The DARES conference aims at presenting the lessons of new economic research on the employment of older workers carried out in several countries, including France. The conference will gather experts from the academic community (France, Europe and the United States) who will describe the main...

The theme of the conference is ‘Improving dialog between the industry, academia, investors and governments’. The ICEP 2010 is a major international event for researchers, academics, industry and banking executives and experts, government policymakers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists...

Topics relevant to time use research: Children, youth; Child and elder care; Communication and media; Couple (intra-household allocation, bargaining, division of labor, time together); Data collection & quality; Food and eating; Free time and leisure; Health; Housework/household production; Local...

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics: Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.); Local Public Economics and...

Topics: - Value-creation in corporate takeovers - Strategic bidding and target defensive tactics - Restructuring techniques and their valuation effects - Highly leveraged transactions. LBOs and breakups - Financing takeovers - Takeover initiations and managerial incentives - Mergers, industrial...

This Forum will provide a key platform for information and exchange on the most important regional social security trends and priority issues. The Forum will start by presenting the most recent developments and trends in Europe. It will then elaborate on three topics that are of major interest...

Topics: • competition and regulation in transport and distribution • smart grid • capacity markets • national vs. supranational regulation • long term contracts • retail competition • markets for pollution permits • costs and integration of renewable energy

An indicative list of topics that could be addressed by the conference, both at the theoretical and empirical level, includes: - Impact evaluation of infrastructure at the household and firm level - Infrastructure and social policies - Infrastructure and industrial policies - Infrastructure and...