Past YEMs
Explore photos and presenters from past YEM conferences.
YEM 2025
We hosted 54 researchers from 11 countries at the 10th anniversary Young Economists' Meeting. Keynote presentations were given by David Neumark (UC Irvine) and Dorothea Kübler (WZB and TU Berlin). The best paper prize was awarded to Julia F. Engel (Kiel University) for her analysis of chess players' behaviour after a loss. Her research shows that men take more risks and play worse than women after defeat. Chess players across genders remain motivated to keep competing, confirming women's high resilience to failure.
YEM 2024
The nineth Young Economists' Meeting hosted Eva Ranehill and Vincenzo Carrieri as keynote speakers. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Tingyan Jia for the paper Empathy, Motivated Reasoning, and Redistribution. We thank all participants for their contributions and our guests for their insightful presentations.
YEM 2023
The eight Young Economists' Meeting hosted Lata Gangadharan and Jan C. van Ours as keynote speakers. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Biljana Meiske for the paper Queen Bee Immigrant: The Effects of Status Perceptions on Immigration Attitudes.
We thank all participants for their contributions and our guests for their insightful presentations.
Book of abstracts.
YEM 2022
The seventh Young Economists' Meeting hosted Erik Plug and Subhasish M. Chowdhury as keynote speakers. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Patrick Nüß for the paper Management Opposition, Strikes and Union Threat. We thank all participants for their contributions and our guests for their insightful presentations.
Book of abstracts.
YEM 2021
The Young Economists' Meeting in 2021 was held in a hybrid format. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Ella Sargsyan for the paper Violent Conflicts and Parents’ Child Gender Preferences. We thank Ben Greiner (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and Katrin Millock (Paris School of Economics) for their wonderful keynote contributions
Book of abstracts.
YEM 2019
We hosted participants from more than 30 universities. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Ekaterina Travova for the paper Under Pressure? Performance Evaluation of Police Officers as an Incentive to Cheat: Evidence from Drug Crimes in Russia. We thank our guest speakers Eyal Winter (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford) for taking the time and effort to be with us.
YEM 2018
We hosted participants from more than 20 universities. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to David Schindler for the paper Shocking Racial Attitudes: Black G.I.s in Europe. The keynote lectures were delivered by Maroš Servátka (MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory Sydney) and Mathias Czaika (Danube University Krems).
YEM 2017
The conference brought together 38 participants from 27 institutions across Europe with the focus on experimental, behavioral and labor economics. The Best Paper Award prize was presented to Eric Melander for the paper Creating ‘Us and Them’: Racial Propaganda, Insularity, and Right-Wing Ideology. The keynote lectures were delivered by David Masclet (University of Rennes 1) and Štěpán Jurajda (CERGE-EI).
YEM 2016
The Young Economists' Meeting 2016 hosted more than 50 participants from 30 universities in Europe, Izrael, and Mexico. The Best Paper Award was presented to Greta Morando for the paper Determinants and spillover effect of choosing Mathematics at secondary school. Exploiting a curricular reform in England. We thank our guests Stijn Baert (Ghent University) and Jakub Steiner (CERGE-EI) and all participants for their contributions.
YEM 2015
In 2015 the first Young Economists' Meeting hosted 50 participants from 14 countries and 30 universities. The Best Paper Award was presented to Joanna Clifton-Sprigg for the paper Best of both worlds? Early cognitive and non-cognitive development of bilingual children. The keynote speaker Jesús Crespo Cuaresma (WU Wien) talked about Bayesian model averaging and brought an example involving a compilation of David Bowie music from the 1970s. We thank all participants for their contributions.