TOPIC: The emergence of social preferences.

We welcome empirical papers about any aspect of inequality in economic outcomes (household income, consumption, wealth, earnings, employment) in developed societies, and papers that assess how welfare states are responding, or might respond.

The workshop is for PhD students and other researchers using lab-in-the field experiments in developing countries, with an interest in, but not limited to, social preferences. Presentations by expert academics with strong field experience discuss the why and how of lab-in-the field experiments,...

The ESRC and British Academy (BA) are co-hosting a unique scoping workshop designed to explore issues around sustainable prosperity. This interactive event aims to bring a diverse range of people and perspectives together to discuss novel ideas and fresh approaches to the issue of building an...

This doctoral workshop invites papers dealing theoretically, conceptually and empirically with such pressures and with the ever shifting boundary between the public and the private in contemporary European societies. Papers might explore questions such as: - Business and welfare - State...

The aim of this Ph.d. workshop is to illuminate what the “post-crisis post-Lisbon” period comprises in terms of economic and then social policy development. A brief retrospective analysis of European governance transformation, since 1999, points out the spillover from monetary and financial...

This workshop aims to bring together a small group of researchers interested in the determinants and implications of prosocial behaviour. Both theoretical contributions as well as empirical papers using experimental or field data are welcome. The goal is to disseminate recent findings and foster...

The workshop will provide: - Background information on the theoretical basis for, & application of, DCEs. - Hands-on experience in DCE design, and a practical guide to data input, data analysis, and the interpretation of DCE results. - An overview of methodological issues and recent developments...

The purpose of this Ph.d.-course is to shed light on the concept and measurements of welfare. The course focuses on the following questions: Has the transition from the industrial to the post-industrial society changed our ideas and conceptions about welfare? What is the relationship between...

The objective of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring experts from different social sciences and policy backgrounds to discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of this second approach to poverty persistence.