Key areas covered include

  • human capital
  • wage inequalit
  • labour mobility and unemployment dynamics
  • migration
  • family economics and gender gaps
  • contracts and organizations
  • technological change
  • labour market institutions
  • welfare policy

Events

The LE Symposium (ESSLE) is a two-day conference typically held in June each year, bringing together researchers from all areas of labour economics.

The LE programme also organizes other regular conferences in collaborations with non-academic institutions, including the ECB, the Bank of Italy, the Banque de France, the ILO and the EBRD. These conferences have typically focused on specific areas such as the labour market impacts of technological progress and international trade; the performance of labour markets in developing countries; intergenerational mobility; macro perspectives on the labour market.

ESSLE
Event Series

The European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (ESSLE)

ESSLE is designed to bring together economists in the field from across Europe and key researchers from outside the region. It provides a unique opportunity for researchers from different universities and countries to discuss their work in a relaxed atmosphere and to develop long-term collaborative relationships. Another important aim of ESSLE is to provide young researchers with the opportunity to meet and discuss their work with senior economists.

Programme Directors

Barbara Petrongolo

Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College; Fellow of the British Academy; Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Researchers

Daron Acemoğlu

Institute Professor in the Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Abigail Adams-Prassl

Research Fellow Institute For Fiscal Studies; Associate Professor in Economics and Associate Head of Impact and External Engagement of University Of Oxford

Yann Algan

Dean of Pre-experience Programs and Professor of Economics HEC Paris School of Management

Manuel Bagues

Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics Aalto University; Full Professor in the Department of Economics University of Warwick

Martha J. Bailey

Professor, Department of Economics University of California, Los Angeles

Sascha O. Becker

Professor and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics Monash University; Part-time Professor of Economics University of Warwick

Marianne Bertrand

Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics the Booth School of Business University Of Chicago

Richard Blundell

Director, ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy Institute For Fiscal Studies; David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy University College London

Jan Boone

Professor of Industrial Economics Tilburg University

Alison Booth

Professor of Economics Australian National University; Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research

Pamela Campa

Assistant Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Lucia Corno

Executive Director, Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies (LEAP) Bocconi University; Associate Professor of Economics Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore

Daniela Del Boca

Professor of Economics Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University of Turin

Juan Dolado

Professor of Economics European University Institute; Professor of Economics Universidad Carlos III De Madrid; Professor of Economics Universidad Carlos III De Madrid

David Dorn

Affiliated Professor at the UBS Center for Economics in Society; Director of the University Research Priority Program “Equality of Opportunity” and UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets

Christian Dustmann

Director Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration; Director, The Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Professor of Economics University College London

Armin Falk

Chief Executive Officer briq; Professor of Economics University Of Bonn

Reto Foellmi

Professor of International Economics University Of St Gallen

Alessandra Fogli

Research Affiliate Centre for Economic Policy Research; Associate Professor Bocconi University

Margherita Fort

Assistant Professor in Econometrics, School of Economics University Of Bologna

Denis Fougère

Senior Research Fellow French National Centre for Scientific Research; Research Fellow Sciences Po Paris University

Tommaso Frattini

Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University Of Milan

Giovanni Gallipoli

Network Member Human Capital and Economic Opportunity; Professor Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Pietro Garibaldi

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Director Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University of Turin

Fellow, Labour Economics

Robert J. Gary-Bobo

Researcher Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Professor of Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Christina Gathmann

Head of Labor Market Department Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research; Professor of Economics University Of Luxembourg

Pieter Gautier

Professor Tinbergen Institute; Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Paola Giuliano

Research Associate National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Chauncey J. Medberry Chair in Management and Professor of Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management University of California, Los Angeles

Eric Gould

Professor of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Fellow at CReAM University College London; Fellow at CReAM University College London

maia guell

Research Fellow Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA); Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Professor of Economics University Of Edinburgh

Jonathan Haskel

Professor of Economics. Business School, Director of the Doctoral Programme Imperial College London Business School

Jennifer Hunt

Professor of Economics Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Andrea Ichino

Managing Editor Economic Policy; Professor of Economics European University Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Bologna

Philipp Kircher

Professor of Economics European University Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Edinburgh

Francis Kramarz

Professor and Research Director Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Visiting Professor Uppsala University

Camille Landais

Professor of Economics London School of Economics and Political Science

Victor Lavy

William Haber Chaired Professor of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Chaired Professor of Economics Royal Holloway University of London

Michael Lechner

Professor and Chair of Econometrics, University of St. Gallen University Of St Gallen

Erik Lindqvist

Professor Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University

Lars Ljungqvist

Global Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics New York University; Professor, Department of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Stephen Machin

Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance London School of Economics and Political Science

Ulrike M. Malmendier

Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business and Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Marco Manacorda

Professor of Economics and Public Policy Queen Mary University Of London; Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal Royal Economic Society

Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Vice-Dean and Carlo Alberto Chair Collegio Carlo Alberto; Honorary Professor of Economics University of Essex; Professor of Economics University of Turin

Costas Meghir

Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics Yale University

Monika Merz

Professor of Economics Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Guy Michaels

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics London School of Economics and Political Science

Enrico Moretti

Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Jessica Pan

Associate Professor of Economics National University Of Singapore

Michele Pellizzari

Professor of Economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva; Research Fellow, CEPR University of Geneva

Barbara Petrongolo

Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College; Fellow of the British Academy; Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Roland Rathelot

Professor Institut Polytechnique De Paris; Assistant Professor University of Warwick

Johanna Rickne

Part-time Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics; Professor of Economics Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University; Part-time Professor of Economics University Of Nottingham

Gilles Saint-Paul

Professor of Economics École Normale Supérieure; PSE Chaired Professor Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Kjell G Salvanes

Director Center for Empirical Labor Economics (CELE); Deputy Director Professor, Department of Economics Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Dennis Snower

Senior Research Fellow Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; President Global Solutions Initiative; Professorial Research Fellow INET Oxford; Program Chair The New Institute

Jan C. van Ours

Professor of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam; Professorial Fellow at the Department of Economics University Of Melbourne

John Van Reenen

Ronald Coase School Professor London School of Economics and Political Science; Professor of Applied Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Etienne Wasmer

Professor of Economics New York University Abu Dhabi; Professor of Economics, LIEPP Sciences Po Paris University

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Professor at Labour Economics Institute for Advanced Studies; Professor at Labour Economics Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Justin Wolfers

Professor of Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania

Eran Yashiv

Member, Centre for Macroeconomics London School of Economics and Political Science; Professor of Economics, the Eitan Berglas School of Economics Tel Aviv University

Yves Zenou

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor and Richard Snape Chair in Business and Economics Monash University

Klaus F. Zimmermann

President Global Labor Organization (GLO); Co–Director of POP (Center for Population, Development and Labour Economics) United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology; Professor (em.) University Of Bonn

Research affiliates

Anna Bindler

Associate Professor, Economics University of Gothenburg

Teodora Boneva

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Zurich; Professor of Applied Microeconomics University Of Bonn

Michela Carlana

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University

Niklas Engbom

Assistant Professor in Economics Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

Francesco Fasani

Associate Professor in the Department Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University Of Milan

Simon Franklin

Assistant Professor at School of Economics Queen Mary University Of London

Nadine Ketel

Assistant Professor in Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Joan Monras

Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Assistant Professor of Economics ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics; Associate Professor of Economics Pompeu Fabra University

Christian Moser

Assistant Professor and Chazen Senior Scholar, Columbia Business School Columbia University

Arash Nekoei

Assistant Professor of Economics Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University

Christina Patterson

Assistant Professor of Economics Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER)

Anna Raute

Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Economics Queen Mary University Of London

Alexandra Roulet

Assistant Professor of Economics European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)

Nicole Schneeweis

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Benjamin Schoefer

Visiting Scholar Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Associate Professor (with Tenure) University Of California, Berkeley

Jan Stuhler

Associate Professor Universidad Carlos III De Madrid

Marco Tabellini

Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit Harvard Business School

Michela Tincani

Research Fellow Institute For Fiscal Studies; Associate Professor University College London

Jose P. Vasquez

Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy London School of Economics and Political Science

Upcoming events

Past events