The conference theme, ENVISIONING FEMINIST ECONOMICS STRATEGIES FOR AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD, will explore a “world defined by the principles of feminist economics.” The 2023 conference theme recognizes the contributions that feminist economists have made to developing and...

Die nächste Jahrestagung der DGD findet vom 15.3.2023 um 13 Uhr bis zum 17.3.2023 um 13 Uhr an der Universität Koblenz zum Themenbereich Demographie, Region und Nachhaltigkeit statt. Die Tagung wird hybrid durchgeführt, Tagungssprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch.

Featuring: Gunseli Berik (University of Utah) Astrid Kunze (Norwegian School of Economics) Yana Rodgers (Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences)

SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information on the dynamics of income, employment, household composition, and government program participation. It offers a rich variety of information, allowing for examinations of: - Adult and child...

We evaluate the impact of loan-to-value restrictions on household financial vulnerability. Using Norwegian tax data, we first document a beneficial leverage effect, in which households respond to the regulation by reducing house purchase probabilities, debt and interest expenses. Second, we...

This will feature research from a wide range of disciplines and approaches on the topic of consumer finance. Topics include, but are not limited to: competition and market power in the financial sector; technological innovation in financial markets and consumer impacts, including the use of big...

This paper investigates how monetary expansion affects household consumption and savings through household debts. Using monetary policy cuts in China in the end of 2008 as an experiment, we find that the resulted increase in indebted households’ disposable income leads to increasing...

This paper develops a new class of poverty and inequality measures we call common prosperity. This measure complements existing classes of measures and allows decomposition across income sources or components of consumption expenditure. This framework enables us to study the trade-off between...

Topics: - Women's Political Participation and Leadership ; - Women and Civil Society Policies (Feminist movements, NGOs) ; - Women and Employment (Equal pay, rights) ; - Women's Human Rights and Global Conventions (CEDAW, Beijing Declaration, Istanbul Convention) ; - Education of Girls and...

The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2022 aims to bring together researchers from around the world, focusing on demography and climate change from diverse perspectives, including - but not limited - to demography, economics, sociology, environmental sciences and geography. Contributions with a...