Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit

The aim of the conference is to promote scientific research using enterprise micro data. The conference is a unique meeting point for producers and users of these data, such as statisticians, economists and econometricians, but also an opportunity for policymakers to get acquainted with the...

The topics of MICRO-DYN Work Packages: WP1: Innovation activities of firms WP2: Innovation, competitiveness and the dynamics of market structure WP3: Firms and European job and productivity dynamics WP4: Business environment and regional dynamics WP5: Internationalisation of corporate...

This conference sets about finding policies that reduce vulnerabilities of the poor to shocks, sustain the socioeconomic balance and promote development that is equitable in times of growth and crisis alike. We are interested in high-quality papers as well as innovative projects, including...

In celebration of the 10th IFERA conference we particularly welcome abstracts and proposals that consider long term perspectives on family business, to challenge our understanding and build on what we have learned from previous conferences. We welcome contributions from scholars at all stages of...

Recent developments in international economics have stressed the importance of firm heterogeneity in explaining trade patterns and the effects of increased globalisation. This has coincided with the increasing use of datasets which link information on individual workers to the firms in which...

Topics: - Safety of machinery: safety concepts and principles, design rules and strategy, maintenance of machinery - Risk assessment: Hazard identification, historic experience, mitigation, risk estimation and evaluation, assessment methodology, comparison of methodologies - Practical...

Thematic issues: • Classifications of corporate growth and growth discontinuities • Key characteristics of high growth firms (entry modes, founder background, corporate strategy, skills utilisation, capital structure and so on) • The spatial distribution of high growth firms • Growth...

Proposed themes include: - The risks inherent in DC schemes. - Methods to share risk, including inter- and intra-generational risk-sharing and other ways to reduce the potential dispersion of retirement outcomes for members - Theory and evidence of risk sharing in which there is no scheme...

Topics: - What is full employment? How is it defined and measured? How close are we to achieving full employment? What are the challenges that remain? - The increasing problem of underemployment and marginal workers. - The increased precariousness of work. - Has Work Choices worked? - wages,...