Topics: 1. Introduction: Key Theoretical Concepts and Empirics of Political Economy 2. Collective Choice and Voting 3. The Role of the State and Different Political Regimes 4. Institutional Change and Democratization versus Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies 5. Beliefs, Culture and...

The conference is an activity of the IZA/DFID Program on Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (GLM-LIC). The goal of the conference is to bring together academic researchers, policy makers, and representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in training...

This international workshop will focus on, but not be limited to, empirical research in the following fields: - Labour market institutions and policies - Inequality and education - Regional disparities - Labour mobility and dynamics - Qualification and skills

For 2013 the SHE Conference theme is Heterodox economics and the crisis that won’t go away. Despite a prolonged economic crisis, which has led to increasing levels of unemployment and low rates of growth, particularly throughout Europe and in the USA, governments and mainstream economists are...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Topics: - cross-border financial linkages and monetary policy; - trade integration, financial integration and the propagation of and adjustment to shocks; - sovereign risk, financial frictions and monetary policy; - standard and non-standard monetary policies in multi-sector/multi-country...

The symposium is a day-long, semi-formal meeting of scholars interested in the study of emotions in work settings and will be held on Friday the 29th of November 2013 from 9am to 5pm. The symposium is adjacent to the ANZAM conference which will be held in Hobart on the 4th to the 6th December, 2013.

Although papers are invited on all areas of economics, special emphasis will be given on areas such as: - The role of central banks and monetary policy - The role of fiscal policy - The conduct of monetary policy under zero bound conditions - The role of, and prospects for, economic growth - The...

Wir wollen uns auf dem Herbstforum mit den Schlüsselthemen Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialpolitik und der Rolle der Gewerkschaften auseinandersetzen, um einerseits die Gefahren, die sich auf nationaler wie europäischer Ebene zeigen, deutlich zu benennen, aber andererseits gezielt die neuen und...

Die Beschäftigten im öffentlichen Dienst tragen tagtäglich zur Bewältigung der gesellschaftlichen Aufgaben bei. Sie holen unseren Müll ab, unterrichten unsere Kinder, sorgen für Sicherheit, pflegen uns gesund. Einen wesentlichen Faktor für die Leistungsfähigkeit des öffentlichen...