Topics: - Comparative perspectives on institutional determinants of poverty, social exclusion and inequality - The role of labour market and social policies - Social exclusion, poverty and vulnerability: concepts and measurement - Uncertainty and the impact of economic and financial crises -...

Specific issues that the workshop will explore include preference elicitation, the importance of individual altruistic preferences, cultural transmission and social motivations for pro-welfare behaviour to arise. This workshop will address the social motivations and welfare, inequality aversion,...

The workshop aims at having empirical and methodological contributions on economic and social inequality under a comparative perspective. The workshop is organized into two sessions, dedicated to themes of crucial importance in present economic and policy debates. The first session focuses on...