On May 2-3, 2024, the Becker Friedman Institute’s Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics. Joining the 2024 Health Economics Initiative Conference as the...

Topic: • Distributional consequences of agglomeration benefits • Labor market outcomes and housing affordability • Highly-local income inequality • Spatial extent of local labor markets and commuting patterns • Neighborhood effects and segregation • Interactions between local housing...

Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen sind Akteure in der und für die regionale Entwicklung. Man kann zurzeit beobachten, wie ihre Potentiale für den Wissenstransfer stärker in den öffentlichen Blick geraten. Es geht sowohl um technologische als auch um soziale Innovationen, die das...

This talk argues that there is a gap separating planning practice and the technical and legal requirements that smart city technologies entail. A pertinent case is Quayside, Toronto, where Sidewalk Labs (part of Alphabet and a sister company of Google) and Waterfront Toronto (a three-level...

The American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) is a professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in health economics research in the U.S. Health economics has emerged as a distinct and successful field in economics—a large community of researchers bringing theoretical and...

The Society’s mission is to promote HEOR excellence to improve decision making for health globally. This global scientific event will cover key HEOR topics, including: Clinical Outcomes ; Economic Evaluation ; Epidemiology and Public Health; Health Policy and Regulatory ; Health Service...

While the annual conference aims to cover all fields of public economics, this year’s keynote lectures will focus on the challenges of fiscal policy-making in the various crisis environments such as the pandemic or the energy crisis. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome, including...

The overarching theme of the Regional Meeting 2023 “Bridging the Science to Policy Gap – Opportunities for Academia” will highlight the essential role of evidence-based science for the development of global health policy. Stakeholders from every relevant field of healthcare will debate the...