The conference will assess current welfare statistics and demonstrate the relevance of these figures to existing and future welfare practices and reforms. Topics covered will include ageing and aged care, children, youth and families, welfare expenditure, labour force, housing and homelessness.

This INFER workshop provides an opportunity for everybody interested in bounded rationality in economics and finance to present their research and to exchange their ideas. It is an excellent opportunity to bring together researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in theoretical...

The theme for the 2007 conference is 'Social Policy through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience'. This theme encapsulates two interrelated issues in social policy. The first concerns life-course transitions, including the diverse challenges and opportunities which...

Topics: Functional Analysis and Economic Theory; Clubs and Local Public Goods; Learning in Games; Timing Games; Expanding the Boundaries of Economic Analysis; Overlapping Generations Economies; Real Options; Finance Theory; Monetary Theory; Testable Implications of Rationality and Equilibrium;...

The aim of the workshop is to attract high quality papers from all fields of economics and finance, either theoretical or empirical.

The 2005 Australian Conference of Economists will be held at the University of Melbourne from Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th September 2005. Confirmed speakers include: Olivier Blanchard (MIT), Alison Booth (ANU), Roger Craine (Berkeley), David Fielding (Otago), James Galbraith (Texas), Simon...