The CEPII, LISER, and the OECD as well as their partners from the International Migration Economics Chair at Paris School of Economics, the CEPR Research Policy Network (RPN) on Migration, the Fondazione Rodolfo De Benedetti, University of Lille (LEM), and the University of Luxembourg are jointly organizing the 16th Annual Conference on "Immigration in OECD Countries" on December 10-11, 2026. The conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and analyzing their socio-economic determinants and consequences. Topics of interest include, among others, the determinants of immigration to the OECD, migrants' self-selection, the political economy of immigration, its labor market and public finance effects, as well as migrants and refugees social, political, and economic integration.

Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago)

Michela Carlana (Harvard Kennedy School)

Alan Manning (London School of Economics and Political Science)

September, 15: Deadline for submitting papers.

October, 15: Authors are notified of the selection results.

November, 30: Deadline for registration.

A special prize will be awarded to the presenter of one of the papers selected for the conference. The amount of the prize is €2,000 and is funded by the CEPR Research Policy Network (RPN) on Migration. 

 When submitting your paper, please indicate whether you plan to compete for the prize in the comment section of the submission form. To be eligible, all authors should be less than 35 by December 31, 2026.

To initiate a new submission, please click on 'Submit' in the top menu. An account will need to be created to start the submission.

The author making the submission must provide the full names, affiliations, and email addresses of all coauthors for each submission. Please note that each individual may present only one paper during the conference, though they may be listed as a co-author on multiple papers.

There is no registration fee. A conference dinner will be hosted on December 10. The organizers are not in a position to cover travel costs. However, they will cover up to three nights of accommodation in a hotel close to the conference venue.

 Dominica Andrzejczak (OECD), Jean-Christophe Dumont (OECD), Anthony Edo (CEPII), Lionel Ragot (Université Paris Nanterre, EconomiX, CEPII), Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics, Université Paris 1 and CEPII), and Jérôme Valette (CEPII).

immigoecd16@sciencesconf.org