Europa ist in einer anhaltenden Krise und steht vor ausserordentlich grossen Herausforderungen. Wie geht es in der EU weiter? Zudem zeichnet sich ab, dass auch das bilaterale Verhältnis zwischen der Schweiz und der EU vor wichtigen Entscheidungen auf beiden Seiten steht. Was sind die nächsten...

We are delighted to announce the 9th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²). We seek high quality academic work that extends, enriches, refines, and challenges our understanding of the broad array of issues related to migration. Researchers are expected to present their best ongoing cutting-edge work.

European Governments made substantial efforts to reform labor market institutions when walking away from the Eurosclerosis of the 1980s. To achieve political viability, the reforms mostly entailed changing the rules only for new hires and introducing a wide array of new flexible, fixed-term,...

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 20 presentations from academic researchers in all areas of labor market policy evaluation and methodological contributions from related fields.

Unemployment insurance schemes changed in many countries in the last great recession. Several countries increased the duration of unemployment benefits, reinforced the coaching of unemployed workers, provided more training programs or facilitated short-time work compensation. The aim of this...

Program: Session A: Family Issues Session B: Occupational Adjustment Session C: Employer Attitudes Session D: Remittances Session E: Culture and Identity Session F: Migration Flows Session G: Public Issues Session H: Crime and Culture Session I: Africa 1 Session J: Africa 2 Session K: Rural and...

Faculty: Associate Professore Jan Sture Gunnarsson The course trains students to function as economists analyzing problems on industrial policy in a governmental or non-governmental organization, an international organization, a company or in an association. It provides insights into the way...

Das 18. Europa Forum Luzern vermittelt einen Überblick über die erkennbaren Trends im weltpolitischen System und ihre Einflüsse auf staatliche Souveränität und nationale Interessen. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird die aktuelle Lage der „schweizerischen Souveränität" anhand der...

Die Beziehung der Schweiz zur EU ist geprägt durch das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen politischem Alleingang und wirtschaftlicher Integration. Der Preis für die beibehaltene Autonomie widerspiegelt sich im Verzicht auf die Mitgestaltung der Europäischen Union sowie im ‚autonomen...

We seek high-quality academic work from fields such as economics, sociology and political science. We are particularly interested in studies that provide cross-national comparisons or assessments of country-specific institutional reforms with policy relevance such as: public and child care; tax...