In an international and comparative perspective, access to the labour market on the part of young people is a complex issue with certain contradictory aspects reflecting the level of development of labour law and industrial relations in the respective countries. In the most advanced economies...

Topics: a) Global imbalances and the future of the international monetary system. b) Particular mix of policies adopted to face the crisis in different countries including developing countries (country studies). c) Financial liberalization and the restructuring of the financial system after the...

Climate change is one of the greatest collective action problems facing the international community. The fiscal implications of climate change are, arguably, immediate, lasting, and they are liable to affect all countries, albeit in rather different forms and degrees. The aim of this conference...

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 tax systems of developing countries differ considerably from those of developed countries. Revenue raised as a percentage of GDP is smaller than in developed countries and tax structures also differ considerably. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers working in this field to...

Topics: - Monetary Policy and Banking - Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Fiscal Policy - Empirical Issues in Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Investment and the Business Cycle - Monetary Policy and Credit Markets Imperfections - Distortionary Taxation and Monetary Policy - Macroeconomic Policy...