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,...

This workshop aims at understanding differences and similarities in migration processes in Europe from the point of view of the individual experience, that of the family organization, and that of the communities involved. Special attention is given to anthropological demographic research...

Topics: - Determinants of child labour and education; - Link between child labour and education; - Child labour consequences on youth employment; - Premature entry in labour market and its consequences on youth; - Labour market entry processes and school-to-work transitions.

As part of the continuing effort of capacity building in policy making in the area of pensions, the World Bank is pleased to announce a Regional Conference on Pension Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa. The objective of the conference is to provide the participating countries with an...

Areas of interest for scholarly papers include, but are not limited to: - The psychology and the sociology of creativity - The history of creative change in fields, industries, and organizations - Challenges and opportunities of creativity in the information age - Entrepreneurial experimentation...

The workshop presents recent research on gender-aspects of labour market policies. Theoretical and empirical work from different disciplines - in particular economics, sociology and psychology - is welcome.

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,...

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.

Sub-themes are: - Learning in formal and informal work contexts - Learning and social development - Re-theorising knowledge - Working and learning in higher or further/vocational education institutions - Work, learning and policy [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site...

The questions we want to address at the workshop are: -What are the key factors for understanding total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the disaggregate level (e.g. information and communication technology (ICT) capital/human capital/organizational structure/competition). - What are the...