The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers in household economics. We define household economics as the economic analysis of household decisions, including decisions regarding consumption, labor supply and other uses of time, household formation and dissolution, demand for health...

The conference organizers welcome submissions on any topic related to the general theme of economic behavior and inequality, including but not limited to: - Formation of inequality in various key outcomes and the role of economic behavior; - Role of heterogeneity and biases in behavior and...

Topics: Asset returns and spending; Spending effects of unemployment events; Welfare consequences of social insurance programs; The impact of mortgage refinancing on spending; Validation of new spending measures; Consumption inequality; Spending effects of public policies; Insurance within the...

The 35th General Conference is primarily organized around the following theme sessions: - Globalization and Inclusive Growth - Skills, Employment and Productivity – Measurement Analysis. - Measuring Capital and Wealth - Human Capital and Innovation - Is Productivity Growth Slowing Down? - The...

Topics: Emergence of post-consumerist lifestyles; Impact of the decline in wage labor on consumption practices; Role of behavioral economics and related strategies on consumption routines; Social practices research related to sustainable consumption; Sustainability and the transformation of...

The theme for the ESPAnet 2015 conference is “The lost and new worlds of welfare”. The conference invites proposals for streams and papers that address issues across the full range of comparative welfare state research, from various disciplinary perspectives. Suggestions for Stream Themes -...

Course Description: Changes in risky healthy behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use, and overeating can explain a great deal of the changes in life expectancy worldwide. This PhD course reviews recent research on the causes (e.g., public policies, education shocks, early life interventions,...

The conference theme of 2015 is: "The Next 10 Years: Trends in Neuromarketing, Neuroeconomics, Neurofinance, and Related Disciplines" Manuscripts should combine concepts from neuroscience and/or psychology with problems in economics, marketing, business, management, or finance.

We welcome papers from all fields related to Life Cycle choices, including papers dealing with theoretical and empirical issues relating to topics such as: non-consumption and saving decisions with standard and non-standard preferences, purchases of durable consumption items, housing decisions,...

Topics: Agriculture; Child labor; Children and youth; Culture; Disability; Disadvantaged groups; Economic development; Education; Empowerment strategies; Ethnic studies; Food production and safety; Gender issues; Labor market policies; Literacy; Micro-finance; Minorities; Pension Reforms;...