In the presence of frictions, markets often (but not always) do not generate the socially efficient outcome. However, asymmetric information between the private and public sector prevents the government from designing efficient policies. In both labor and public economics advances have been made...

The workshop is an opportunity to bring together young labour economists to present and discuss their ongoing research. The programme will include 10-12 presentations, two poster sessions and a keynote lecture.

Suitable research topics for paper submissions include the following: - The structure of wages, in particular differentials across countries, regions, sectors, skill, gender and age and the impact of recent economic shocks on such differentials - More generally, issues relating to the dispersion...

PEP General Meetings are international events that gather hundreds of participants – development economist, researchers and practitioners - from around the world, joining to both learn and share knowledge on the most recent methodologies, concepts and findings in poverty and economic policy...

The Meeting will consider the challenges of realizing decent work across Asia and the Pacific, mindful of the region’s great diversity, the impact of natural disasters and rapidly changing social, economic and political developments in the Middle East. The central message of the regional...

This Forum will provide a key platform for the sharing of information and discussion of the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in Africa. A unique networking opportunity, the Forum will bring together social security administrators, policy-makers and international...

The purpose of the Conference will be to deepen on-going reflection on how to measure well-being and the progress of societies, enhance the relevance of measures and analysis for addressing key policy issues, and lead to concrete outputs, such as establishing frameworks for future work. It will...

Das 3. Viadrina Kulturmanagement Symposium wird von der Professur für Kulturmanagement in Kooperation mit den Berliner Philharmonikern ausgerichtet. Die Veranstaltung findet alle zwei Jahre statt und möchte aktuelle Themen aufgreifen und mit Experten aus dem Kulturmanagement, der...

The papers presented in this conference are expected to fit broadly – but not exclusively – into one of the following categories: - Reward systems within their business context (e.g., culture, organizational strategies, structure, etc.) - Aligning rewarding with the other HR instruments -...

The main objective of the conference is to take stock of the state of current research and identify knowledge gaps: - How can poverty data be used to compare the situation in different industrialized nations? - What are the scope and the limitations of such comparisons? - How can we define the...