The central questions of the conference therefore are: 1. In what ways do social heterogeneities and social inequalities contribute to social vulnerability to environmental and climate change and the likelihood that some people or groups are more prone to migrate than others? 2. What are the...

This conference aims to cover several important dimensions of workforce heterogeneity (nationality, cultural background, skill and occupational dimensions, gender, and age structure), high-lighted from various perspectives and disciplines. The focus will be on the impact of diversity on...

The focus of the conference will be on the assessment of green growth strategies. The goal is to clarify the challenges of smart and sustainable growth as well as to provide solutions. There will be an introduction to the green growth debate, given by Ottmar Edenhofer (PIK & MCC), a summary of...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together the members of the CESifo Research Network to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any...

Die nationalstaatlich verfassten Gesellschaften befinden sich spätestens seit den 1970er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts in einem tief greifenden Transformationsprozess, den viele Autoren mit den Begriffen Globalisierung und Transnationalisierung beschrieben haben. Die Veränderungen...

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...

Topics: - International trade and industrial pollution - Pollution haven models - Environmental regulation and competitiveness - Carbon leakage and border tax adjustments - Consumption-generated versus production-generated pollution - Trade and the use of resources - Resources and resource overuse

The 1st User Conference of the PASS panel survey aims at bringing together researchers from sociology, economics and survey methodology and fostering exchange between data users of the PASS panel survey. Papers should be based on data from the PASS panel survey. They may address research...

Finanzkrise, Rohstoffverknappung, Energieversorgung und Klimawandel werden zunehmend in einem Zusammenhang gesehen: Kann beispielsweise der drohende Klimawandel als Innovationsmotor wirken? Ist „Green Economy“ die Basis für ein neues Wirtschaftswunder? Welche Impulse kann die...

Datalab2012 ist eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung des Ständigen Ausschusses Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (FDI) des Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), des Arbeitsbereichs V der Fakultät für Soziologie der Universität Bielefeld und des Sonderforschungsbereich 882 „Von...