Topics of the workshop: - The formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood and adolescence; - Measurement of preferences and skills using survey instruments and experiments; - Malleability of preferences and cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and their rank order...

This second IZA/Higher School of Economics workshop will bring together labor economists who are working on labor market adjustment in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Central Asian former Soviet Republics and China. While the main focus of the workshop is on the specified topic,...

The 14th conference in Petrozavodsk will be devoted to the discussion of topical issues in the field of sustainable development of countries and regions, methodology and practices of establishing and developing the economic mechanism of nature management and environmental protection, including...

Program: Session A: Fertility in Russia Session B: Migrants and their Behavior in Central Asia and Russia Session C: Retirement and Consumption Session D: Invited Policy Lecture Session E: Informality and Self-Employment Session F: Minimum Wages in Russia Session G: Education and Labor Market...

Topics: Air Pollution; Climate Change, Kyoto and Post-Kyoto Issues; Coal Market Modeling; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Data Issues; Developing Countries; Electricity Market Modeling; Energy and Environmental Modeling at Regional and Urban Levels; Energy Demand Modeling; Environmental Taxation; Game...

AREAS of INTEREST 1. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in economic, financial and social systems; 2. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in complex technical systems (nuclear power, gas...