This two-day conference (starting at Thursday noon and ending on Friday afternoon) seeks to bring together researchers addressing different aspects of social policy, e.g. migration and integration, unemployment insurance, welfare system, pension policy, education policy, family policy, and...

Theme: "The economics of populism: Drivers and consequences" We invite junior scholars (Ph.D.students and PostDocs) from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to; - Economic nationalism and the economics of...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to impacts of climate change, disasters, and extreme events on: - Human capital (i.e. health, educational achievements, labor outcomes, gender inequality,...

We invite scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Preference will be given to papers focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Topics include, but are not limited to: - family policy, fertility, mortality, household...

Topics: - Collective actions and public goods - Comparative studies of governance - Social capital, trust, and cultural norms - Human capital and economic development - Political elites and economic performance - History and persistence of economic growth The conference will follow the EACES-HSE...

Topics: - Formal and informal institutions and firms in the open economy - Natural resources and the quality of institutions - Interactions between domestic product and factor markets, institutions and comparative advantage - The role of institutions in transition - Institutional determinants of...

Topics: - Comparative perspectives on institutional determinants of poverty, social exclusion and inequality - The role of labour market and social policies - Social exclusion, poverty and vulnerability: concepts and measurement - Uncertainty and the impact of economic and financial crises -...

The scientific committee therefore encourages contributions from all areas of labour economics and related fields focusing on the role of tasks in explaining changes in the wage and employment structure. Sociological, pedagogical or cross-disciplinary perspectives utilizing the task framework to...

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Circular and return migration - The role of social networks and Diaspora externalities - Remittances, migration and the pattern of trade/FDI - Brain drain - Migration and institutional change - Immigrant integration - Immigration policies

The Conference includes topics regarding global recession and its implications, issues in market failures and sustainable growth, the importance of institutional development, including both macroeconomic and business orientation, with a preferable focus on comparative analysis.