The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for exchange and discussion on topics in competition- and innovation-related research between academic researchers and practitioners in public authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies. The conference will comprise plenary as well...

The goal is to present and discuss recent empirical and policy-oriented research on the integration of immigrants and its effect on the welfare state and attitudes formation. We strongly encourage contributions from all areas of social sciences. Topics: - Impact of immigration on host country...

The workshop offers young researchers the opportunity to discuss their work with experienced scholars and fellow students. It is especially aimed at PhD students working in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and competition economics.

ZEW is hosting a workshop to bring together international scholars from different social sciences (political science, sociology, economics) studying the impact of migration in the host countries. The goal is to present and iscuss recent empirical and policy-oriented research on the integration...

This workshop was postponed, new date tba. Enabling tax and transfer systems to raise sufficient funds and distributing the tax burden in the desired way requires that agents participate in the formal sector. However, many countries have a large informal sector, and even the most developed...

This year’s workshop will cover recent topics and methods adopted in empirical public economics. A particular focus will be on causal inference as well as structural methods in public policy evaluations. We particularly welcome empirical submissions from the fields of public finance and social...

This workshop offers young researchers within the fields of the economics of innovation and competition the opportunity to intensively discuss their dissertation projects within a peer group of experienced and renowned scholars, as well as other PhD students and postdoc researchers in an...

The conference focuses on technological change, in particular digitalization and the re-organization of production processes, and demographics in industrialized countries, as well as on the ways these phenomena interact with employment, wages, and participation in the labor market. Researchers...