IMPORTANT NOTICE
The AASLE 2026 Conference will be hosted by Peking University, Beijing, on December 10-12, 2026. The three-day conference includes parallel sessions, panels and talks by keynote and invited speakers
Bob Gregory Lecture
Joseph Altonji (Yale University)
Keynote Lecture
Marianne Bertrand (Chicago Booth)
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Invited speakers
Natalie Bau (UCLA)
Heather Sarsons (Chicago Booth)
Isaac Sorkin (Stanford University)
Junjian Yi (Peking University)
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AASLE is an important platform for scholars in the Asia-Pacific region to research and exchange ideas. The annual AASLE conference supports and encourages discussions and exchanges on research, policies, and applications in labor economics. In 2026, the conference will be hosted by the National School of Development at Peking University.
INFO FOR PRESENTERS
Scheduled from Thursday December 10 until Saturday December 12, the programme has now been uploaded on the website. Each presenter is allocated 30 mins for their presentation, which includes 5 minutes of discussion time.
Session Chair
In a regular parallel session, the last person scheduled to present will chair the session. Session chairs should ensure that all speakersreceive their allocated time and that the audience has an opportunityfor questions and comments. If you are the chair of a session and would like someone to chair your presentation then please ask the first presenter.
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For the job market sessions, senior academic staff will chair each session and ensure that all presenters adhere to the presentation schedule.
Presentation Guidelines
Please save your presentation in PDF and bring it to your session ona USB flash drive. The session schedules are tight so it would beuseful if you can arrive 5 minutes before the session's start time toupload the presentation.
Special Conference Issue of Labour Economics
Authors of presented papers will have the opportunity to submit theirpaper for consideration to a special conference issue of LabourEconomics. The submission deadline for the revised manuscript is 31 January 2027. The editors for this event's special conference issue will be Jungmin Lee and Warn N. Lekfuangfu. We will provide more information on the review andselection process for this special issue after the conference.
KEY DATES
Dates | Tasks |
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13 April 2026 | Paper submission opens |
30 June 2026 | Deadline for paper submissions |
16 August 2026 | Notification to authors |
15 September 2026 | Early registration closes |
31 October 2026 | Draft programme released |
31 October 2026 | Late registration closes |
10-12 December 2026 | Conference |
31 January 2027 | Deadline submission to special conference issue |
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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Jessica Pan (NUS, AASLE)
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Maria Lambrianidou (AASLE)
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Dandan Zhang (PKU), Local Chair
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Wei Huang (PKU)
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Yiping Huang (PKU)
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Xiaoyan Lei (PKU)
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Gordon G. Liu (PKU)
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Yiqing Xing (PKU)
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Junjian Yi (PKU)
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Qinyue Luo (PKU, SWUFE)