ESMT Berlin and Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) are pleased to announce the Fall 2025 Labor and Finance Group Conference, to be held on December 15 and 16, 2025 in Germany. The conference aims to bring together researchers focused on topics at the intersection of Finance and Labor Economics to present new research and exchange ideas.
The event will take place on December 15, 2025 at ESMT Berlin and on December 16, 2025 at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
The event will take place on December 15, 2025 at ESMT Berlin and on December 16, 2025 at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
Topics
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Role of access to finance in determining wages, employment, and other labor market outcomes
- Financing of human capital investment and innovation
- High growth entrepreneurship
- Effects of AI on capital and labor markets
- Labor and capital market regulation and their effect on firms and workers
- Household financial decision‐making and its interaction with labor market outcomes
Program Committee
- Shai Bernstein (Harvard Business School)
- Oliver Binz (ESMT-Berlin)
- Andre Diegmann (IWH)
- Ofer Eldar (University of California, Berkeley)
- Isaac Hacamo (Indiana University)
- Sabrina Jeworrek (IWH, OvGU)
- Jan Nimczik (ESMT-Berlin)
- Javier Miranda (IWH, FSU)
- Paige Ouimet (University of North Carolina)
- Merih Sevilir (IWH and ESMT-Berlin)
- Daniel Streitz (IWH; FSU)
- Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington University in St Louis)
Logistical details:
- The first day of the conference will be on December 15 at ESMT Berlin and end in with a dinner on the same day in Berlin.
- The second day of the conference will be on December 16 at Halle Institute for Economic Research and end in with a dinner on the same day in Halle.
- Lunch, dinner, and refreshments will be provided on both days. Conference attendees will be responsible for their own flights and accommodation. We will send hotel recommendations, including possible discounted hotel rates. There is no registration fee.
Contact
Organizer: Merih Sevilir
Please contact rd@esmt.org for any questions.
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