2024-08-19
The KDI Journal of Economic Policy is now inviting submissions for an international conference on “Population,
Aging, and the Economy,” scheduled to take place in Seoul, Korea, on Thursday
June 5, 2025. Papers that are accepted and presented at the conference are
automatically submitted to the KDI Journal of Economic Policy (http://www.kdijep.org/) for a
special issue.
The conference aims to bring together
research that explores the drivers and effects of demographic trends. We
welcome papers from a broad range of fields including labor, public, macro,
urban, and health economics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to:
- Addressing
sustained low fertility rates
- Disparities in
longevity advancements
- The role of
immigration in workforce dynamics
- Aging and its
impact on fiscal health
- Aging and
productivity growth
Preference will be given to research with
implications for the Korean economy.
The KDI will cover the following for each
presenter: (i) roundtrip economy airfare; (ii) hotel accommodation; (iii) an
honorarium of KRW 500,000 (approximately USD 360), and an additional honorarium
upon paper acceptance for publication in the KDI Journal of Economic Policy.
Please submit a 2 to 5-page proposal
outlining your research and including some preliminary empirical or theoretical
results. If you have a preliminary version of your paper available, you may
include it with your submission. Send your proposals by October 31, 2024, to
guest editor Munseob Lee at [email protected]
with “KDI JEP conference submission” in the subject line. Authors will be informed
by November 15, 2024, if their paper is selected. Please note that only
selected authors will be contacted. Drafts of accepted papers should be
completed one month before the conference, as discussants will be assigned to
all presentations at the conference.