Das Symposium informiert über die Folgen von Hartz IV aus statistischer, arbeitsmarktpolitischer, sozialwissenschaftlicher und epidemiologischer Sicht.

Key note speakers and conference participants will present papers examining different means of adapting to the multiple consequences of climate change for the urban poor. Themes thus may include, but aren’t limited to, the nexus between climate change, urban poverty and: - Health, water and...

Papers may draw from a wide range of philosophical and economic ideas and scholarship in addressing issues relating to gender, economics, human deprivations, capabilities, and justice.

Session 1: Education and Poverty Session 2: Understanding Criminality Session 3: Selected Topics Session 4: Welfare Reform in Other Places Session 5: Human Capital Session 6: Earnings Volatility Session 7: Human Capital, Part 2 (Participation is by invitation only)

The National Alliance for Choice in Giving is a nonprofit association of workplace giving organizations that conduct on-the-job giving programs to benefit human health and welfare, the environment, human rights, and community development. NACG's Feb 5-8, 2008 National Workplace Giving Summit...

Every January, IAFFE meets with the other 50 or so associations that convene as the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA), formerly known as the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. IAFFE regularly convenes several panels at the ASSA, often in conjunction with other groups.

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...

The course explores key elements in designing efficient, equitable and financially sustainable population policies and reproductive health programs in the context of health sector reform and Millennium Development Goals. After attending the course, participants learn to recognize how the...

The conference is part of a project "Blurring Boundaries: EU Law and the Danish Welfare State" which has received funding from Danish Social Science Research Council.

Topics: Poverty and Social Exclusion; Older people and Later life; History; Labour Markets; Children and Families; Crime and Criminal Justice; Environment; Health and Social Care; Housing; User perspectives; Inter-Professional working; Refugees and asylum seekers; Teaching and Learning; Research...