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Call for papers to workshop of the Centre for Research in Active Labour Market Policy Effects

Centre for Research in Active Labour Market Policy Effects calls for papers to a 2-day workshop, December 14-16, 2011 in Denmark.

The centre has been established through a three year grant from the Ministry of Employment and is conducting research on the empirical evaluation of various aspects of labour market policies.

Keynote Speakers:

Carolyn Heinrich, University of Texas at Austin
Jeff rey Smith, University of Michigan
Michael Svarer, University of Aarhus

Call for papers
Objective
The challenges to the Nordic welfare states provide the background setting for the current research program. The overall objective is to contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of central aspects of the Nordic model and their effects on the labor market. The research program focuses on three main areas of interest: Social Insurance, Education and Structural Change.

The network consists of four research teams:.
Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and University of Bergen.
Åbo Akademi University.
Uppsala University and Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation.