The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers in household economics. We define household economics as the economic analysis of household decisions, including decisions regarding consumption, labor supply and other uses of time, household formation and dissolution, demand for health...

Topics: - changing bank structure and business models, including the effects of interest rates, regulation and competition; - the rise of bigtech and fintech, including their impact on the banking system; - the impact of shadow banks on systemic risk in the financial system; - central bank...

Due to the COVID-19 situation, the FRIC’20 Conference on Financial Frictions has been postponed to August 2021 and the next upcoming FRIC conference is therefore the FRIC’21 Conference on Financial Frictions, which will take place on August 20, 2021.

Topics: Asset returns and spending; Spending effects of unemployment events; Welfare consequences of social insurance programs; The impact of mortgage refinancing on spending; Validation of new spending measures; Consumption inequality; Spending effects of public policies; Insurance within the...

The 35th General Conference is primarily organized around the following theme sessions: - Globalization and Inclusive Growth - Skills, Employment and Productivity – Measurement Analysis. - Measuring Capital and Wealth - Human Capital and Innovation - Is Productivity Growth Slowing Down? - The...

Topics: Emergence of post-consumerist lifestyles; Impact of the decline in wage labor on consumption practices; Role of behavioral economics and related strategies on consumption routines; Social practices research related to sustainable consumption; Sustainability and the transformation of...

This year’s conference will focus on banking and money markets.

The theme for the ESPAnet 2015 conference is “The lost and new worlds of welfare”. The conference invites proposals for streams and papers that address issues across the full range of comparative welfare state research, from various disciplinary perspectives. Suggestions for Stream Themes -...

Course Description: Changes in risky healthy behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use, and overeating can explain a great deal of the changes in life expectancy worldwide. This PhD course reviews recent research on the causes (e.g., public policies, education shocks, early life interventions,...

This year’s conference will focus on Efficiently Inefficient Markets.