This conference will bring together economists, policymakers and practitioners to explore the causes and conditions of poverty and to begin a dialogue on the policies and strategies that may address the needs of communities with high concentrations of poverty.

The conference will focus on behavioral responses to taxes and social insurance programs, as well as the implications of such responses for government policy. Taxes are broadly defined to include direct individual and corporate taxes as well as indirect taxes. Social insurance programs include...

THE 2006 CONFERENCE TOPIC Social policy and regional development are often narrowly defined and treated as separate and distinct areas of scientific study. Indeed, in the context of transition and prospective membership of the European Union, reforms in each are considered necessary and are the...

This course aims to provide top policymakers and other key stakeholders in the pension debate with an overview of the latest concepts and frameworks about pension reform as well as a review of lessons from recent pension reforms around the world. The program combined in-depth analysis of pension...

Vorgesehen sind folgende Themenblöcke: • Gesellschaftliche und ethische Fragen • Stand der aktuellen Reformdiskussion • Finanzierung • Internationale und europäische Dimensionen • Bedürfnisse, Assessment • Qualität • Leistungen – Pflegemanagement – Pflegebudget •...

The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions on econometric evaluation research in different fields of economics. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy oriented contributions are welcome. Topics of Interest: - Health Economics - Labour Economics - Education...

Demographic factors will play a decisive role in shaping budgetary policies and will affect monetary policy and its transmission. It will raise issues regarding the stability of the financial system and will influence the structure of supply and demand for financial services as well as asset...

This conference is the inaugural event in a new series known as ESF–IfW Conferences on The Global Health Economy – A Partnership between the European Science Foundation, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and Schleswig-Holstein’s Biomedical „Inflammation at Interfaces“ Cluster...

Topics relevant to the conference include: - Pension research in general - Labour markets and pension decisions - Pensions and financial markets - New tools for studying pension system reform (eg surveys such as SHARE)

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