The term mobility has different meanings in the following science disciplines. In economics, mobility is the ability of an individual or a group to improve their economic status in relation to income and wealth within their lifetime or between generations. In information systems and computer...

Our understanding of the natural constraints of our planet is continually growing and deepening. What prevents us from making changes to our lifestyles and economic activities and especially from placing them on a sustainable footing? Why is no change of direction taking place?

With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations in September 2015, a new set of objectives for global sustainable development will guide the global development agenda. Due to the universal acceptance and the integration into national goals, the SDGs provide a...

The WIFO Regional Economics Workshop is organised in honour of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of WIFO's Scientific Advisory Board. This year’s workshop will focus on topics around services and their contribution to...

The general topic of the symposium is "Retirement and Asset Management". Papers submitted to the symposium can address related aspects such as the role of financial institutions, lifetime investment strategies, saving for future generations, the role of demographics, or financial literacy,...

The topic of the summer university will be “Real Estate Developers and City Planners in Urban Development”. The Summer School of 2015 will combine the following elements: - Lectures by established researchers - Site and company/public administration visits - Presentations by participating...

In mehreren Vorträgen gehen die Referenten auf verschiedenste Bereiche der Sharing Economy ein. Thematisiert werden unter anderem Tauschbörsen, Rechtsgrundlagen im Tauschgeschäft und die gesellschaftliche Veränderung. Außerdem findet eine Podiumsdiskussion mit internationalen Referenten statt.

In reply to the financial crisis, "Great Recession" and sovereign debt crisis, many central banks have pursued ultra-easy and far reaching unconventional monetary policies for several years. Yields on various bond calsses - including euro area sovereign bond yields since the sovereign debt...

The workshop aims to bring together about 25 researchers from all fields of economics to discuss high quality research with a focus on R&D, innovation and public policy. We aim at a mix of theoretical and empirical studies exploring the determinants of innovation and R&D based growth and the...

A short workshop will be held in Vienna on the morning of 12 December 2013 in Vienna to tie in with the 1st SUERF/UniCredit & Universities Foundation Research Prize - with papers currently being requested on the subject of "Banking and Financial Markets between Integration and Segmentation after...