This conference will focus on policy-oriented theoretical and empirical research which is meant to contribute to this debate, based on a careful analysis of existing constraints and relevant goals. Papers dealing with one or more of the following issues are particularly welcome. - Welfare state...

The core of the Conference discusses various dimensions of Demographic Change and Sustainable Development in Europe from different perspectives, country-specific experiences and theoretical as well as empirical approaches. This hopes to contribute in pushing the frontier of knowledge and to...

Niemand kann sich heute mehr auf das einmal erworbene Wissen von gestern verlassen. Jeder muss versuchen, sich den Anforderungen des modernen Arbeitsmarktes anzupassen. Dazu gehört unausweichlich, sich permanent fortzubilden. Warum werden viele Steuergeleder mit sinnlosen ABM-Massnahmen...

The conference will: 1.Look at the positive aspects of migration and the longer term social and economic implications for countries undergoing demographic change and labour shortage. 2.Examine how institutions adapt and adjust in order to manage diversity to meet the varied needs of students...

Conference Theme: "Rethinking the Role of the University and Public Research for an Entrepreneurial Age"

Jacques Rousseau once claimed that the best education was one that the child discerned for himself. The tutor was to “do nothing and let nothing be done” so that the child would be free to learn whatever he needed to know without external pressure. When it comes to learning, incentives –...

National science systems, particularly those in the OECD countries, have come under considerable pressure to change in the last 10 to 15 years. Given the repeatedly attested importance that science and research have for the innovative capacity of national economies, the need to legitimate...

The conference, jointly organized by CESifo and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) of Harvard University, will focus on the possible equity-efficiency tradeoff in education, with a special focus on the role of school systems for human capital formation in the global economy.