This is the webpage of the Call for Papers of the Essen Health Conference 2025.

The application process is open.

Application process is open until the 31 January!

About the conference

The Essen Health Conference is a forum where economists present work on the nexus between health, human capital and socio-economic outcomes. We invite submissions in the any of the fields health, education and labour economics, and especially at the intersections between them. 

The Essen Health Conference has been held annually since 2010. We select around 40 papers and invite their authors to Essen for a three-day conference. Each participant presents their own paper and discusses another within a session. Participants are expected to stay for the entire duration of the conference.

A prize of 1,000 euros will be awarded to the best paper in the programme. 

There is no registration fee for the conference. Attendees will also be able to take advantage of discounted hotel rates at the conference venue.

Find the summary of the Essen Health Conference 2024 here. 

Keynote speakers

Farzana Afridi Indian Statistical Institute	Mariacristina De Nardi University of Minnesota	Uwe Sunde  University of Munich

Application process 

 The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2025.

Format: Full paper, PDF

Send to: contact.conference (at) ibes.uni-due.de 

Contributions from early career researchers are encouraged.

The Scientific Committee and our scientific team will review your submission as soon as possible. 

Updates and contact

If you have any questions, please contact our organising team: contact.conference (at) ibes.uni-due.de 

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Scientific Committee

• Uta Bolt, University of Bristol
• Orla Doyle, University College Dublin
• Davide Dragone, University of Bologna
• Amanda Gaulke, Kansas State University
• Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen 
• Martin Karlsson, University of Duisburg-Essen
• Melanie Luhrmann, University of London
• Jesse Matheson, University of Sheffield 
• Teresa Molina, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Therese Nilsson, Lund University
• Analisa Packham, Vanderbilt University
• Martin Salm, Tilburg University
• Elena Ashtari Tafti, University of Munich
• Marcos Vera-Hernandez, University College London
• Jenny Williams, University of Melbourne
• Nicolas Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim, University of Mannheim

Organising Team

• Martin Karlsson, University of Duisburg-Essen 
• Therese Nilsson, Lund University
• Sergej Bechtoldt, University of Duisburg-Essen (Communications)
• Zoé Saalfeld, University of Duisburg-Essen (Communications)
• Eva Zielke, University of Duisburg-Essen (Secretariat)

Code of conduct

The Essen Health Conference subscribes to the principles outlined in the Code of Ethics of the German Economic Association. We cherish values of professional and intellectual integrity, honesty, care, and transparency — and oppose any discriminatory behaviour or harassment.