We welcome papers dealing inter alia with the following: - The impact of solidarity in contexts of migration and integration - The significance of solidarity in a global, cosmopolitan society - The meaning of solidarity from a philosophical or theological point of view - The relationship between...

A growing number of people in Europe are no longer capable of financing their everyday expenses, neither from their earned income nor from a public transfer income. In reaction, an also rapidly growing number of new initiatives have been established: like food pantries and clothing distribution...

Topics: - Education, health and welfare policies - Long-run consequences of early investments - Welfare and family arrangements - Unintended consequences of welfare policies - Cognitive and non-cognitive skills - Intergenerational transmission of poverty

Conference Sessions: Session 1: Globalization, Growth and Jobs Session 2: The Great Recession and the Middle Class Session 3: Dealing with Non-Market Services Session 4: Accounting for Natural Resources Session 5: Measurement of Household Wealth Session 6: Economic Change and its Impact on...

Focus areas: - past reforms in the services sector in Germany and their effects - the level of services regulation in Germany and their economic impact - business services - construction services and crafts

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate discussion between European and Chinese researchers conducting related empirical and theoretical analysis. The workshop will focus on policy implications of recent research with particular emphasis on the Chinese and European economies. Theoretical,...

The topic of the 2016 edition of the School will be Social Insurance Programs. Lectures, presentations and discussions will cover several aspects of social insurance programs – including unemployment benefits, retirement systems, parental leave policies and health insurance. The focus will be...

The objective of the conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Topics: Software and Internet industries;...

Im Mittelpunkt der Fachkonferenz stehen die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die verschiedenen Netzsektoren. Insbesondere soll aufgezeigt werden, inwiefern die zunehmende Digitalisierung Anpassungen der Regulierung bzw. allgemein des Rechtsrahmens in den verschiedenen Netzsektoren...