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,...

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...

The conference in 2007 is a joint programme activity of the International Association AMFET and EWG MODEST "Modelling of Economies and Societies in Transition". Topics: AMFET - Modelling Economies in Transition, National Economy Models, Forecasting and Evaluation of Forecasts, EU and EMU...

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,...

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...

Event Highlights; - Learn what authentic Executive S&OP is and how it works - Learn how to assess gaps between your company’s current performance and how Executive S&OP is used by “best practice” companies - How S&OP enhances teamwork among the executive and management teams

Beiträge zur Region Osteuropa, die sich in einer oder mehreren Dimensionen des folgenden Forschungsspektrums bewegen, sind herzlich willkommen: - Strukturen: politisch – sozial – wirtschaftlich – kulturell – geographisch - Akteure: staatlich – nichtstaatlich, lokal – national –...

We seek high-quality academic work from fields such as economics, sociology and political science. We are particularly interested in studies that provide cross-national comparisons or assessments of country-specific institutional reforms with policy relevance such as: public and child care; tax...

The objective of the conference is to present the latest research on the determinants of the credit growth in converging economies as well as its effects and policy challenges. The conference is also intended to provide a discussion forum for distinguished academics, central bankers and...