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Gender differences in human capital investments, labor market outcomes, and other socioeconomic outcomes – in both the developed and developing world – is an active area of research in economics. In general, different scholars have been working on the topic in developed countries than in...

Topics: - Globalization (Sharing globalization benefits and compensate the losers; Demographic Changes, social inclusiveness and migration; Protectionism and welfare in a globalized world; Declining labor shares and technological change; Skills polarization and wages), - Trade (Trade and...

The focus of the school is on how changes in the occupational structure, the labour market and employment relationships affect the life chances of different socio-economic groups such as youth, women, the working class or migrants. A limited number of doctoral students and young researchers will...

The workshop brings together leading scholars and young researchers interested in the economics of discrimination in its various forms (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, age) and in different contexts (e.g. among consumers, employees, public officials). The program will encompass both theoretical...

In the past 200 years, the world has experienced unprecedented economic development as well as profound demographic changes. Many dimensions of these dynamic processes are not well understood. What are the underlying forces behind the different dimensions of economic and demographic development,...

This workshop will investigate the determinants and evolution of gender gaps, by focusing on two promising prospects: the institutional design, which –if appropriately set- can allow different outcomes to reflect only differences in abilities rather than in gender, as shown for instance in...

The objectives of the workshop are to strengthen the technical capacity of the participating countries to generate population projections at different geographical levels and sectors. The workshop will also provide the forum to discuss national practices and to exchange experiences and lessons...

In most OECD countries the era of long-term care (LTC) has arrived. More than two out of five people aged 65 or older report having some type of functional limitation (sensory, physical, mental, self-care disability, or difficulty leaving home). A few years from now, the ageing trend will...

Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with an IIASA senior scientist mentor on a project...