The topic of the conference is “Social Security and the changing concept of work”. Both pension schemes and most other social security schemes as we know them are financed by contributions that are levied on salary from work, and / or income from self employment. The sustainability of the...

In this conference we wish to explore the diverse links between international migration and social inequality, in a Nordic, European and global context. We invite scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to engage in a discussion of how these changes can be conceptualized and studied, from a...

The purpose of this policy meeting is to discuss the current state and future options for international poverty measurement. It will discuss the new poverty line of $1.90 poverty line, review the results from the international comparison or prices project and their implications for poverty...

Conference streams: 1. Diffusion of Ideas 2. Towards a European Social Policy? 3. Globalization and Social Policy 4. On the Interrelationship of Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability 5. Comparative Methodology- Reforms of Social Security Programs as Case 6. Welfare Funding 6a)...

Program: - Wealth Inequality in the Very Long Run: Reflections on “Nordic Exceptionalism” (Sam Bowles and Mattia Fochesato) - On the Measurement of Income Mobility (Rolf Aaberge) - A Life Cycle Model of Health and Retirement: The Case of Swedish Pension Reform (Johanna Wallenius) - Nordic...