition, and Optimal Unemployment Insurance

This paper investigates the optimal design and implementation of labor market institutions within an open economy framework.

IAB-Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmerer, FernUniversität Hagen

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Spatial income inequality in Germany, 1957-2021

This study is about income inequality between and within German regions from 1957 to 2021 using a newly collected panel.

IAB-Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Charlotte Bartels, Universität Leipzig

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20.7.2026 - 21.7.2026

2nd Workshop on Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market

Studies addressing topics from a theoretical and/or empirical perspective for presentation at the workshop.

Call for Papers; IAB - LASER

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5.10.2026 - 6.10.2026

Transformation pressure in the labour market: heterogeneity, adjustment processes, and lessons for economic...

The focus is on papers that analyze current transformation processes and examine their heterogeneous effects.

Call for Papers - 21. IWH/IAB Workshop