Topics: 1. The measurement of inequality and poverty along different socio-economic dimensions. 2. The relationship between inequality, economic efficiency, individual welfare and social cohesion. 3. The role of globalization in shaping inequality and public policy. 4. The impact of fiscal...

Topics: - Education, health and welfare policies - Long-run consequences of early investments - Welfare and family arrangements - Unintended consequences of welfare policies - Cognitive and non-cognitive skills - Intergenerational transmission of poverty

Conference Sessions: Session 1: Globalization, Growth and Jobs Session 2: The Great Recession and the Middle Class Session 3: Dealing with Non-Market Services Session 4: Accounting for Natural Resources Session 5: Measurement of Household Wealth Session 6: Economic Change and its Impact on...

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

The labour market is undergoing permanent adjustment processes accompanied by worker mobility, firm dynamics, and structural change. How these changes are associated with economic inequality is the topic of this workshop. The aim is to bring together economists working on these questions to...

The goal of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers at the early stages of their career to present their work and receive feedback from both peers and junior faculty members, who will act as discussants. Through the organization of this conference, we aim to promote the...

Topics: 1. The Eurozone Crises. The Lackluster Growth and the Stagnation Hypothesis; 2. Rebooting Eurozone, Creating a Common Fiscal Space and Ensuring Euro’s Survival; 3. The Competitiveness Challenge: Deepening and Relaunching Single Market; 4. Unemployment and the Growing Intergenerational...

The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other researchers familiar with SOEP data. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, psychology and sociology) who use...

The conference welcomes contributions on the following topics: - Subjective and objective wellbeing indicators: relationships and correspondences. - Advancement in the use of subjective wellbeing indicators. - The determinants of subjective wellbeing indicators. - Satisfaction and objective...