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The IAB Special Lecture Series 2023 / 2024 / 2025
hosted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in collaboration with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)
CONTENT
The IAB Special Lecture Series invites outstanding international researchers across the Social Sciences to present their current work. Guest lecturers are selected on exellent academic merit and typically have made significant contributions to their respective fields and continue to actively shape internationale research agendas. The IAB Special Lecture Series aims to provide a unique opportunity to the IAB researchers as well as researchers from other research entities to discurss the work and share their expertise with the speaker during the presentation, and to receive feedback on their own research projects during individual talks with the speaker.
CONFERENCE FORMAT
The IAB Special Lecture Series will be held at the IAB, Regensburger Str. 100, 90478 Nuremberg.
ABSTRACTS OF THE SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES 2024
» 04 December 2025 - Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Labor force participation among prime-age men in the United States: Considerations of dignity and health
Prime-age men's labor force participation has been declining in the United States for over 50 years, especially among men with lower levels of education and those in rural locations. Using data from interviews with 61 prime-age men in rural areas of the state of Wisconsin who were out of the formal labor force, this talk will describe the role of health issues in their labor force disconnection, especially in creating patterns of churning in and out of the formal labor force. In addition, the talk will explain the men's views of formal employment and the role of (in)dignity they have experienced on the job in shaping these views.
LOCAL ORGANIZERS
- Yuliya Kosyakova
- Martin Friedrich
- Tim Kovalenko
- Adrian Lerche
- Theresa Koch
- Jonathan Latner
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AT THE SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES
Prof. David Autor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Prof. Lucinda Platt (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Prof. Giovanni Peri (University of California)
Prof. Spanghero Lotta (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Prof. Filiz Garip (Princeton University)
Prof. Jeffrey Smith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Prof. Katherine S. Newman (University of California, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Andrea Weber (Central European University)
Prof. Matthew Desmond (Princeton University)
Prof. Claudia Buchmann (Ohio State University)
Prof. Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For any questions refer to IAB.Special-Lecture@iab.de
