CALL FOR PAPERS: The National Economic Association (NEA) invites proposals for sessions and papers to be presented at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) annual meetings. 

DATE: January 3–5, 2027  (Sunday, Monday & Tuesday)

PLACE: Washington, DC

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT

PROGRAM CHAIR: Illenin O. Kondo (Minneapolis Fed), NEA President-Elect

NEA SUBMISSION PORTAL: https://nea.submittable.com/submit

  Proposals for complete sessions (with 4–6 presenters and potential discussants) are encouraged, along with the name of the organizer who will take primary responsibility for communicating with session participants. Single-paper submissions will also be considered.

Founded in 1969 to promote the professional lives of minorities within the profession, the NEA is interested in topics that promote economic growth among native and immigrant African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color, including but not limited to: 

• Stratification economics
• Exposure to economic insecurity and the role of government support programs
• Inequalities in wellbeing, consumption, work, income, savings, and wealth
• Migration and immigration policy, especially the impacts of enforcement policies
• Socio-economic disparities across the lifecycle, including in health and education
• Intergenerational socio-economic mobility, including the role of race, gender, and place
• The history, political economy, and socio-economic consequences of race in America
• Economics of climate change and environmental justice
• Technology, inequality, and race: implications of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)
• New developments in the economic status of communities of color 
• Methodological advances to measure inequality, intersectionality, and structural inequities
• Macroeconomic policies and their implications for communities of color and inequality

 Session proposals should include: 

1. The session title and abstract (250-word limit). Panels and roundtable sessions need only submit one abstract for the entire session. Paper sessions must submit abstracts for each paper.
2. Primary and two secondary JEL classification codes that best describe the session.
3. The names of the session organizer and the session chair.
4. The titles and abstracts of the proposed papers (250-word limit each).
5. At least three (3) potential discussants. If discussants have already committed, please indicate this.
6. Contact information for the organizer, the chair, each author, and each discussant. Include their full name, title, affiliation, and email address. Please identify the presenter for co-authored papers. This information is essential.

Single paper submissions should include: 

1. The title and abstract (250 word limit).
2. Primary and two secondary JEL classification codes that best describe the paper.
3. A potential discussant. If the discussant has already committed, please indicate this.
4. Contact information for the author(s) and the discussant. Include their full name, title, affiliation, and email address. Please identify the presenter if the paper is co-authored. This information is essential.

Note that: 

• All submissions should be uploaded as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment at https://nea.submittable.com/submit
• NEA membership is required to present.
• Proposals (i.e., sessions or individual papers) submitted for consideration by the NEA should not be submitted to any other associations.
• Please email kondo+nea@illenin.com with questions.