Die politische Debatte um richtige und falsche Mittel zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit ist in vollem Gange: Verlängerung des Arbeitslosengeldes 1, Mindestlohn, Beitragssenkung bei der Arbeitslosenversicherung, Chaos bei der Arbeitsagentur. Nur die Zeitarbeit wird von manchen, obwohl sie boomt,...

The objective of the conference will be to draw up a comparative assessment of the researches carried out of the theme of foreign workers and the new migratory dynamics in Europe, by articulating several angles of approach. On the one hand, taking into account the diversification of the...

The aim of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers and practitioners to pro-mote and exchange ideas in the field of macroeconometric modelling.

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,...

Event Highlights: - What to look for in the data before preparing forecasts - How to treat data when "problems" are recognized - How to prepare forecasts using different models and techniques - When each forecasting model is appropriate - How to use forecasts effectively after they are prepared

The conference will assess current welfare statistics and demonstrate the relevance of these figures to existing and future welfare practices and reforms. Topics covered will include ageing and aged care, children, youth and families, welfare expenditure, labour force, housing and homelessness.

Topics: - information uncertainty and information combination (e.g. observation window, disaggregate information, role of judgement); - measurement uncertainty (e.g. real time analysis); - parameter and model uncertainty (e.g. forecast and model combination, forecast model selection).

This interactive, two-day course will cover stochastic processes as they are employed in the valuation and risk management of structured products. Beginning with Lévy processes, we proceed via the additive Sato processes through to local volatility, its generalization to locally Lévy...

ACE brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases. It is a not-for-profit organization based in Europe and is open to all those interested in the economics of...

The workshop discusses recent research that evaluates passive and active labour market policies. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Papers that focus on specific groups like long-term unemployed people or unemployed people who receive means-tested...