The ECINEQ conference provides a forum for a rigorous analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, both at the theoretical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in this field. ECINEQ aims at achieving high...

Christopher Wildeman will show how descriptive methods - especially life tables - and several types of tests for individual-level effects can help us understand consequences of social inequality. These descriptive methods are simple yet underutilized. To illustrate this method, he constructs a...

The ECINEQ conference provides a forum for a rigorous analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, both at the theoretical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in this field.

In der Europäischen Union wird Armut gewöhnlich als relative Einkommensarmut verstanden. Die Minimierung der Zahl der Haushalte, die mit weniger als der Hälfte des mittleren Haushaltseinkommens auskommen müssen (andere Definitionen sprechen von unter 60 Prozent), gilt als vorrangiges...

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the leading experts in economics and political science to meet and to exchange ideas and research results about redistribution.

The program committee solicits submissions in all areas concerned with economic inequality and related fields.

The ECINEQ conference will provide a forum for a rigorous analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, both at the theoretical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in this field.