All researchers with papers that fit the Netspar research agenda (see below) are encouraged to submit their papers. PhD students and other junior researchers are particularly welcome. Topics on the Netspar research agenda are: 1. Risk management during working life 2. Risk management during...

RESIM 2014 solicits talks on rare event simulation methodologies and applications, including (but not limited to) the following list of topics: - Methodologies (Importance Sampling; RESTART/Splitting; Stratified Sampling; Cross-Entropy Method; Large Deviations Theory; MCMC Techniques; Extreme...

The International Symposium on Forecasting 2014 has chosen the theme Economic Forecasting: Past, Present and Future. Our choice of a conference theme aims to encourage at least some of the potential speakers to pick up ideas stimulated by the topic. We look forward to receiving abstracts and...

Topics: Agriculture; Child labor; Children and youth; Culture; Disability; Disadvantaged groups; Economic development; Education; Empowerment strategies; Ethnic studies; Food production and safety; Gender issues; Labor market policies; Literacy; Micro-finance; Minorities; Pension Reforms;...

Mariacristina de Nardi (UCL, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IFS and NBER) and Andrew Ang (Columbia University) will give invited lectures on January 29 and 30. Mariacristina de Nardi will mainly focus on the retirement life-cycle phase and discuss, among others, the effect of medical...