GLO-Guangzhou-2026, the Asia flagship conference of GLO and 9th IESR-GLO joint event is scheduled for July 9-10, 2026. This conference of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) is hosted by the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University, in the city of Guangzhou (China) and supported by the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE).

Keynote speakers are David Autor (MIT) and Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics).

Contributed papers are invited to cover human resources issues broadly defined about labor, population, development, family, fertility, migration, refugees, health, crime, conflict, religion, and behavioral economics among other topics. Special interests include papers on China or contributions related to the themes of the JOPE Collections.

Submissions: You are invited to submit complete manuscripts or extended abstracts by March 23, 2026. International submissions should be directed to conference@glabor.org, while submissions from China should be directed to junoqiu@foxmail.com. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 10, 2026. Participants based in China are exempt from the registration fee upon acceptance.

Event details: The event will be held in-person only.  Present JOPE Editors may recommend authors to submit their presented papers for review at the Journal passing the desk-rejection stage. IESR, as the local host, will provide hotel recommendations and invitations for visa applications, the conference venue, and meals. Participants must cover their travel expenses. The fee per presented paper is € 500 for international participants (€ 250 for students and participants from low-middle income economies, following the World Bank definition).

To join the GLO, please visit: https://glabor.org/join-the-glo/

Conference organizing committee: Siyu Chen, Shuaizhang Feng, Max Tani, Sen Xue, and Klaus F. Zimmermann

For Logistic inquiries, please contact: Xiangyan (Juno) Qiu, junoqiu@foxmail.com