CESifo Area Conference on Labor Economics 2026
Scientific Organizers: Gordon Dahl, Helmut Rainer
The purpose of this conference easto facilitate discussion of ongoing research which studies policy relevant questions related to labor economics. Reflecting the breadth of modern labor economics, the scope of relevant topics was broad, ranging from employment and compensation, immigration and migration, family and gender issues, inequality and poverty, and health and crime. Submissions using high quality/innovative data and convincing econometric methods were especially encouraged.
The keynote lectures were delivered by Martha Bailey (University of California, Los Angeles).
Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award
The 2026 Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award in Labor Economics was aimed at talented young scholars and was awarded to the best paper presented by a young author at this conference. Candidates must have completed their PhDs no longer than five years ago (same applies to any co-authors). Accepted candidates were invited to attend and present their papers. The criteria for the award were scientific originality, policy relevance, and quality of exposition. The winner received a €2,000 award.
Conference Details
The CESifo Area Conference on Labor Economics commenced at 9am on Friday, 29 May and end on Saturday, 30 May in the afternoon. The conference took place as an in-person event (streaming of sessions was not provided).
Publication
All papers presented at this conference were eligible for submission to the CESifo Working Paper Series.
Program
The program of the conference is available for download on the left-hand side of this website.
Program
Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room
CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidates
9:00 – 9:30
Marriage Markets and Inequality: The Role of Spatial Sorting and Education Choice
Frederik Almar (Aarhus University)
9:30 – 10:00
What Do Women Want in a Job? Household Constraints, Gender-Biased
Preferences, and the Reservation Wage
Kenza Elass (CERGIC, ENS de Lyon and Gender Lab of Bocconi)
10:00 – 10:30
Guiding Jobseekers to Where They’re Wanted Most: Evidence from Caseworker-
Driven Job Search Redirection
Jeremias Klaeui (CREST and ETH Zurich)
10:30 – 11:00
Co-Parenting and Careers after Divorce
Katarina Kuske (Bocconi University)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Parallel Session 1a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Remote Work and Modern Labor Markets
11:30 – 12:15
Not Incentivized Yet Productive: Working From Home in the Public Sector
Alessandra Fenizia (The George Washington University), Tom Kirchmaier
12:15 – 13:00
Work from Home and Health-Related Absenteeism
Katharina Bettig (Dresden University of Technology), Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Victor
Alipour, Christian Lessmann, Valentin Lindlacher
Parallel Session 1b – Richard Musgrave Room
Firms, Management, and Innovation
11:30 – 12:15
Managing Innovation in Firms
Ingrid Haegele (University of Munich), Isabella Manelici, Jose P Vasquez, Francis Wong
12:15 – 13:00
Networks and Women's Career Paths
Jan Sebastian Nimczik (ESMT Berlin), Catharina Behrens, Michelle Hansch,
Alexandra Spitz-Oener
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Parallel Session 2a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Wages, Hours, and Job Design
14:00 – 14:45
Pricing Job Amenities: A Practitioner’s Manual
Alex Bell (Georgia State University)
14:45 – 15:30
The Labor Market Effects of Expanding Overtime Coverage
Simon Quach (University of Southern California)
Parallel Session 2b – Richard Musgrave Room
Gender and Employment
14:00 – 14:45
Reintegrating Older Long-Term Unemployed Workers: The Impact of Temporary
Job Guarantees
Pia Heckl (ifo Institute), Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
14:45 – 15:30
Parents' Perceptions of Occupational Fit
Anne Brenøe (University of Zurich), Daphne Rutnam
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
Parallel Session 3a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Migration, Refugees, and Return
15:45 – 16:30
Drivers of Post-conflict Return Intentions Among Ukrainian Refugees
Yvonne Giesing (ifo Institute), Joop Adema, Lasha Chargaziia, Sarah Necker, Panu
Poutvaara
16:30 – 17:15
Reassessing Immigration's Impact with Redistributive Tax Policies
Michele Battisti (University of Glasgow), Giovanni Peri, Eleonora Romano
Parallel Session 3b – Richard Musgrave Room
Immigration and Integration Across Generations
15:45 – 16:30
Generational Mobility of Immigrant Descendants in Scandinavia
Timo Hener (Aarhus University), Peter Thingholm, Erica Lindahl, Anna Godøy, Oddbjørn
Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg
16:30 – 17:15
In the Shadow of Brothers: Sibling Spillovers and Educational Outcomes of Migrant Girls
Anna Hasselqvist (DIW Berlin)
17:15 – 17:30 Coffee Break
Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room
17:30 – 18:30
The Transition to Low Fertility Rates in the U.S. and Other High-income Countries:
A Cohort Perspective
Martha Bailey (University of California, Los Angeles)
19:30 Conference Dinner
Parallel Session 4a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Neighborhoods and Opportunity
9:00 – 9:45
Intergenerational Mobility in Earnings: The Roles of Neighborhoods and Firms
Moises Yi (US Census Bureau), David Card, Jesse Rothstein
9:45 – 10:30
Children of Neighbourhood Renewal: Long-Run Effects of a Revitalization Program
Catherine van der List (University of Essex), Emma Duchini
Parallel Session 4b – Richard Musgrave Room
Crime, Social Risk, and Public Policy
9:00 – 9:45
Neighborhood Labeling and Criminal Justice Decisions
Hans Grönqvist (IFN and Linnaeus University), Magdalena Dominguez, Edvin
Hertegard, Susan Niknami, Torsten Santavirta
9:45 – 10:30
Child Maltreatment Investigations and Family Well-being
Katherine Rittenhouse (University of Texas at Austin), David Simon, Lindsey Lacey
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Parallel Session 5a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Families, Violence, and Child Outcomes
11:00 – 11:45
Intimate Partner Violence and Children's Human Capital
Dan Anderberg (Royal Holloway University of London), Alexander Vickery, Gloria
Moroni
11:45 – 12:30
Non-Toxic Peers: Long-Run Returns from an Anti-Bullying Program
Ana Rodriguez-Gonzalez (University of Barcelona), Ana Costa Ramón, Tabea Braun, Ursina Schaede, Christina Salmivalli
Parallel Session 5b – Richard Musgrave Room
Education, Peers, and Human Capital
11:00 – 11:45
Popularity and Student Networks: Trade-offs in Resolving Social Isolation through
Deskmate Assignments
Palaash Bhargava (University of Chicago)
11:45 – 12:30
Exposure to Inequality, Human Capital Investment, and Labor Market Outcomes
Matthew Collins (University of Galway), Jan Bietenbeck, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh
Majlesi, Adrian Nieto Castro
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
Parallel Session 6a – Ludwig Erhard Room
Local Economies and Labor Supply
15:00 – 15:45
A Free Lunch? How Changing Childcare Defaults Increases Parental Labor Supply
Justus Bamert (Princeton University)
14:15 – 15:00
Tourism in Industrialized Countries: Catalyst for Growth or Economic Burden?
Giuseppe Di Giacomo (ifo institute, University of Munich, and CESifo)
Parallel Session 6b – Richard Musgrave Room
Health Economics and Specialization
13:30 – 14:15
The Value of (Sub) Specialization: Evidence from Oncology
René Karadakic (Harvard University), David Chan, Nancy Keating, Bruce Landon,
Michael Barnett
14:15 – 15:00
Dual Labor Markets, Housing and Migration Attitudes: Structural Impacts of
Venezuelan Immigration in Perú
Andre Groeger (LISER, UAB and BSE), Steven Stillman, Giacomo Battiston, Gianmarco
León-Ciliotta
End of Conference
Optional Activity (Details to be announced)
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