Labor Market Dynamics and Public Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Latin America and Eastern Europe (April 1–3): This part of the conference will focus on microeconomic analysis of labor markets and public policy in these two regions of the world.

Part II:

Job Flows in Transition Economies (April 5–6): The analysis of job creation and job destruction in the old and new sectors is important for understanding the transition from the socialist to a market economy. The papers selected for this workshop will be published in a symposium issue of the Economics of Transition, guest edited by John Haltiwanger and Hartmut Lehmann.