General information
 Accompanying persons
Due to capacity restrictions no accompanying persons can participate in this
conference and the social events related to this conference. However, during the
conference dates, There are several sightseeing tours organised by the
DC-service of Prague, go to
Pre and post conference events,
for more information and registration.
Accommodation
Hotels in several categories are pre-reserved and reservations can be made via the
hotel info site. Rooms are reserved
for conference participants until July 10, 2006.
Participants can simply make their own reservation and secured payment on-line.
Instructions, including reservation codes are provided on the
hotel info/reservation site, where you can also find maps with the hotel location
(relative to the conference venue). After July 10, availability of rooms in
these hotels is not guaranteed. The organizers will provide guidance to assist
in hotel search for those failing to make a reservation in one of the conference
hotels or in another similar hotel in the case that conference hotels will be
fully booked. September is the highest tourism season in Prague - therefore
participants are kindly requested to make their hotel-reservation in time.
Authors of submitted papers
On April 19, all authors are informed by e-mail regarding the status of
their paper. You are requested to contact us at
 in case this e-mail
has not reached you.
Badges
All participants will receive a badge which must be worn
during all scientific sessions. The badge will be you entrance ticket to the
Autoklub (lunches) and the social events organised on Friday evening and
Saturday evening.
Cancellation
Cancellation of registration before August 21, 2006: 50% refund of
registration fee (excluding the membership fee). Cancellation of
registration on or aftter August 21, 2006: 0% refund of registration fee
 Conference venues
The conference will take place at 3 different locations.
All locations are within a short walking distance and are
situated in the city centre of Prague, one block from its Old Town. The programme is indicating the location
and the related conference activity. The locations map available at
locations,
is showing pictures of the conference buildings,
addresses and a route description. This map will also be included in your
conference bag which you will receive during the registration.
Correspondence
All correspondence concerning registration, payment,
cancellation, charges, etc. should be sent to:
EALE secretariat
Margo Romans
Maastricht University/ROA
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: + 31 433883647
Fax: + 31 433884914
e-mail:
EALE home page:
http://www.eale.nl
 Currency
The national Czech Currency is the Czech Koruna.
The exchange rate (april 2006) is:
1 EUR = 28.6001 CZK
1 CZK = 0.0349650 EUR
EALE
membership and Labour Economics
In order to attend the EALE annual conference,
it is compulsory to become a member of EALE for 2006 and you have to pay the
membership fee for 2006. The EALE membership 2006 includes a subscription to LABOUR ECONOMICS. The price of the membership for
2006 is EURO 75 and for PhD's EURO 56. All 2006 members are listed at the
member list. If you are not included to this list
you have to pay the non-membership fees as indicated on the registration site.
EALE Session
The EALE session is a general meeting for all participants and is chaired by
members of the Executive Board of EALE. This meeting is scheduled on Saturday 23
September. An agenda of this meeting will be included in the conference bags.
After this meeting free drinks will be offered.
Local travel information
Locations Map
Municipal transport, fares and tickets: complete information at
http://www.dp-praha.cz/en/tc-jizd.htm
The internet map of Prague available at
http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/czech_republic/prague/homeen.html
Taxi
service: excess charges of foreign visitors are common. Ask for trip price
in advance and mention that you will want a receipt (účtenka in Czech) at
the end of the trip.
We
recommend using more reliable radio taxi via call center – AAA Radio Taxi,
tel. (420) 14014
english speaking.
Current
price list (2005): within Prague 25 CZK/1km, one-off boarding fee 34 CZK,
waiting time is priced at 5 CZK/1 minute.
From
the airport
-
Bus no. 119
operates between the terminal – North of Prague – Ruzyně Airport (stop Nové
letiště) and terminal subway station Dejvická on line A. Runs every 20–40
minutes between 4:00 am and 00:00 am.
Trip takes 30–40 minutes. Before boarding the bus, you must buy a 20 CZK bus/metro ticket (transfer
ticket) at a newstand in the Non-Schengen departures area or at the ticket
vending machine (need coins) at the bus stop, which is located in front of
the Non-Schengen arrivals area across two traffic lanes. Once on the bus,
get the ticket validated in one of the small orange boxes (the ticket is
then valid for the subway as well). You can also buy tickets from the driver
at somewhat higher prices but you need change.
-
Minibus:
Shuttle service between the airport and the city centre at Náměstí republiky
(square near to the CNB Congress Center). Minibuses for 6 passengers; single
trip price is 90 crowns per passenger.
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Taxi: Do
not pay more than 500 crowns for a trip from the airport to the downtown.
To the
cocktail venue
The best way
to get to the Coctail venue in the Valdstejn (Wallenstein,
Valdstein) Garden of the Czech
Senate is to take metro line A to station Malostranská
and walk along the Valdštejnská
street until the
Valdštejnské square (náměstí),
where the entrance to the senate is. Alternativeely, one can walk from
CERGE-EI, through the Old Town
and across the Charles or
Mánes Bridge,
using the map enclosed in the conference package – this will take about 30
minutes of walk through prime sightseeing locations.
To the dinner venue
The best
way to get to the Dinner venue at the KCP center is is to take metro line C.
Get off at the Vyšehrad
metro stop, follow the exit sings to The Congress
Centre (Kongresové
centrum)
– it is located right next to the metro stop. Enter The Congress Centre via
entrance number 5, on the 1st floor you will find ZOOM restaurant where the
dinner will be held. We do not recommend to walk to KCP from CERGE-EI as the
path goes along a major highway.
Payment
Payments
can be made by our secured credit card payment system. We are accepting the
following credit cards: VISA and Eurocard/Mastercard). Dutch citizen's may use the iDEAL option
for their payments (Rabobank, AMRObank, Postbank). Payments can also be made by bank transfer.
All extra banking costs are at the sender’s expense. Cheques will
not be accepted.
Bank and account information: Fortis Bank, PO Box 111, 6200 AC
Maastricht, Netherlands Account no.: 63.19.28.766 IBAN code NL06 FTSB 0631
9287 66 BIC:FTSBNL2R
PhD-students
PhD-Students are allowed to pay a reduced conference fee. An electronic
letter from your supervisor or university certifying your student status should
be sent to
after
completing your on-line registration.
Pre and Post conference events
Information on sightseeing tours and registration for participation in pre
and post conference events is available at
Pre and post conference events.
Registered
participants
Registered participants will receive a receipt of
their payment. All registered particpants will receive a conference bag, and a
badge during the registration at the conference. A letter of presence can be
provided on request. The conference bag will include among others the conference
final programme, a list of participants, a book of abstracts and a CD with all
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