Fiscal Studies is sponsoring four lunchtime policy sessions at the World Congress of the Econometric Society, to be held at University College London in August 2005. In keeping with the aims of the journal, the sessions will be accessible to policymakers and practitioners as well as to academics attending the Congress.

Each session will take place between 1pm and 2pm and will include time for discussion and debate. The venue for these sessions is the Bloomsbury Theatre, Gordon Street.

Programme:

• Friday 19 August:

  James Heckman (University of Chicago), Education Policy

  Chair: Costas Meghir (IFS / UCL)

  Discussant: Steve Machin (UCL)

• Saturday 20 August:

  Jordi Gali (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Monetary Policy in Europe

  Chair: David Miles (Morgan Stanley)

  Discussant: Thomas Sargeant (NYU)

• Monday 22 August:

  Alan Krueger (Princeton University), Well-Being and Policy Evaluation

  Chair: James Banks (IFS / UCL)

  Discussant: Michael Marmot (UCL)

• Wednesday 24 August:

  Tony Venables (Department for International Development), Development Policy

  Chair: Orazio Attanasio (IFS / UCL)

  Discussant: Tim Besley (IFS / LSE)

IFS Members: Attendance at all four sessions will be free for IFS members and subscribers to Fiscal Studies. A light lunch will be provided.

Non-Members: For non-members wishing to attend, there will be a charge of 35 to cover attendance at all four sessions. This will also include a years free online subscription to Fiscal Studies access to all current issues and back issues since 1979 and membership of the Institute for one year.