The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers, empirical and theoretical, investigating the main drivers of productivity with particular attention to the role of the law, institutions, and norms. Possible topics include: - Firm Productivity - Human Capital and Skill Formation -...

The workshop will focus in applications of DEA models to sustainable development, economic and trade policy,efficiency in service industries and industrial engineering. The workshop´s purpose is to discuss recent developments in the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), its various...

Conference themes: 1. Governance; crime and violence prevention 2. Evaluating responses to shocks 3. Labor markets (including child labor), pensions, migration, and remittances 4. Urban development 5. Health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS 6. Demand-and supply-side incentive 7. Support to diversifying...

Program: - Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa - The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis Using PROGRESA Database - Do Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Improve Work and Earnings among its Youth Beneficiaries? Evidence after a...

The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.

As with any ACR conference, the Latin American conference will provide a multi-topical forum for scholarly presentations, discussions, and collaborations on consumer behavior. In addition, a theme for this conference has been established to encourage some attendees to focus on a set of issues...