On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

The Conference will include invited plenary debates and panel discussions on population and sustainable development issues as well as over 240 scientific sessions featuring the results of recent research from around the globe. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics including international...

All papers that present an alternative economic perspective on the conference theme 'Can the EU still be saved? The implications of a multi-speed Europe' are welcomed. In particular, we encourage submissions specific to one of the following topics on which the workshops will be based. Topics: -...

Topics: Economic and Public Policy; Public Sector Economics Public Finance; Monetary Economics and Banking; International Economics; International Business; Globalisation, Regional Integration with special reference to the EU; Comparative Economics; Economic Growth, Development and Sustainability;...

IARIW Session on Developments in Income Inequality Across the World

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

Conference theme: social solidarity, equality, diversity and inclusion Streams/Workshop Topics: Stream 1: Politics of Diversity Stream 2: Developments and Consequences of Unintentional and Intentional Biases within Social Networks in the Workplace Stream 3: Coalitions, space and solidarity in a...

PEP general meetings are international events that gather hundreds of participants – development researchers, practitioners, lead experts and policy stakeholders - from around the world, who travel to learn and share knowledge on the most recent methodologies, concepts and findings in the...

The principal purpose of this mid-term conference will be to explore the various social impacts of the Eurozone debt crisis. Specifically, papers, power-point presentations and works in progress are invited on the following topics: - The Political-economy of the EZ Crisis - The EZ Crisis,...

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding, from an empirical and measurement perspective, of developments in the area of income levels, income growth, productivity, poverty, and inequality in Africa. The conference will feature sessions dealing with problems and issues in...