Against the background of rising support for right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) in Europe, FES Democracy of the Future has recently published the report Understanding Right-Wing Populism And What To Do About It which unpacks the reasons for the success of these parties. The report identifies...

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets. Their vulnerability to liberalization, however, varied across space. Similar to the effects identified in the "China shock'' literature, we hypothesize...

The Netspar Pension day offers new insights that are presented from a large number of Netspar related research projects. This will not only be presented by senior researchers but also young researchers will get a chance to present their project to the attendees. Program: Wellbeing and Welfare;...

Speaker: Professor Dr. Thomas Straubhaar , Universität Hamburg, Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar spricht im Rahmen des IWH Policy Talks über das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen. An seinen Vortrag schließt sich...

Program: Wellbeing and Welfare; Communications & Choice; Work, Retirement, Housing and Healthcare; Savings, Investments & Insurance; Institutions, Governance & Solidarity. Only employees of Netspar-partners and Netspar fellows are invited to attend this Pension Day.

Speaker: Professor Dr. Thomas Straubhaar , Universität Hamburg, Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

In this Forum, the current situation and the major challenge of ensuring adequate funding of retirement for an ageing population into the future will be discussed by Dr Yi Ping Tseng from the Melbourne Institute, Dr David Knox from Mercer, and Professor Ross Guest from Griffith University.