This two-day workshop provides an opportunity for presentations and discussions about research on the design and impact of public policy on economic and social phenomena in an informal and highly interactive environment. This year we especially encourage submission of papers that examine how...

Conference programme: - Session 1 “Welfare analysis”; - Policy Panel: “Reforms to pension systems: from academia to policymaking”; - Session 2 “Taxing Wealth” ; - Session 3 “Firms and place-based policy” ; - Session 4 “Health and public policy” ; - Session 5 “Pensions and...

Topics: - Worker Status, Work Classification, Organisational Flexibility - Economic Value of Work - Welfare, Work Settings, Health and Safety - Actors and Tools Governing Occupational Transitions - Occupational Training and Development - Representation, Participation and Collective Bargaining -...

The conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners working on the broad theme of economic and social inclusion in South East Europe to present their latest research findings on these issues. Contributions are welcome from a wide range of disciplines including all branches of...

Mit der eintägigen Fachtagung soll eine differenzierte Auseinandersetzung unter folgenden Fragen erfolgen: - Welchen Einfluss haben die aktuellen raumrelevanten Trends auf die Ungleichheit in Deutschland? - Bedarf es einer Änderung bestehender Förderpolitiken in Richtung einer stärkeren...

Human migration is a central concern for citizens, policy makers and businesses in both origin and destination countries. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the implications of migration policy for growth, inequality, and welfare. Topics: - the distributional impact of past or proposed...

The aim of the workshop is to examine recent patterns of social mobility, as well as their causes and consequences. Topics: - social mobility and income and wealth inequality, - taxation and mobility, - the role of mobility in wage setting, - social mobility and geography, - inter- versus...

Research about the causes and implications of inequality is ongoing, and this workshop aims at both providing some answers and promote further efforts. Understanding the roots of inequality is an important issue, and the first step to designing measures aimed at promoting equality of opportunity.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together national and international researchers and policy makers interested in a dialogue on issues relating to the economics of health, inequality and behaviour across developed and developing countries. It will be an opportunity for delegates to share and...

Topics: - Life expectancy based indicators of wellbeing; - Wellbeing over the life course and over time; - Applying demographic metabolism model to forecast wellbeing along cohort lines; - Demographic differentials/inequalities in wellbeing; - What matters more for wellbeing: age or gender,...