The project Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) is focused on the increasing social trend of working people at risk or below the poverty line. The overall purpose is to effectively prevent the risk of social dumping, reduce economic shocks, and grant EU citizens, mostly those who do not circulate,...

The aim of the conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and...

The global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing energy crisis have affected households differently depending on their socioeconomic status. In addition, households react differently to economic policies, depending on the specific constraints to which they are subject and the...

Small states have been ignored in the literature of the welfare regime, though it is likely that they are confronted with specific issues or problems when dealing with social security. Of course, small jurisdictions are very diverse: they can be rich or poor, reflect different legal traditions,...

The event will be held in a hybrid format with a small number of people joining on site and larger audience watching online. Keywords: Health economics and policy; EU Budget; EU-Finance; Finance; Emerging economies; Decarbonisation; Monetary policy; Digital economy; Innovation; COVID-19; Future of...

Enhancing the environmental and climate ambition of the EU farming sector is one centrepiece of the latest European Commission's proposal for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The theme of the seminar are the policy and research implications of these heightened environmental...

ESPE is Europe’s leading research society in population economics and fosters academic exchange around important socio-economic issues such as: (1) drivers of social inequality, (2) children’s outcomes, (3) integration of immigrants in the labour market, (4) well-being and health, (5)...

In 2017 program of the USCIA summer school is dedicated to the topic "Between Market, State and Religion: Economic Realities, Social Justice and Faith Traditions". The central aim of the UCSIA summer school 2017 is thus is to reflect upon the evolutions of economic markets interacting with...

List of Themes and JEL-Codes: 1. Family, Marriage and work (D13, J12, J13, J16) 2. Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16, J42) 3. Retirement (J14, J26) 4. Program and Policy evaluation (C21, J18, J38) 5. Labour supply (H2, J21, J22) 6. Labour demand (J21, J23) 7. Occupational choice and...

Topic: European and global economics. Program Sep 06, 2016: - How to link the emerging energy union to European climate policies - Innovation policies: What works and what doesn’t - Competitiveness and sustainable growth: Reforming the Finnish economy - Lecture: Debt overhangs and their...