Topics: - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government, - Publicly Provided Goods • Optimal Taxation • Redistributive Effects, - Asymmetric and Private Information • Economics of Public-Private Contracts • Mechanism Design, - Public Policy Evaluations • Econometrics of Games and...

Topics: - Globalization (Sharing globalization benefits and compensate the losers; Demographic Changes, social inclusiveness and migration; Protectionism and welfare in a globalized world; Declining labor shares and technological change; Skills polarization and wages), - Trade (Trade and...

We welcome submissions on all population issues (e.g. population and health, migration, families and the welfare state; population and economic development/institutions, well-being, etc.). We particularly encourage submissions that take a life course perspective and/or address social...

The Conference consists of three thematic sessions and one session including free contributions. The thematic sessions will be introduced by invited lectures, followed by the presentation of selected papers. - 1st thematic session: A New Regional Geography of Europe? The Labour Market Impact of...

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for Ph.D. students and young researchers who are working in the fields of international economics and development. This year it will focus on the main analytical and empirical approaches to the study of the impact of international...

Topics: 1. Post enlargement (2004/2007) migration to the EU (new directions, forms, interactions and processes); 2. The role of migrants and networks for the continuation of flows (link to Eurolinks); 3. Irregular migration; 4. The future and effectiveness of control.