Call for papers: Social Mobility and Economic Performance 29 – 30 June 2020 | Mannheim - Germany ZEW will host an international workshop that will bring together 10–15 scholars contributing to the growing literature on social mobility and its relationship with economic performance. We are especially interested in contributions that explore the causes and consequences of changes in the intergenerational transmission of economic status. We also welcome submissions on any topic related to social mobility, the geography of intergenerational mobility and/or mobility in a cross- country perspective. The workshop is jointly funded by the international research programme SEEK (Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies) and the D3.2 grant Evidence-Based Anti-Poverty Policies – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Miles Corak (The Graduate Center, City University of New York) 
 Bhashkar Mazumder (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) 
 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) • Emilia Del Bono (University of Essex) • Leonardo Gasparini (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) • Mikael Lindahl (University of Gothenburg) • Guido Neidhöfer (ZEW) • Friedhelm Pfeiffer (ZEW) • Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) 
 PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper (preliminary versions are welcome) using the following e-mail address: socialmobility2020@zew.de<mailto:socialmobility2020@zew.de> The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2020. 
Decisions on acceptance will be given by 15 May 2020.
There are no conference fees, but participants are expected to cover their own travel expenses. ZEW will cover accommodation costs for presenters. Limited funds are available to cover also travel expenses for authors of accepted papers. Please indicate in your application whether you will require funding. 
 CONTACT Guido Neidhöfer, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Research Department Labour Markets and Human Resources, Mannheim, Germany.E-mail: socialmobility2020@zew.de<mailto:socialmobility2020@zew.de> Deadline for application: 15th April, 2020. Further information: www.zew.de<http://www.zew.de> –– ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Mannheim L7, 1 · 68161 Mannheim | Sitz der Gesellschaft: Mannheim · Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 6554 | Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: Ministerin Theresia Bauer MdL | Geschäftsführer: Prof. Achim Wambach, Ph.D.; Thomas Kohl ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research L7, 1 · 68161 Mannheim, Germany | Registered Office: Mannheim · Local Court Mannheim HRB 6554 | Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board: Minister Theresia Bauer MdL | Executive Directors: Prof. Achim Wambach, PhD; Thomas Kohl