Labour and Finance Group Conference 2025

ESMT Berlin and Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) are pleased to announce the Fall 2025 Labour and Finance Group Conference, to be held on December 15 and 16, 2025 in Berlin and Halle. The conference is organised by Merih Sevilir and aims to bring together researchers focused on topics at the intersection of Finance and Labour Economics to present new research and exchange ideas.

Who

several speakers

Where

ESMT Berlin and Halle (Saale), IWH conference room

Organisation

The conference will take place over two days:

Day 1: December 15, 2025, at ESMT Berlin. This day will feature presentations of regular papers on the broad topics of labour and finance.
Day 2: December 16, 2025, at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). This day will focus on early-stage papers, proposals, and ideas, with each paper receiving a discussion from a senior researcher in labour and finance.

We encourage participants to attend both days in Berlin and Halle. However, we understand that this may not be feasible for all participants.

Submission

Submission Deadline was July 15, 2025. Paper acceptances will be sent out by August 30, 2025.

Registration

Registration is scheduled to open in Fall 2025. Please check this website regularly for the latest updates and announcements.

Please contact rd@esmt.org for any questions.

Programme Committee

Shai Bernstein (Harvard Business School & IWH)
Oliver Binz (ESMT Berlin)
André Diegmann (IWH)
Ofer Eldar (University of California, Berkeley & IWH)
Isaac Hacamo (Indiana University)
Sabrina Jeworrek (IWH & Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg)
Kristoph Kleiner (Indiana University)
Javier Miranda (IWH & Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
Jan Nimczik (ESMT Berlin)
Paige Ouimet (University of North Carolina)
Merih Sevilir (IWH & ESMT Berlin)
Daniel Streitz (IWH & Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington University in St Louis & IWH)

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 (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association and end in with a dinner on the same day in Halle (Saale).
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.