Focus areas: - past reforms in the services sector in Germany and their effects - the level of services regulation in Germany and their economic impact - business services - construction services and crafts

The aim of this workshop is to bring together original economic and interdisciplinary papers that cast some light on new developments in theoretical and empirical research from all fields of local public economics and local public finance. The workshop should also give PhD students and Post-docs...

The workshop provides a platform to discuss applied economic research. We invite empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of macro­economics and international economics with an emphasis on a high rele­vance for economic policy. The special topic of the workshop will be...

The workshop provides a platform for doctoral students from institutions participating in the CGDE to present and discuss their research. We would like to encourage all PhD students and Post-Docs in the CGDE network to submit their papers to this workshop. We also cordially invite all senior...

Topics: - recent developments and longer-term trends in labour supply and human capital in Europe; - determinants of human capital investment; - the design and effects of policy measures aimed at fostering labour supply and human capital investment; - the importance of human capital investment...

The organising committee of this conference invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on small business financing and its importance for the real economy. Topics: - Availability of credit for small businesses and firms' competitiveness; - Financial deregulation...

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Circular and return migration - The role of social networks and Diaspora externalities - Remittances, migration and the pattern of trade/FDI - Brain drain - Migration and institutional change - Immigrant integration - Immigration policies

Suitable research topics for paper submissions include the following: - The structure of wages, in particular differentials across countries, regions, sectors, skill, gender and age and the impact of recent economic shocks on such differentials - More generally, issues relating to the dispersion...

Topics: - Dynamics of unemployment: How does unemployment, and particularly long-run unemployment, adjust to a slowdown in economic activity? Is there symmetry between upturns and downturns? Have these adjustment mechanisms changed in the current crisis environment? What explains variations of...

Topics: - Macro-financial models linking financial stability and the performance of the economy - Models and tools for the early identification and assessment of systemic risk - Designing instruments for macro-prudential regulation