List of Themes and JEL-Codes: - Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work (D13, J1) - Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16) - Retirement (J14, J26, J32) - Labour Supply and Taxation (H2, J22) - Labour Force and Employment (J21) - Labour Demand (J23) - Occupational Choice and Intergenerational...

The 17th annual ESPAnet conference in Stockholm will increase the interest to bridge research on migration, social protection and European welfare states, thus creating a solid foundation for evidence-based policymaking, not only in Sweden but also internationally. Topics: European refugee...

The 16th annual conference of the ESPAnet will be an exciting opportunity to discuss the challenges, problems and future prospect of European welfare systems at the time of great political, economic and environmental uncertainties of the globalized world. For centuries the welfare state in...

List of Themes: Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work; Labour Market Discrimination; Retirement; Labour Supply and Taxation; Labour Force and Employment; Labour Demand; Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility; Education, Training and Human Capital; Econometric Methods for Policy...

European countries have transformed. Fiscal consolidation, the 2008 financial collapse, demographic changes, the refugee crisis, social movements, unemployment, and new political forces are all a threat to social dialogue, solidarity and the European project. Social policy has played a key role...

- "Human Capital Around the World” by Barbara Fraumeni (Central University for Finance and Economics, China), - “Human Capital in the Inclsuvie Wealth Report 2017” by Shunsuke Managi (Kyushu University, Japan), - “Conclusions from the UNECE Task Force Guide on Measuring Human Capital”...

List of Themes and JEL-Codes: 1. Family, Marriage and work (D13, J12, J13, J16) 2. Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16, J42) 3. Retirement (J14, J26) 4. Program and Policy evaluation (C21, J18, J38) 5. Labour supply (H2, J21, J22) 6. Labour demand (J21, J23) 7. Occupational choice and...

Conference Theme: "Re-inventing the welfare state? Pathways to sustainability, equality and inclusion in European welfare states"

The theme for the ESPAnet 2015 conference is “The lost and new worlds of welfare”. The conference invites proposals for streams and papers that address issues across the full range of comparative welfare state research, from various disciplinary perspectives. Suggestions for Stream Themes -...

The conference is open to all who are interested in the problems of contemporary welfare state. Stream Themes: - Comparative methodology - Pensions - Health care - Labour market policy - Family policy - Social services and social work - Poverty and social assistance - Education - Inequalities...