The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based exercises. The following topics will be covered: • unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; • techniques for...

The aim of this seminar is to give an advanced treatment of research on or relevant for the analysis of consumer behaviour. The seminar is intended to provide inspiration to doctoral students dealing in their own work with topics related to consumer behaviour, but it is likewise intended to give...

This year’s workshop will have a focus on the relationship between violent conflict and socio-economic development. We invite submissions that address key issues in conflict and economic development analysis. We also welcome submissions from other disciplines on the usual HiCN topics around...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. This 1-day session will involve a series of lectures and worked examples, but will not include hands-on training. The topics covered will include: - Introduction to...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. The aims of the course are: - Introduce the distinctive features of panel data. - Review some panel data sets commonly used in social sciences. - Present the advantages...

This conference ranks as the premier international meeting on the statistical analysis of time series data and attracts leading researchers from around the world. It has been held annually since the late 1970s at universities in the United States, Asia and Europe.

This conference aims to bring together researchers and policymakers to discuss the effects of the financial crisis on household finances and behaviour. In recent years, household income and wealth have been severely affected by simultaneous adverse conditions in the labour, housing and stock...

Christopher Wildeman will show how descriptive methods - especially life tables - and several types of tests for individual-level effects can help us understand consequences of social inequality. These descriptive methods are simple yet underutilized. To illustrate this method, he constructs a...

Family background is an important determinant of child well-being and human capital formation. Family and educational policies play a role both in complementing and substituting for the human capital investments of families and, arguably, affect social gradients in both health and education....

The main objectives of the Forum are to further the discussions on the different aspects that make for a good life today and in the future in different countries of the world and to promote the development and use of new measures of well-being for effective and accountable policy-making. Thus,...