We are pleased to announce a two-day workshop on the use of subjective survey data for empirical research. The purpose is to bring together international scholars who apply empirical methods to analyse subjective variables as outcomes or determinants in the context of labour market issues....

To inaugurate the IZA Education program area, we wish to bring together researchers analyzing issues related to higher education. We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers so as to create a stimulating environment that will enable us to generate critical discussion and...

All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the broad domain of the Economics of Education.

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

Many of the global problems of our society emerge either by insufficient cooperation (e.g. poverty reduction) or excessive risk-taking (e.g. financial crises). Numerous empirical studies in the fields of psychology and economics have documented that human behavior is heavily influenced by...

Themen: - Befunde zur Bildungs- und Arbeitssituation von Zuwanderern - Befunde zur Erfassung, Dokumentation und Verwertung vorhandener beruflicher Potenziale von Zuwanderern - Strategien und Konzepte zur Aus- und Weiterbildung und zur Integration von Zuwanderern in das Berufsbildungssystem

The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other researchers familiar with SOEP data. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, psychology and sociology) who use...

The conference will bring together researchers from different methodological view points and application areas to provide an up to date forum on dependence modeling and their challenges in view of big data issues.

The event will offer both thematic input as well as space to develop cooperative research ideas. The networking workshop addresses scholars who are either working in the thematic area of “Computational Social Sciences” or who wish to specialize within this field. We particularly welcome...

Das Thema des diesjährigen Forums in Bonn ist das Verhältnis von Bildungsinvestitionen und Bildungserträgen im Lebenslauf. Die Ausgestaltung von Bildungsangeboten und die Leistungsfähigkeit des Bildungswesens sind für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, den kulturellen Reichtum und den...