Programme Area Labour Markets

Labour Economics

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.

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

Research Fellows

Daron Acemoglu

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

Abigail Adams-Prassl

Yann Algan

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

Torben M Andersen

Professor, Department of Economics Aarhus University

Esteban Aucejo

Associate Professor in Economics (with tenure) at the W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University

Ghazala Azmat

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris

Manuel Bagues

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

Martha J. Bailey

Affiliate at the California Center for Population Research and Economics Professor University Of California, Los Angeles

Erich Battistin

Faculty Associate at the Maryland Population Research Center; Professor of Economics University Of Maryland

Sascha O. Becker

Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics Monash University; Professor of Economics University Of Warwick; Professor of Economics

Michèle Belot

Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics Cornell University

Samuel Bentolila

Professor of Economics Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)

Giuseppe Bertola

Professore ordinario University Of Turin

Marianne Bertrand

Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar in the Booth School of Business University Of Chicago

Richard Blundell

Co-Director, ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy University College London

Matteo Bobba

Professor of Economics Toulouse School Of Economics

Tito Boeri

Full Professor and Head of the Economics Department Bocconi University; Senior Visiting Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science

Jan Boone

Professor of Industrial Economics Tilburg University

Alison Booth

Professor of Economics Australian National University

Michael Burda

Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics Humboldt University Of Berlin

Aline Bütikofer

Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Economics Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Pierre Cahuc

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris

Pamela Campa

Associate Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela

Head of Department and Professor of Economics University Of Essex

Laurens Cherchye

Professor of Economics Ku Leuven

Lucia Corno

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

Monica Costa Dias

Deputy Research Director Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Professor of Economics at the School of Economics University Of Bristol

Gordon Dahl

Professor of Economics University of California, San Diego

Bram De Rock

Full Professor in Mathematical Economics Université Libre De Bruxelles

Daniela Del Boca

Fellow and Scientific Director of IEU Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University Of Turin

Paul J. Devereux

Professor of Economics University College Dublin

Juan J Dolado

Professor of Economics Universidad Carlos III De Madrid

David Dorn

UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets University Of Zurich

Francesco Drago

Professor of Economics University of Catania

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

Zvi Eckstein

Professor and Dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya; Head of the Aaron Economic Policy Institute Reichman University; Emeritus Professor for the Eitan Berglas School of Economics Tel Aviv University

Ester Faia

Professor Goethe University Frankfurt

Armin Falk

Chief Executive Officer briq Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Bonn

Francesco Fasani

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

Ernst Fehr

Professor and Director of the UBS Center for Economics in Society University Of Zurich

Sebastian Findeisen

Professor of Economics University Of Konstanz

Reto Foellmi

Professor of International Economics University Of St Gallen

Alessandra Fogli

Monetary Advisor and Assistant Director for Inequality Research Federal Reserve Bank Of Minneapolis

Margherita Fort

Full Professor at the Department of Economic Sciences University Of Bologna

Denis Fougère

Senior Research Fellow French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS); Research Fellow Sciences Po Paris

Marco Francesconi

Professor of Economics University Of Essex

Tommaso Frattini

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

Giovanni Gallipoli

Pietro Garibaldi

Fellow and Director of the Allievi Programme Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University Of Turin

Robert J. Gary-Bobo

Researcher Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Professor of Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE); Professor of Economics University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne

Christina Gathmann

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

Pieter Gautier

Tinbergen Fellow Tinbergen Institute; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 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

Albrecht Glitz

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Associate Professor Pompeu Fabra University

Lorenz Goette

Professor and Provost’s Chair, Department of Economics National University Of Singapore

Eric Gould

John Alfred Weinberg Chair in Economics Hebrew University Of Jerusalem; Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Fellow at CReAM University College London

Maria Guadalupe

Mark Pathy’89D Chair in Organizational Economics and Productivity and Professor of Economics European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)

Maia Güell

Research Fellow Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (FEDEA); Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Professor of Economics University Of Edinburgh

Marc Gurgand

Full Professor Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Jonathan Haskel

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

Tim Hatton

Emeritus Professor Australian National University; Emeritus Professor of Economics University Of Essex

Jennifer Hunt

Professor of Economics Rutgers University

Hans K. Hvide

Professor of Economics and Finance University Of Bergen

Andrea Ichino

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

David Jaeger

Professor of Economics University Of St Andrews

Simon Jäger

Associate Professor of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Juan Francisco Jimeno

Adviser Bank Of Spain

Philipp Kircher

Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labour Relations Cornell University; Honorary Professorial Fellow University Of Edinburgh

Francis Kramarz

Emeritus Professor Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Researcher Collège De France; Visiting Professor Uppsala University

Hyejin Ku

Deputy Director Centre For Research And Analysis Of Migration; Associate Professor of Economics University College London

Adriana D. Kugler

Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown University

Rafael Lalive

Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics HEC Lausanne

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 in the Department of Economics University Of Warwick

Valérie Lechene

Research fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Professor of Economics University College London

Michael Lechner

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

Claire Lelarge

Professor of Economics Paris-Saclay University

Osnat Lifshitz

Senior Lecturer and Vice Dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics Reichman University

Attila Lindner

Professor of Economics University College London

Erik Lindqvist

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

Lars Ljungqvist

Global Distinguished Professor New York University; Professor Stockholm School Of Economics

Katrine Løken

Professor of Economics Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Hamish Low

Head of Department and the James Meade Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Stephen Machin

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

Thierry Magnac

Professor Toulouse School Of Economics

Ulrike M. Malmendier

Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at the 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 University Of Vienna

Guy Michaels

Pascal Michaillat

Associate Professor of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz

Claudio Michelacci

Bajola Parisani Professor Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Espen R. Moen

Magne Mogstad

The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor of Economics in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics University Of Chicago

Joan Monras

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Associate Professor (on Leave) Pompeu Fabra University

Enrico Moretti

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

Stephen Nickell

Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College University Of Oxford

Jessica Pan

Professor of Economics National University Of Singapore

Daniele Paserman

Professor of Economics Boston University

Michele Pellizzari

Professor of Economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management University Of Geneva; Visiting Professor Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Barbara Petrongolo

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

Jorn-Steffen Pischke

Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Luigi Pistaferri

Professor of Economics Stanford University

Roland Rathelot

Professor Polytechnic Institute of Paris

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

Alexandra Roulet

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

Yona Rubinstein

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy and Deputy Head of Department London School Of Economics And Political Science

Gilles Saint-Paul

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

Bernard Salanié

Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics Columbia University

Kjell G Salvanes

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

Analia Schlosser

Associate Professor Tel Aviv University

Christoph Schmidt

President Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

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

Uta Schonberg

Professor of Economics University College London

Joel Shapiro

Professor of Financial Economics University Of Oxford

Robert Shimer

Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College and Chair of the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics University Of Chicago

Dennis Snower

Senior Research Fellow Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Non-residential Senior Fellow Brookings Institution; President Global Solutions Initiative; Professorial Research Fellow, Institute of New Economic Thinking and Visiting Professor, University College Oxford University Of Oxford

Mark Stabile

Stone Chaired Professor of Wealth Inequality and Professor of Economics European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)

Stefan Staubli

Associate Professor of Economics University Of Calgary

Andreas Steinhauer

Senior Lecturer University Of Edinburgh

Kjetil Storesletten

Richard and Beverly Fink Professor of Economics University Of Minnesota; Professor II University Of Oslo; Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in the School of Economics University Of Surrey

Uwe Sunde

Professor of Economics and Chair for Population Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Coen Teulings

Distinguished Professor of Economics Utrecht University

Hélène Turon

Professor in Economics University Of Bristol

Gerard Van den Berg

Honorary Professor for the School of Economics University Of Bristol

Bas van der Klaauw

Director Tinbergen Institute; Professor at the Department of Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Jan C. van Ours

Professor of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam

John Van Reenen

Director of the Programme on Innovation and Productivity and Ronald Coase School Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science; Digital Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Frederic Vermeulen

Professor of Economics Ku Leuven

Giovanni Violante

Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics Princeton University

Alessandra Voena

Professor of Economics University Of Chicago

Till von Wachter

Professor of Economics University Of California, Los Angeles

Fabian Waldinger

Professor of Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Etienne Wasmer

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

Andrea Weber

Professor of Economics Central European University

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Research Professor Institute for Advanced Studies; Chairman Kurt Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics and Full Professor of Labour Economics Johannes Kepler University Linz

Justin Wolfers

Professor of Economics and Professor of Public Policy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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

Professor of 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