Rana Comërtpay(LISER)will give a presentation on From Skills to Jobs: The Impact of Training on Informality and Employment in SenegalAbstractInformality and underemployment remain defining features of Senegal’s labor market, particularly for women. One of the main drivers of these patterns is arguably the lack of relevant skills.

Sareh Vosooghi(KU Leuven) will give a presentation on Political Coordination in Climate Coalitions Amid Internal DiscrepanciesAbstractThis paper explores the dynamics of climate negotiations among countries, focusing on how politicians' impatience and short-term outlook influence coalition formation.

Giulia Tarullo(IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain)will give a presentation on Effects of Taxing Short-Time Work Policies AbstractShort-time work (STW) policies subsidize hour reductions for workers in firms facing temporary shocks, serving as the primary policy instrument for employment support during downturns.

  April 7, 2025 | 14:30  More 55Programme14:30 - 14:45 Joseph Gomes - Economics and Culture14:45 - 15:00 Johannes Johnen - Consumer Protection in Economies with Limited Attention15:05 - 15:20 Francesca Monti - Inflation expectations of savers and borrowers15:20 - 15:35 Silvia Peracchi - Roads and food security in Africa15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break16:10 - 16:25 Ella Sargsyan - &nb

!! Cancelled !!Cristina Manea(Bank for International Settlements)will give a presentation on Targeted Taylor rules: some evidence and theoryAbstractConditional on long-run inflation expectations remaining anchored, monetary theory prescribes a forceful reaction to demand-driven inflation and an attenuated response, if any, to supply-driven inflation.

Ahmad Lashkaripour (Indiana University)will give a presentation on Linking trade and climate: Strategies for integrating climate goals into free trade agreementswith Farid Farrokhi (Boston College)

Natalia Bermúdez - Barrezueta(IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain)will give a presentation on Protecting Jobs and Firms: The Impact of Short-Time Work during COVID-19AbstractShort-Time Work (STW) programs aim to protect jobs and firms, but their pandemic effectiveness remains unclear. This paper evaluates STW during COVID-19, a period marked by economic lockdowns and high STW uptake.

Simeon Lauterbach(Geneva Graduate Institute)will give a presentation on Closing the Gender Gap: Differential Impacts of Public and Private School Subsidies in UgandaAbstractHow can low-income countries expand access to secondary education and reduce the gender gap in education?

Victor Gimenez-Perales (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)will give a presentation onDemand uncertainty in foreign markets. Learning from competitors and sequential market entryAbstractFirms face uncertainty about their residual demand when deciding whether to enter new export markets.

Luca Pensieroso(IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain)will give a presentation onFertility and Family Type in the United States: a Historical AnalysisAbstractWe provide a historical decomposition of fertility in the United States by family type.