Getting an accurate picture of poverty and inequality trends and patterns in the world’s most populous country is central to understanding changes in global inequality and poverty – these alter significantly when China is included or excluded. China has achieved dramatic improvements in...

Organizations often get locked in specific ways of seeing and doing things. Sometimes, they even get trapped. Such lock-ins occur at different levels ranging form the individual, group, departmental, alliance, regional, industrial and societal level. They can also be found in different types...

The process of catching up with the old EU members requires in Central Eastern Europe that the economies of these countries have to grow faster than in Western Europe. A high and sustainable growth path depends on the ability of these countries to develop technologically. The workshop will be...

The conference work is organized in the following six workshops: 1. Macroeconomic policy (monetary and fiscal policy) 2. International economic policy 3. Labor and social policy 4. Regional policy 5. Sectoral economic policy 6. Microeconomic policy or entrepreneurship policy

The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions on the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Topics of Interest ICT and the...

The conference features: • Plenary Lectures and Invited Sessions will illustrate the balance of rigor and relevance that Jean-Jacques Laffont exemplified. • The Toulouse Roundtables on Economic Policy on July 1, 2005 will honor Jean-Jacques Laffont’s many contributions to public policy in...

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The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis for policy and decision making in the public and private sector. Particular emphasis will be placed on econometric and applied general equilibrium modeling. The meeting will cover all...

"The Past is Before Us" acknowledges labour history as a critical dialogue between the past and the present, seeking the sources of future social and political transformation in the struggles of past generations. This dialogue is a critical exchange, requiring a rigorous analysis of the past and...