The subject of the conference is "Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy." The Great Recession has brought high levels of long-term unemployment and heightened rates of poverty to the United States. In addition, there has been a long-term trend of increasing inequality, characterized by stagnant...

The subject of the conference is "Insurance Markets and Catastrophe Risk". This conference will highlight research on a range of issues related to insurance markets and catastrophic risks. Suitable themes for the meeting include: - What drives the demand for and supply of physical and protective...

Submissions on any important topic within the field of macroeconomics (including open economy macroeconomics and economic growth) are welcome.

The conference will focus on papers that provide both theoretical and empirical evidence on the of fiscal policy on economic performance, both in the short run and the longer run. To what degree can a fiscal stimulus be used to ease an economic downturn? What are the risks and longer-run costs...

Domestic and international airline markets have gone through drastic changes over the last 30 years due to reduction in government regulation and the evolution of firm strategies, as well as unpredictable cost and demand shocks. Due to these factors, the state of the industry remains quite fluid...

The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of public policies that affect retirement behavior, including Social Security, Medical Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance programs. These programs constitute a large and growing share of government expenditures,...

Workshops will be held on the following subjects: • economics of aging • American economic history • economic fluctuations • financial markets • monetary economics • asset pricing • corporate finance • industrial organization • international studies • economics of...

The theme is security pricing in the presence of illiquidity induced by trading and information frictions. Pertinent topics include short-sale constraints, search for counterparties, and other institutional limits on liquid trading, and the effects of these trading imperfections on asset prices,...

Topics: The Diffusion of Mexican Immigrants in the 1990s: Patterns and Impacts Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans Emigration, Labor Supply, and Earnings in Mexico The Evolution of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Workforce, 1900-2000 Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of...

International integration has advanced over time both in asset markets and goods markets. We are interested in papers which explore the implications for the transmission of shocks and policies between national economies. These might include issues related to financial market institutions,...