Conference :European Labor Symposium for Early-Career Economists

5 mai 25

Thursday 15 – Friday 16 May 2025 – Room A311 – Université Paris Dauphine - PSL

Free registration

Local organizers : Laura Khoury and Mathilde Godard

The European Labor Symposium for Early-Career Economists (ELSE) brings together early-stage labor economists from across Europe, offering them a platform to present their research and foster academic connections.

Over the course of two days, participants will engage in presentations and discussions on a range of topics in labor economics, in a collegial and stimulating environment.

Program – Thursday, May 15th

9:00 – 9:30
Welcome coffee

9:30 – 10:00
Léonard Bocquet
The Network Origin of Slow Labor Reallocation

10:00 – 10:30
Fanny Landaud
Fostering Diverse Classroom Interactions: Evidence from a Peer-Learning Intervention

10:30 – 11:00
Jan Nimczik
Workplace Connections and Labor Migration

11:00 – 11:30
Break

11:30 – 12:00
Jon Piqueras
The Asymmetric Effect of Wage Floors: A Natural Experiment with a Rising and Falling Minimum Wage

12:00 – 12:30
Maria Ventura
Following in the Family Footsteps: Incidence and Returns of Occupational Persistence

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 14:00
Andreas Haller
Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Repeated Unemployment

14:00 – 14:30
Jakob Sogaard
Partial Disability Insurance

14:30 – 15:00
Break

15:00 – 15:30
Elisa Facchetti
When non-native speakers compete for top schools: Displacement and peer effects in primary education

15:30 – 16:00
Daphné Skandalis
Workplace Violence

16:00 – 16:15
Break

16:15 – 17:15
Keynote address by Barbara Petrongolo
The evolution of gender in labour markets: Inequality, (in)efficiency and stereotypes


Program – Friday, May 16th

9:30 – 10:00
Josef Sigurdsson
Volcanic Protests

10:00 – 10:30
Antoine Ferey
Redistribution and Unemployment Insurance

10:30 – 11:00
Break

11:00 – 11:30
Claire Montialoux
Minimum Wages and Informality

11:30 – 12:00
Mathilde Godard
Older Workers and the Value of Job Amenities

12:00 – 12:30
Laura Khoury
Unemployment Insurance Eligibility and Employment Duration

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch