About the conference
The Jobs and Development Conference is a global event co-organized by the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, and the ILO, with the Network on Jobs and Development – a partnership of research institutes from various regions of the world: the Development Policy Research Unit at University of Cape Town (DPRU, South Africa), the Institute for Structural Research (IBS, Poland), and the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (HKUST IEMS, Hong Kong).
In 2024, the conference will be hosted by J-PAL Middle East and North Africa (MENA) based at the American University in Cairo.
STREAMING VIDEOS OF SELECTED SESSIONS
In 2024, selected sessions will be available to watch via live-streaming to YouTube. Please tune in to watch the Keynote Speaker, Plenary Panel, and the Special Sessions.
To receive the links, please register here.
REGISTRATION
Please note that due to budget constraints and capacity restrictions all attendees in 2024 are either presenting a research paper that was accepted via the Call for Papers process, or participating directly in a special session – there are unfortunately no opportunities to attend as a guest or observer. Registration is therefore by invitation only.
We encourage you to join us virtually for selected elements of the conference programme such as the Keynote Speakers and plenary sessions that will be streamed live via YouTube – details will be posted here and on social media in the next few weeks.
Thank you for your interest, and understanding.
CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSED
Please note that the submission process for the 2024 Jobs and Development Conference is officially closed. (The deadline was June 13, 2024.)
Notifications on contributed papers were sent by email on July 25, 2024.
Any queries can be emailed to the conference managers at j4d@jobsanddevelopmentconference.org
The Focus of the #Jobs4Dev Conference
To expand the frontiers of global knowledge around jobs and advance the discussion on the most effective policies, the conference features policy-relevant papers on all topics in labor and development economics, but especially research that focuses on:
- New platform economy jobs
- Labour market programmes and regulation
- Gender and labour markets
- COVID-19 pandemic, jobs and development
- Immigration, migration and skills
- Structural change
- Climate change, energy and jobs
Announcement: Travel Grants for African Scholars
To support the participation of African scholars at the #Jobs4Dev 2024 conference in Cairo, Egypt travel grants to cover economy-class airfare and hotel accommodation costs have been made available for eligible African researchers with accepted papers. This is funded by financial means of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Keynote speakers for 2024
Dr Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme) and Chief Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Prof. David Lam, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and Research Professor Emeritus in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.
08-09 October
Cairo, Egypt 14-15 December Cape Town, South Africa 01-03 September ONLINE 01-04 September ONLINE 06-07 June Washington, D.C. 11-12 May Bogotá, Colombia 02-03 November Washington, D.C.