The 2022 Annual Conference of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies will investigate the current state of public health and its recent as well as historical development in the region from multiple perspectives. We want to highlight the economic, social and political...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to impacts of climate change, disasters, and extreme events on: - Human capital (i.e. health, educational achievements, labor outcomes, gender inequality,...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Firm survival and productivity across countries • Productivity dispersion, regional competitiveness and trade • Determinants of firm...

We invite scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Preference will be given to papers focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Topics include, but are not limited to: - family policy, fertility, mortality, household...

Conference Theme: "Corruption in Eastern/Southeastern Europe and Latin America: Comparative Perspectives" The conference strongly encourages comparative perspectives. In the case of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, historical legacies of the region – such as Ottoman, Czarist, or socialist rule...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Cultural, economic, and institutional legacies of empires, socialist regimes, and wars - Long‐run persistence of values and attitudes - Determinants...

Topics: - Formal and informal institutions and firms in the open economy - Natural resources and the quality of institutions - Interactions between domestic product and factor markets, institutions and comparative advantage - The role of institutions in transition - Institutional determinants of...

Topics: - Determinants, patterns, and consequences of migration - Expectations, risks and migrant strategies - Labour market impact - Education and skill levels - Remittances, changes in living standards and well-being - Transformation of values and attitudes, social capital and trust - Policy...

The conference welcomes scholars both from humanities and social sciences. Contributions should concentrate on the time span from the 19th century to the present. Specific topics include, but are not confined to the following: - Labour market effects of political transformation - Institutions...