The main objective of the conference is to take stock of the state of current research and identify knowledge gaps: - How can poverty data be used to compare the situation in different industrialized nations? - What are the scope and the limitations of such comparisons? - How can we define the...

This international forum will certainly be a privileged moment to recognize the increasing importance of the social and solidarity economy in the development strategies of countries in the South and in the North. The creation of public policy in favour of its development has accelerated in Latin...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of research based on the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Attendance at the...

The objective of the meeting is to bring together experts and young talented scientists devoted to the study and application of Bayesian nonparametric techniques. The meeting will be structured in 4 tutorials on special topics, a series of invited and contributed talks and contributed posters...

Three six-day courses will provide flexible, advanced and accelerated training in Development Policy Modelling, Poverty Measurement and Analysis and Statistical Monitoring of Development.

Conference themes: 1. Governance; crime and violence prevention 2. Evaluating responses to shocks 3. Labor markets (including child labor), pensions, migration, and remittances 4. Urban development 5. Health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS 6. Demand-and supply-side incentive 7. Support to diversifying...

Program: - Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa - The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis Using PROGRESA Database - Do Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Improve Work and Earnings among its Youth Beneficiaries? Evidence after a...

The conference invites theoretical and empirical papers on personal finance, investments, economics and accounting. Research that is new, innovative and has relevance to personal finance and investments is encouraged. The novelty and innovation may be in the ideas, theoretical development,...

For the first time, the two meetings will run in parallel at the same place, under a single local organization. By registering for the 2006 LACEA-LAMES, participants will be welcome to attend to all sessions of both conferences. The meeting is open to all economists and econometricians,...

The IAOS Conference Ottawa 2006 has adopted as its principal theme the subject People on the Move: Measuring Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts Within and Between Nations. The conference focuses on issues associated with measuring these aspects.