GLO JOPE Bonn 2026 PROGRAM OUTLINE – draft September 19, 2026; 9:20 pm CEST Bonn

Provides a simple outline of the time structure of the event. The detailed program with Zoom links for online participants will be linked HERE when it is ready.

Standard time schedule given below is CET (Berlin) if not noted differently.

In-person academic sessions are also accessible online.

November 30 -December 2 , 2026. Sessions are in-person in Bonn. CET Berlin.

NOVEMBER 30, 2026
Starting 10:00 Conference Registration Open
11:00 – 13:00 GLO & JOPE Business Meetings
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13:30 Conference Opening: Welcome
14:00 – 16:00 SESSION I
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16:30 – 18:30 SESSION II
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Optional: Visit of Bonn Christmas Market
After the Hour: Bar at GSI Institute

December 1, 2026
Starting 08:00 Conference Registration Open
08:30 – 10:30 SESSION III
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11:00 – 13:00 SESSION IV
***> 11:00 – 12:00
Keynote: Matthias Sutter (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods & University of Cologne): How to be a good leader: Insights from behavioral economics
***> 12:00 – 13:00 Panel: Africa, India and Migration
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14:00 – 16:00 SESSION V
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16:30 – 18:30 SESSION VI
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Optional: Visit of Bonn Christmas Market
After the Hour: Bar at GSI Institute

December 2, 2026
Starting 08:00 Conference Registration Open
08:30 – 10:30 SESSION VII
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11:00 – 13:00 SESSION VIII
***> 11:00 – 12:00
Keynote: Klaus Prettner (Vienna University of Economics and Business; JOPE Associate Editor): AI, wage inequality, and the labor share
***> 12:00 – 13:00 Panel: AI for Research and Society
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14:00 – 16:00 SESSION IX
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16:30 – 18:30 SESSION X
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19.30 Reception & Conference Dinner @ GSI
After the Hour: Bar at GSI Institute

In-person conference ends.

December 3-4, 2026. Sessions are Online-Only. Contributed Papers, GLO Monthly Seminar and Job Market Sessions. CET Berlin.

NOTE: Sessions will be announced in time-zones around the globe based on the locus of the paper presenters.

December 3, 2026
01:00 – 03:00
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03:30 – 05:30
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06:00 – 08:00
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08:30 – 10:30
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11:00 – 13:00
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14:00 – 16:00
***> 14:00 – 15:00: GLO Monthly Seminar.
Chair:  Viola Angelini (University of Groningen; JOPE Associate Editor)
Julie Hotchkiss (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
What’s Behind Declining Birth Rates in the U.S.?
***> 15:00 – 16:00: Session on Fertility Decline
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16:30 – 18:30
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19:00 – 21:00
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21:30 – 23:30

December 4, 2026
01:00 – 03:00
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03:30 – 05:30
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06:00 – 08:00
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08:30 – 10:30
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11:00 – 13:00
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14:00 – 16:00
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16:30 – 18:30
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19:00 – 21:00
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21:30 – 23:30