The aim of the workshop is to examine recent patterns of social mobility, as well as their causes and consequences. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers on these issues. Topics of interest include (but not exclusively): - social mobility and income and wealth inequality, - taxation...

The seminar is open to contributions in the fi eld of the economics, sociology and demography of pensions and ageing, covering the following themes: - the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the various aspects of pensions and ageing; - economic and demographic cycles, public transfers and...

With the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) we unfortunately have to postpone the ECHOPPE conference. New dates will be scheduled and announced in due time. Please note in your calendar that the conference may take place in June 2021.

Conference programme: - Session 1 “Welfare analysis”; - Policy Panel: “Reforms to pension systems: from academia to policymaking”; - Session 2 “Taxing Wealth” ; - Session 3 “Firms and place-based policy” ; - Session 4 “Health and public policy” ; - Session 5 “Pensions and...

The aim of the workshop is to examine recent patterns of social mobility, as well as their causes and consequences. Topics: - social mobility and income and wealth inequality, - taxation and mobility, - the role of mobility in wage setting, - social mobility and geography, - inter- versus...

The Society aims at providing an international forum for all researchers interested in the analysis of economic inequality and related fields, bringing together the diversity of perspectives, improving the interaction between researchers, policy makers and all the actors interested in...

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields in applied and theoretical Public Economics and, more generally, to papers in the area of: Taxation and Redistributive Systems; Welfare Economics, Well-being Measures, Inequality; Normative Economics; Political Economy; Local Public...

The theme of the 2018 conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research is “Causes and Consequences of Inequalities in Europe”. This theme will receive special attention, and as always, we welcome presentations on all relevant areas of sociological research, such as the labor...

WID.world was initially created as the The World Top Incomes Database in January 2011. Thanks to the contribution of over a hundred researchers, the project expanded to include series on income and wealth inequality for more than thirty countries, spanning over most of the 20th and early 21st...

Institutions and social frictions (associated with inequalities, political conflicts, corruption, and cultural polarization) have emerged as central themes in development economics. This course takes stock of existing research and moves on to draw the outline of the current research frontier....