Australian Labour Market Research Workshop 2025 – call for papers
Following on from the success of last year’s event, we are pleased to announce the 33rd Australian Labour Market Research (ALMR) Workshop and the annual meeting of the Australian Society of Labour Economists will be held at Jobs and Skills Australia, 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 February 2025.
The ALMR Workshop is the annual meeting of the Australian Society of Labour Economists.
The purpose of the meeting is to disseminate high quality research in labour economics and labour relations and to promote informed public debate about current labour market issues.
Participants and discussants will include senior academic economists and labour economists in the public and private sectors. Early career researchers, including PhD students close to completing, are particularly encouraged to submit papers. Any theoretical, applied or policy related papers on any aspect of the labour market are welcome.
Call for papers open now
Papers, which need only to be at ‘working paper’ stage, will be selected on the basis of their quality and in relation to their general interest.
Preference will be given to papers on the following themes:
- Labour productivity: measurement and growth
- Labour markets and demographic change
- Full employment: measurement and delivery
- Education, training and skills development
- Gender equity and equality
- Disability and employment
- Work organisation and redesign
- Labour econometrics
- Work, welfare and the disadvantaged
Please submit papers by 4 November 2024 by email to phil.lewis@canberra.edu.au including ALMRW 2025 in the subject line. Notification of acceptance will be on 18 November 2024.
The ALMRW is supported by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Centre for Labour Market Research.