The project Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) is focused on the increasing social trend of working people at risk or below the poverty line. The overall purpose is to effectively prevent the risk of social dumping, reduce economic shocks, and grant EU citizens, mostly those who do not circulate,...

The aim of the conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and...

The global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing energy crisis have affected households differently depending on their socioeconomic status. In addition, households react differently to economic policies, depending on the specific constraints to which they are subject and the...

Small states have been ignored in the literature of the welfare regime, though it is likely that they are confronted with specific issues or problems when dealing with social security. Of course, small jurisdictions are very diverse: they can be rich or poor, reflect different legal traditions,...

ESPE is Europe’s leading research society in population economics and fosters academic exchange around important socio-economic issues such as: (1) drivers of social inequality, (2) children’s outcomes, (3) integration of immigrants in the labour market, (4) well-being and health, (5)...

In 2017 program of the USCIA summer school is dedicated to the topic "Between Market, State and Religion: Economic Realities, Social Justice and Faith Traditions". The central aim of the UCSIA summer school 2017 is thus is to reflect upon the evolutions of economic markets interacting with...

List of Themes and JEL-Codes: 1. Family, Marriage and work (D13, J12, J13, J16) 2. Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16, J42) 3. Retirement (J14, J26) 4. Program and Policy evaluation (C21, J18, J38) 5. Labour supply (H2, J21, J22) 6. Labour demand (J21, J23) 7. Occupational choice and...

For the last four years WWWforEurope has worked on such a strategic approach in close communication with policy makers, the research community and stakeholders – the results of this research work and the policy conclusions are to be presented and discussed at this symposium: WWWforEurope’s...

The PoRESP Summer School is open to all young researchers interested in topics related to poverty. The lectures will cover a variety of topics on poverty in developed and developing countries. There will be a particular focus on the social determinants of poverty, the effects of poverty and...

This multi-disciplinary conference wants to further knowledge on the causes, consequences and underlying dynamics of inequalities, and the policies that allow for combatting them. The conference addresses different grounds of inequality, such as gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, disability,...