The 5nd Workshop on Spatial Dimensions of the Labour Market is jointly organized by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and focuses on a broad range of topics related to regional labour markets.
This year, a special focus is on aspects revolving around the Covid19 crisis. COVID-19 is hitting local labour markets at a time when megatrends related to globalisation, digitalisation, technological change, are reshaping the way we live and work. The pandemic causes enormous economic and social disruptions which might affect regional labour markets in various ways in the short and long term.
The two organizing institutions, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), and Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), aim to bring together frontier research of labour economists, regional economists, sociologists, geographers and scholars from related fields. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are very welcome. The workshop provides a forum that allows scientists to network while fostering the exchange of research ideas and results.
The workshop has a special focus on the spatial dimension of the consequences of the pandemic and changing economic activity. Apart from this interest, a non-exhaustive list of topics is:
- COVID-19 pandemic, it’s impact on local labour markets
- Telecommuting
- Spatial distribution of activities, disparities and inequalities
- Spatial mismatch, unemployment and spatial job search
- Mobility of labour and imperfect labour markets
- Location decisions and urban amenities
- Neighbourhoods, proximity, and urban density
- Regional dimensions of wage determination
- Evaluation of regional labour market policy and urban or regional policy
- Effects of globalization and technological change
- Methodological and data-driven innovations (e.g. use of geo-coded data)
Date
5.10.2022 - 6.10.2022
Venue
The workshop is planned to be held in presence at the IAB in Nuremberg, Germany. In case the future development of the Covid-19 pandemic prevents this, the workshop will be entirely online.
Keynote speakers
- Christina Gathmann, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Director of the department Labour Market
- Diego Puga, Center for Monetary and Financial Studies CEMFI, Spain
Scientific committee
- Gabriel Ahlfeldt, London School of Economics
- Melanie Arntz, ZEW Mannheim and University of Heidelberg
- Sebastian Bähr, IAB
- Wolfgang Dauth, IAB and University of Bamberg
- Anette Haas, IAB
- Annekatrin Niebuhr, IAB and University of Kiel
- Roberto Patuelli, University of Bologna and RCEA
- Michael Pflüger, University of Würzburg
- Ulrich Zierahn, Utrecht University and ZEW Mannheim
Submission
Please submit a full draft paper or extended abstract (about 1200 words) in PDF format to:IAB.Spatial-LM@iab.de.
Submission deadline: extended to May 31 2022.
Notification of acceptance will be given by the June 30 2022.
Presenters will be asked to discuss another paper.
Conference fee and traveling Costs
The conference fee is 100 €, which includes refreshment and lunch during the workshop, as well as the conference dinner on 5th October (excluding beverages).
Contact
Organizing Committee of Spatial-LM Workshop 2022
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung,
Prof. Wolfgang Dauth
Regensburger Str. 104, 90478 Nürnberg
E-Mail: IAB.Spatial-LM@iab.de