Recent studies project populations reaching levels of 12-14 billion individuals by the end of the century. This raises a set of questions regarding food security, pandemic threats, and environmental crisis. These issues relate back to Thomas Malthus and the concerns he raised relating to...

Im Rahmen des Forschungsforums werden Forschungsarbeiten der feministischen Ökonomie und aus unterschiedlichen Gebieten der Wirtschaftswissenschaften präsentiert, in denen Ansätze der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung an zentraler Stelle Berücksichtigung finden und die sich kritisch mit dem...

Die 9. Nutzerkonferenz widmet sich der Untersuchung der Sozialstruktur und des sozialen Wandels in Deutschland. Es werden auf Basis des Mikrozensus gewonnene neuere Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt und diskutiert. Darüber hinaus ist die Konferenz ein Forum für den Erfahrungsaustausch der...

Gender as an analytical tool has been increasingly used by historians in the last few decades in a wide range of domains. The aspects of social and economic history where the gender dimension is relevant are numerous: assessment of social functions, different patterns of insertion in the labour...

The two-day conference seeks to bring together experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental empirical research on gender issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Gender gaps in educational choices and outcomes, - Family (formation), child care, and the gender gap in...

Perspektiven vorsorgend-transformativen Wirtschaftens: Was hat Gerechtigkeit mit gutem Leben zu tun und was bedeutet das politisch? Leuchtet die Theorie der Praxis voraus – oder verhält es sich heute eher umgekehrt? Geht es um Gerechtigkeit innerhalb bestehender Verhältnisse oder um deren...

The theme of the 2018 conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research is “Causes and Consequences of Inequalities in Europe”. This theme will receive special attention, and as always, we welcome presentations on all relevant areas of sociological research, such as the labor...

ZEW is hosting a workshop to bring together international scholars from the field of the economics of migration in order to present and discuss recent empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented research looking at the impact of immigration on host countries. We encourage contributions from all...

The aim of this workshop is to bring together an international group of labor and experimental economists. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Dynamics of gender gaps in education and labor market outcomes, - Interactions between gender norms, institutions and economic...