Under the theme of Excellence in social security in Africa, the Forum will provide a key platform for participants to share information and discuss the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in Africa. The Forum is open to ISSA members from the Africa region and...

Topics: - differences between employees' actual working hours and their working time preferences throughout the lifecourse - concepts for performance management and working time arrangements in companies - better integration of work and life - concepts ensuring employees’ time sovereignty -...

The aim is to discuss developments in Counterfactual methods applied to the Impact Evaluation of policy interventions, with a focus on employment, social and education policies. This is in line with the emphasis on evidence-based policy-making in the EU 2014-20 programming period. The main...

All researchers with papers that fit the Netspar research agenda (see below) are encouraged to submit their papers. PhD students and other junior researchers are particularly welcome. Topics on the Netspar research agenda are: 1. Risk management during working life 2. Risk management during...

Topics: - recent developments and longer-term trends in labour supply and human capital in Europe; - determinants of human capital investment; - the design and effects of policy measures aimed at fostering labour supply and human capital investment; - the importance of human capital investment...

Programm: - IZA-Vortrag "Zehn Jahre Hartz IV - Was hilft Langzeitarbeitslosen wirklich?" Alexander Spermann - Podiumsdiskussion "Was koomt nach Hartz IV" Moderation: Henning Krumrey

Das deutsche Rentensystem gleicht seit vielen Jahren einer Baustelle. Der demografische Wandel stellt das umlagefinanzierte Konzept in Frage, die private Vorsorge kommt bei vielen Bevölkerungsgruppen nicht so richtig in Fahrt; die Beitragshöhe soll möglichst stabil bleiben, soziale Fragen...

The conference is expected to bring together more than 130 researchers, policy-makers, social security administrators and other members of the international social security community. It will provide a unique platform for discussion and analysis on how megatrends such as demographic ageing and...

The conference presents recent research on the labor market prospects of older workers. Theoretical and empirical work from different disciplines – in particular economics, sociology and psychology – is welcome. The scientific committee encourages in particular submissions of papers on the...

Program: Session A: Wage Setting and Price-Wage Interactions Session B: Labor Market Modeling, Macro-Interactions and Policies Session C: Implications for Monetary Policy Book Launch: Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession Special Session: IZA World of Labor Session D: Labor...