Thirty years ago, in 1989, the Iron Curtain was lifted. To commemorate this historic event, the OeNB’s CEEI 2019 will explore key questions about transition in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE): - What have the last 30 years accomplished? We will look at successes and...

List of Themes and JEL-Codes: - Fertility, Family, Marriage and Work (D13, J1) - Labour Market Discrimination (J7, J15, J16) - Retirement (J14, J26, J32) - Labour Supply and Taxation (H2, J22) - Labour Force and Employment (J21) - Labour Demand (J23) - Occupational Choice and Intergenerational...

This conference will provide both a historical and a forward looking perspective on EMU. After a brief look into its general history, we will discuss more specifically how EMU brought about the level of monetary financial and fiscal stability that allowed Europe to master adversarial events as...