The speakers are: • Marta Aloi (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Giovanni Facchini (University of Illinois) • Timothy Hatton (University of Essex) • Tom Ivlevs (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Willi Kohler (Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen) • Sharun Mukand (Tufts University) •...

The INFER Annual Conference provides an opportunity for everybody interested in economics to exchange ideas. Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers across all areas of economics, including this year’s special topic “Economic and...

CSGR and GARNET therefore invite friends old and new to a searching, international, innovative exploration of how global and regional governance might be made more legitimate. How should we conceive of legitimacy when it comes to regulation beyond the state? What types of indicators and measures...

Submissions that address one of the following broad topics and themes are encouraged. - Organisational. To what extent are new organisational forms emerging at the national level, and to what extent are these being replicated, or otherwise, across varieties of capitalism? Are such forms found in...

Topics: - Economy-wide evidence on the ‘Great Stability’ or ‘Great Moderation’ - The monetary transmission mechanism - Monetary policy management and expectations formation - International policy and global inflation dynamics - Globalisation and competitiveness in the labour, product and...

The Congress will address these issues in relation to four specific themes: • Restructuring work: new approaches to pay and working time • Voice at work: new challenges, new forms • Regulating employment: towards multi-level governance • Public sector restructuring: between state and market

Topics: (1) The historical origins and development of corporate limited liability (CLL) and the role of joint stock companies in the history of capitalism (US, UK, Western Europe, the role of CLL in European colonies, in contemporary developing and transition economies). (2) The analysis of...

In this, its fifteenth, conference, the International Employment Relations Association will debate the changing shape, content and experience of working lives. Papers are invited which deal with any aspect of work and employment touching upon these issues, including the role of work-based...

Topics: labour economics, pensions, and related research areas (including poverty, housing and savings).

Topics: - welfare regimes and labour markets - social protection and activation policies in Europe - policies of reconciling work and welfare - the role of the EU activities in these fields - the politics and policies of welfare reform - designs and pitfalls of comparative analyses, as well the...