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

DATE: January 3-5, 2026 

PLACE: Philadelphia, PA 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30, 2025 

PROGRAM CHAIR: Bradley L. Hardy, Georgetown University

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

Proposals for complete sessions (with 4-6 presenters and potential discussants) are preferred, along with the name of the organizer who will take primary responsibility for communicating with session participants. Individual paper submissions will also be considered. NEA membership is required to present in an NEA session. Sessions and papers on any topic will be considered, although we are especially interested in topics on the causes of, consequences of, and solutions to structural inequities, including but not limited to work focused on: 

• Implications of the U.S. domestic economic policy environment for social and economic outcomes
• Stratification economics
• Intergenerational social and economic mobility (transmission of economic status across generations), including the role of race and place
• Exposure to economic insecurity and the role of government support programs
• The role of historical factors in shaping contemporary social and economic outcomes
• Income and wealth inequality
• Macroeconomic conditions and implications for diverse communities
• Education policy and educational 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.

Individual 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 attachment to 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.