The RIDGE forums aim at the spreading of high quality research in economics by bringing together prestigious researchers working on the frontier of knowledge to local and regional researchers and policymakers.

The focus of the 2020Public Economic workshop will be on (but not restricted to): - Taxation and Redistributive Systems; - Optimal Taxation; - Tax Evasion; - Welfare Economics and Normative Economics; - Social Security, Social Insurance and Health Economics; - Development Economics and...

The idea is to create a forum of junior and senior scholars discussing cutting-edge research in economic growth, trade, and economic history dealing with economic development disparities across and within countries. This workshop aims to share and discuss the most recent and innovative...

Over the last few decades we have seen a lot of progress in the sustainability debate and practice. A growing number of companies are taking steps to be more responsible in how they treat their employees, communities and the planet. International organizations and governments are stepping up...

The research clusters bring together ESCB researchers to present their work within the ESCB research community, exchange ideas and foster open discussions. This year the workshop addresses issues related to the Covid crisis, trade, fiscal policy, productivity and labour markets.

Empirical research in economics typically focuses on the unbiased estimation of causal effects. In contrast, statistics and computer science place more value on prediction (especially out-of-sample) and data-driven selection of models and variables. So far, only few studies apply these methods...

The German Socio-Economic Panel Study is a representative panel study for the German population, collecting data on a broad variety of topics of everyday life, including general wellbeing, household composition, educational aspirations and educational status, income and occupational biographies,...

We are inviting papers in any realm of the empirical, micro-level analysis of violent conflict. As every year, we have a special theme for the workshop. In particular, we are inviting empirical, micro-level papers that shed a light on the nexus between pandemics, social unrest and violent...

AHEW provides a forum to discuss the use of econometric and other quantitative methods to address issues in health economics and policy, health services research, and outcomes research. It is the first meeting of its kind in North America and will facilitate the exchange of ideas among the...

The GESIS Methods Seminar 2020 will be moved online! Stay tuned for exact dates and an updated detailed schedule of our first virtual methods seminar. Es werden in drei deutschsprachigen Seminaren praxisnahe Einführungen in die uni- und bivariate Statistik und in unterschiedliche...