Institutions for collective action are institutional arrangements that are formed bottom-up by groups of people in order to overcome certain common problems over an extended period of time by setting certain rules regarding access to the group (membership), use of the resources and services the...

Netspar researchers Marloes Lammers (VU University Amsterdam), Giacomo Pasini (Universita' Ca'Foscari) and Peter van Santen (University of Groningen) will present research papers on labour market behaviour of the elderly, savings for retirement, and bequest motives. Guest speaker Michael...

The theme of the 2009 congress will be global economic history. The congress is expected to contribute to the following goals: - enhance the dialogue with social sciences and economics; - develop a programme of global economic history; - integrate business history ; - build better institutions...

Labour market policies are imperative to the further preservation and development of our welfare states. However it is clear that current labour market policies are not capable of dealing adequately with the challenges resulting from two major trends: the internationalisation of the economy and...