“6th IZA/CIER Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics” will be co-hosted by CIER and IZA recently. Please refer to the following information:

Organizers:

Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA), Corrado Giulietti (IZA); Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China, CIER, and IZA), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China, CIER, and IZA)

Date:

July 17, 2014 - July 19, 2014

Place:

IZA, Bonn, Germany

Content:

The workshop will focus on the challenges and their solutions in Chinese and global labor market. Topics with concern for China include Minimum Wages and Employment, Migration and the Urban/Rural Divide, Ethnicity and Labor Outcomes, Health Insurance and Consumption Choices, Informality: A Comparative Analysis, etc.

Detailed agenda:

http://www.iza.org/conference_files/CIER2014/viewProgram?conf_id=2659

Introduction of “IZA/CIER Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics”:

“IZA/CIER Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics” was established and organized by CIER, School of Labor and Human Resources of Renmin University of China, and IZA. The workshop was successfully held in Renmin University and IZA for 5 times from 2009 to 2013. As one of the founder of the workshop, CIER promoted researches on Chinese employment issues, raised the capability of international cooperation and international level of itself, and performed its academic influence in labor economy area through the workshop.