The conference will focus on on the policies and politics of austerity and on the various aspects of the Greek crisis. Papers dealing with similar experiences in other countries that may bring light on the effects of austerity policies in Greece will also be considered. The conference will be...

Topics: - Financial markets/financial instabilities and the macroeconomy - Standard and non-standard monetary policy, the zero lower bound and the interactions with economic dynamics - Monetary and fiscal policy interactions - Fiscal policy, sovereign default risk and private sector debt - Risk...

The conference will focus on how key differences in the fundamentals between the U.S. and the EU – in particular, the degree of coordination among the union member states and the aging of the population – contribute a great deal to our understanding of observed policy differences between...

This Conference aims to: - Analyze the consequences of the Global Financial Crisis and associated socio-economic changes for the future of social security. - Identify the new demographic context encompassing the challenges of an evolving life-cycle and consequences of increasing migration. -...

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...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Das Kolloquium richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die auf den Gebieten der Ordnungsökonomik, der Wirtschaftspolitik und der Rechtsökonomik forschen und lehren. Erwünscht wird die Einreichung von Forschungsarbeiten, die sich mit Themen der Ordnungsökonomik und Rechtsökonomik...

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...