The main objective of the conference is to take stock of the state of current research and identify knowledge gaps: - How can poverty data be used to compare the situation in different industrialized nations? - What are the scope and the limitations of such comparisons? - How can we define the...

Auf der Tagung „Die Rolle des Konsumenten in der Wirtschaftsethik“ nehmen deshalb am 29. und 30. November Experten das Verhältnis von Konsumenten- und Unternehmensverantwortung genauer in den Blick. Eröffnet wird die Tagung mit einer Buchvorstellung von „Die Verantwortung des...

Economists have traditionally focused on wages, pay-for-performance, and other formal, predominantly financial arrangements in explaining workplace performance, job satisfaction, and worker turnover. Inspired by empirical findings, both in economics and other branches of the social sciences,...

Focussing on consumer behaviour, its social and cultural embeddedness, and its interdependencies with economic, physical and political frameworks, the international conference will provide a platform for an in-depth interdisciplinary debate on questions such as: - What are the key psychological,...

In this workshop we want to consider both the economic dimension and the social dynamics of ageing societies. We welcome submission of theoretical, empirical and policy papers. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the relation between population ageing and the...

The objective is to present state-of-the-art empirical research and empirically motivated theoretical research on household financial behavior and on how this is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment. We solicit papers in the following areas, but...

Die Nutzerkonferenz zu den amtlichen Haushaltsstatistiken Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe und Mikrozensus widmet sich der Analyse der Sozialstruktur sowie des Einkommens und Verbrauchs in Deutschland. Forschungsergebnisse, die auf Basis der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe und des...

List of Themes: - Family, Marriage and work - Labour Market Discrimination - Retirement - Program and Policy evaluation - Labour supply - Labour demand - Occupational choice and Intergenerational Mobility - Education, Training and Human Capital - Health - Job and Life Satisfaction - Wage...

We are pleased to announce the programme of this international workshop, bringing together historians interested in consumption and standards of living since the eighteenth century, whether from an economic, social or cultural perspective. Areas in which proposals would be welcome include: -...

Theme of the conference: Social Relations in turbulent times Economic and social crisis in these turbulent times challenges both our sociological skills and our imagination. Since its beginnings as a scientific discipline, sociology has sought answers to the social questions that arise in...