EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG ECONOMISTS

2nd EAYE Workshop on Social Networks - Call for Papers

Paris (France), 3-4 October 2019

The European Association of Young Economists (EAYE), in collaboration with the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Paris School of Economics, is pleased to announce that the 2nd EAYE Workshop will take place in Paris, France, on the 3rd and 4th of October 2019 under the theme Humanizing Social Networks. The workshop will be hosted by Paris School of Economics.

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Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2019 in Brussels (Belgium)

The 24th Spring Meeting of Young Economists has been hosted by the Université libre de Bruxelles on 11-13 April 2019.
Keynote Speakers were Michael Bordo, Paul Collier, David Levine and Eric Maskin.

Marius Faber (University of Basel) received the Best Paper Award for his work on "Robots and reshoring: Evidence from Mexican labor markets".

EAYE Workshop Bids (Deadline: 15 September 2019)
We accept bids for organizing and hosting an EAYE Workshop on a specific topic within economics on an ongoing basis. The goal of the EAYE Workshops is to facilitate the interaction between young non-tenured researchers with senior experts in their specific field. We welcome submissions for all types of workshops: interactive workshop concepts, job market trainings, or intense feedback rounds with one to two experienced researchers.

Please be in touch and ask for more information and a short skype call before considering a potential bid: eichenauer@kof.ethz.ch

"How to Survive the Economics Job Market - Strategies and Advice for Young Economists"
The European Association of Young Economists (EAYE) has organized a panel discussion at this year's EEA-ESEM in Cologne. The aim of this panel has been to provide different insights on the academic job market offered by experienced senior economists form the preparation and hiring side and from recent job market candidates.

The shared experiences and given advices by the panelists are available here.

Moderators: Anna Maria Koukal (Zurich) and Alessandro Saia (Lausanne)
Speakers: Pietro Biroli (Zurich), Kalina Manova (UCL), Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi) and Donghai Zhang (Bonn)

Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2018 in Palma (Spain)

The 23th Spring Meeting of Young Economists has been hosted by the University of Balearic Islands on 30 May - 1 June 2018. Keynote Speakers were Margaret Meyer, Pol Antràs, and Manuel Arellano. Florian Wozny (IZA Bonn) received the Best Paper Award for his work co-authered by Benjamin Elsner on "The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb".

More information is available on the conference website. Interesting statistics about the submitted papers and the final participants can be found here.