The workshop organisers particularly welcome papers that address any of the following issues: - Adjustment of unemployment, employment and wages - The roles of reforms and polices in influencing labour market outcomes - Tools for analysing the labour market situation

Vorträge: Dr. Sonja Peterson (IfW, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel) Dr. Alexander Popp (PIK, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung) Sandra Blessin (BUKO Agrar Koordination). Das GIGA Forum beleuchtet kurz vor Beginn der Verhandlungen in Kopenhagen verschiedene Aspekte des Klimawandels...

Im Kontext von Klimawandel, steigender Nahrungsmittelnachfrage und Bioenergieproduktion wird Land immer mehr zu einer knappen Ressource. Wie entwickelt sich die weltweite Landnutzung, welche Rolle spielt die Wasserverfügbarkeit für die Nahrungsmittel- und Bioenergieproduktion und welche Rolle...

The scientific committee encourages theoretical and policy-oriented, but in particular empirical contributions using process-produced data, survey evidence, qualitative material or experiments, focusing on the timing and sequencing of educational activities in the adult life course, decision...

Environmental innovation processes have been studied in a number of sectoral and technological contexts. Particularly relevant sectors with respect to their size and environmental impact are infrastructure sectors such as energy, transport and water. The specificities of these sectors are...

The aim of the workshop is to stimulate the international discourse on social inequality related to labour.

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies

Thema der Kerntagung: Klimaschutz - Stand und Perspektiven

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

The aim of the conference is to highlight the consequences of the minimum wage on the basis of recent theoretical and empirical contributions. Contributions related to the employment and wage effects of the minimum wage, the optimal design of the minimum wage and its interaction with optimal...