The 17th annual ESPAnet conference in Stockholm will increase the interest to bridge research on migration, social protection and European welfare states, thus creating a solid foundation for evidence-based policymaking, not only in Sweden but also internationally. Topics: European refugee...

The 16th annual conference of the ESPAnet will be an exciting opportunity to discuss the challenges, problems and future prospect of European welfare systems at the time of great political, economic and environmental uncertainties of the globalized world. For centuries the welfare state in...

Conference Theme: "Re-inventing the welfare state? Pathways to sustainability, equality and inclusion in European welfare states"

Netspar invites contributions from all areas of Netspar’s research program. Topics of interest are: - Well-being and wealth of the elderly - Communication and choice - Work, pensions, housing and care - Savings, investments and insurance - Institutions, governance and solidarity - The labor...

The theme for the ESPAnet 2015 conference is “The lost and new worlds of welfare”. The conference invites proposals for streams and papers that address issues across the full range of comparative welfare state research, from various disciplinary perspectives. Suggestions for Stream Themes -...

Topics of interest are: - Risk management during working life - Risk management during retirement years - The art of choosing - Supervision of fully funded pensions: solvency and transparency - Risk sharing and distribution among generations: full funding, pay-as-you-go, taxation - The labor...

The conference is open to all who are interested in the problems of contemporary welfare state. Stream Themes: - Comparative methodology - Pensions - Health care - Labour market policy - Family policy - Social services and social work - Poverty and social assistance - Education - Inequalities...

Mariacristina de Nardi (UCL, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IFS and NBER) and Andrew Ang (Columbia University) will give invited lectures on January 29 and 30. Mariacristina de Nardi will mainly focus on the retirement life-cycle phase and discuss, among others, the effect of medical...

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

Topics: - Exclusion in education and the labor market - Income distribution, poverty and financial inequality - Living conditions - Health and wellbeing - Family formation and child care - The family as social, cultural, and economic capital, and educational attainment - Social protection and...