Each year, IRLE hosts visiting scholars and visiting student researchers who come to Berkeley from all over the world to work on projects related to labor and employment. At this workshop, visitors will present research at various stages and receive feedback from their peers and the wider community.

Light refreshments will be provided. If you plan on attending during lunch or coffee, RSVPs are recommended.

Schedule

Speakers

Yukiko Asai is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science. She has researched parental leave, maternal employment, and subsidized childcare.

Lydia Assouad is a graduate student at the Paris School of Economics. She is currently researching income inequalities in the Middle East.

Asma Benhenda is a PhD student at the Paris School of Economics. Her research focuses on teachers and education. In addition to her scholarly works, Asma has written for Le Monde and other general-interest publications.

Marie Connolly is an associate professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Her work has focused on social mobility, subjective wellbeing, and the rock music industry.

Ling Huang has taught at Peking University of China and is currently researching math education in the United States.

Jan Luksic is a graduate student at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on public economics, particularly the economic analysis of taxation.

Xianqiang Zou is a PhD candidate at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is currently researching the impact of One Child Policy on intergenerational mobility, and the intergenerational transmission pathways in rural China.