Young Economists' Meeting 2023

May 25-26, 2023 in Brno, Czech Republic

Young Economists' Meeting 2023

We are pleased to announce that the 8th Young Economists' Meeting will be held on May 25-26, 2023 in Brno!

Join us for a friendly research conference and discuss your work with PhD students, postdocs, and early-career researchers. Take advantage of this opportunity to explore Brno, a trendy urban destination!

We invite submissions of full papers on applied empirical topics in the fields of Labor Economics, and Experimental & Behavioral Economics. Meta-studies are very particularly welcome. The submission deadline is March 20, 2023, and notifications of acceptance will be sent via email no later than April 3rd.

Furthermore, we encourage economists under the age of 35 to submit their manuscripts for the Best Paper Award, which comes with a prize of 200€. Single-authored papers will be given priority in the selection process.

Please note that a 40€ registration fee is required upon paper acceptance to co-finance dinner and refreshments on both days. Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs.

An optional course on Structural Modelling for Experimental Economics is available for YEM participants.

The course will be taught by James Tremewan (IÉSEG School of Management), on May 24 (13:00-17:00) and May 25 (9:00-13:00).

During the course, students will learn how to estimate, evaluate, and compare structural models. The techniques developed will be applied to topics such as prospect theory, heterogeneity in social preferences, level-k models, quantal response equilibria, and learning models. The course will outline the theory and illustrate the programming in R, but prior knowledge of programming is not required. Invited participants to YEM will have the option to register for the course, and participation is free of charge.

Keynote speakers

Lata Gangadharan,

Professor of Economics and Joe Isaac Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, is an experimental and behavioural economist. A key focus of her research has been on developing novel experimental methods to study economic and social institutions. Her recent research has focused on incentives and preferences and has addressed several topics, including peer sanctioning to mitigate the effects of social and environmental dilemmas, the propensity for prosocial and antisocial behaviour, incentives for compliance and auditing, and gender and social identity. Her recent work has been published in several prestigious academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Science, the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

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Jan C. van Ours

is widely considered a founding father of European labour economics. His research has centered around imperfect labour markets and sport economics. He is a pioneer in researching the consequences of cannabis consumption on health, education, and labour market outcomes. During his career, he has held positions at several universities in the Netherlands, including Tilburg University and Erasmus University Rotterdam. He retired from full-time work at the end of 2020, though he still holds a part-time position at Erasmus School of Economics. He is also an honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. According to IDEAS/RePEc, he is in the top 1% of economists in terms of research output.

Keynote Lecture Title: TBA