Die politische Debatte um richtige und falsche Mittel zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit ist in vollem Gange: Verlängerung des Arbeitslosengeldes 1, Mindestlohn, Beitragssenkung bei der Arbeitslosenversicherung, Chaos bei der Arbeitsagentur. Nur die Zeitarbeit wird von manchen, obwohl sie boomt,...

As part of the continuing effort of capacity building in policy making in the area of pensions, the World Bank is pleased to announce a Regional Conference on Pension Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa. The objective of the conference is to provide the participating countries with an...

Topics: - What is full employment? How is it defined and measured? How close are we to achieving full employment? What are the challenges that remain? - The increasing problem of underemployment and marginal workers. - The increased precariousness of work. - Has Work Choices worked? - wages,...

Sub-themes are: - Learning in formal and informal work contexts - Learning and social development - Re-theorising knowledge - Working and learning in higher or further/vocational education institutions - Work, learning and policy [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site...

We seek high-quality academic work from fields such as economics, sociology and political science. We are particularly interested in studies that provide cross-national comparisons or assessments of country-specific institutional reforms with policy relevance such as: public and child care; tax...

Die Konferenz wendet sich an Forscher und Forscherinnen, die mit den Scientific Use Files des Mikrozensus bereits arbeiten oder mit diesen Daten arbeiten wollen. Im Zentrum der Konferenz steht die Diskussion neuester Forschungsergebnisse auf Basis von Mikrozensus-daten. Daneben bietet die Tagung...

Thema „Atypische Beschäftigung und Niedrigeinkommen“ Schwerpunkt des Workshops ist die Analyse von Chancen und Risiken atypischer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse sowie von Bestimmungsgründen und wirtschaftspolitischen Handlungsoptionen für niedrige Einkommen. Beiträge zu innerdeutschen...

There will be one traditional pension day in the fall of 2007. We urge researchers from all themes to gather for this opening of the new academic year.

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Network for Studies on Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR) are jointly organizing a second conference on transforming European pension systems. Its principal objective is to promote research on the effect of the ageing population in Europe, and...

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding from an empirical perspective of developments in China and other transition economies (e.g. Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe, Vietnam) in the areas of the measurement of growth, productivity and other macroeconomic aggregates, as well as...