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41st AIEL Conference

The 41st AIEL Conference will take place from 17 to 19 September 2026 at Roma Tre University.
The keynote speakers will be Katrine Løken (Norwegian School of Economics) and Giovanni Peri (UC Davis). The call for papers will be announced in the coming months.




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The Ezio Tarantelli Best Paper Prize 2025

The Ezio Tarantelli Prize 2025 has been awarded to Stefania Marcassa (CY Cergy Paris University) for her paper “Migration, Social Change, and the Early Decline in the United States Fertility”, presented at the 2024 Conference. The prize was awarded during the 40th Annual Conference held in Milan.

The paper investigates the demographic transition in 19th-century United States, focusing on the role of internal migration in shaping the early decline in fertility.

The Prize Committee has unanimously concluded that Marcassa’s paper deserves the Tarantelli Prize for its originality, rigorous empirical approach, and its contribution to understanding how migration and social change can trigger profound demographic transformations.

AIEL warmly congratulates Stefania Marcassa for the prize.




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The Carlo Dell’Aringa Young Economist Prize 2025

The Carlo Dell’Aringa Prize 2025 has been awarded to Federica Meluzzi (CREST) for her paper "The College Melting Pot: Peers, Culture and Women’s Job Search". The prize was awarded during the 40th Annual Conference held in Milan.

Meluzzi’s paper investigates how exposure to peers from different cultural backgrounds during university studies shapes women’s early-career labour market outcomes.

The Prize Committee commends this paper for its innovative research design, use of unique data, and contribution to the literature on gender norms, peer effects, and labour market inequalities.

AIEL warmly congratulates Federica Meluzzi for the prize.




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Call for Papers: AIEL 40th Anniversary Special Issue

The Italian Association of Labour Economics (AIEL), in collaboration with LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, is pleased to invite submissions for a Special Issue marking the 40th anniversary of AIEL, founded in Venice in 1985.

The Special Issue will include two components:
- A Conference Section, featuring papers presented at the 40th AIEL Annual Conference, to be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca in September 2025.
- A General Section, open to submissions from AIEL members on relevant topics in labour economics.

Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
Review process: Fast-track peer review
Expected publication: Fall 2026

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online platform: http://editorialexpress.com/labour.
Authors should clearly indicate in the cover letter that the submission is for the AIEL 40th Anniversary Special Issue and specify whether the submission is intended for the Conference Section or the General Section.

For further information, please contact labour_journal@editorialexpress.com or aiel@aiel.it.

LABOUR is classified as a Class A journal in Economics by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes), according to its most recent evaluation.