The Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) is a network which cooperates on research of economic policy.

Thematic Areas: 1. Convergence, growth and development of the territories 2. Efficiency, productivity, competitiveness and space 3. Urban and territorial sustainability, natural resources, energy and environment 4. Globalization and territory: foreign sector, foreign direct investment, flows and...

The purpose of this conference is to provide international comparisons of the pension reforms across Europe with an external and well-informed view of a world-renowned expert: Professor Peter Diamond (2010 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics). Conference Program: - Keynote Lecture on Pension...

Learn more about whether tax incentives for saving in pension accounts cause debt accumulation in Danish households; about the interaction between housing and pension savings when people make long term decisions; and about alternative approaches to decumulation of DC capital. Take part in...

Invited Lectures, Program 16.06.2016: - The Rise of the In-Work Safety Net: Implications for Families in Strong and Weak Labor Markets. Hilary Hoynes, UC Berkeley and NBER; - The Effects of Immigration on Wages and Employment. Christian Dustmann, University College London and CEPR; - Income...

Posibles temáticas: - Paneles centrados en políticas sectoriales concretas del Estado de Bienestar: (pensiones, sanidad, educación, servicios sociales, envejecimiento, género, política migratoria). - Paneles en torno a aspectos del mercado laboral y políticas de empleo y desempleo -...

The theme of the conference is Cultural policy in a transformed cultural landscape. The cultural sector is in motion. The classic cultural institutions are being redefined and new types of institutions have appeared. The mediatization, including social media, that blurs the boundaries between...

All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face...

In this 1st International Forum on Insularity in the Mediterranean the main focus areas will be four especially sensitive issues for island territories: agriculture and industry, tourism, transportation and communications and global change.

Policy studies increasingly focus on the role of ideas. It is not altogether a new insight that ideas matter in policy making, but it is a new phenomenon that it has become a dominant approach. This Ph.D. course offers a vide variety of theories and methods that theorize on how and under what...