The workshop aims to bring together research that analyzes several aspects of insurance against individual risk from a macroeconomic perspective. These aspects cover forms of (1) mutual insurance either from formal institutions (e.g general tax/transfer system, the pension system, unemployment...

The theme of the conference is inspired by a rather widespread thesis in today’s economic debate: namely, that shifting the focus of economic discourse from individual utility to the concept of happiness might deeply affect our way of thinking about productivity (as a measure of the power to...

The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis of global economic issues. Particular emphasis will be placed on applied general equilibrium methods, data, and application. Related theoretical and applied work is also welcome. The...

The conference organizers welcome submissions on any topic related to the general theme of economic behavior and inequality, including but not limited to: - Formation of inequality in various key outcomes and the role of economic behavior; - Role of heterogeneity and biases in behavior and...

We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers that focus on the role of families in insuring individuals against downside risk. Potential topics include: - The role of households in insuring against income risk or health risk; - The trade-off between self-insurance of...

The conference program will include scientific papers that use the TVSEP – Thailand-Vietnam Socio-Economic Panel Data but also invites all further papers related to shocks and resilience in rural Southeast Asia. The overall goal of the project is to complement existing panels in industrialized...

This year's conference is devoted to the challenges related to the responsible economic and business growth. The concept of responsible growth is getting increasingly topical to ensure more prosperous and more equitable future for the next generations. The objective of the conference is to...

Topics: - Theories that can help identify key drivers of the observed joint dynamics of growth and inequality; - Comparative analysis of structural change across developed economies and its consequence for growth and inequality; - The role of policies, such as wage compression, retraining, and...

Alp-Pop brings together scholars interested in population issues across several disciplines, including demography, economics, epidemiology, political science, sociology and psychology. The conference emphasizes empirical rigor and innovation over a given topic or geographical area, and meets the...