In person event; Levelling Up was the right idea but has been a policy failure. The large and persistent disparities between UK regions show little sign of narrowing. Using data and analysis from our new dashboard and index, this event presents new findings and policy recommendations on how to...

The 2022 Conference focusses on Fair and Decent Work in the Global Economy? The conference welcomes papers on any aspect of labour processes, labour markets, labour organising and labour reproduction. Illustrative examples of topics include: - Labour process and other critical theories of labour...

STEG research themes: - Data and measurement related to structural transformation - Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy - Labour, home production, and structural transformation - Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps - Trade and spatial frictions - Political economy 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...

The conference aims to create a forum for discussion on issues related to the recent patterns of firms’ activity, the organization of production and firm’s financing, as well as their determinants, consequences and implications for policymaking. This year’s conference particularly welcomes...

The world is facing a concurrence of crises: the war in Ukraine and the ongoing recovery from COVID-19 on top of the effects of climate change. While differing very much in nature, these crises all have a decisive effect on economic and monetary policy. With our conference, we seek to develop a...

Welche Auswirkungen hat Digitalisierung auf Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Arbeitswelt? Welche Rolle spielen dabei Geschlechterstereotype? Welche Zusammenhänge und Wahrnehmungen zeigen sich dazu bei Jugendlichen, in der Berufsorientierung und in der betrieblichen Praxis unterschiedlicher...

The pandemic, the crisis in many geopolitically diverse areas and the resulting migration flows, environmental and economic changes extend the range of social challenges to be faced by welfare states. We can observe several paths of change and adaptations that differ across countries,...

The theme of the 9th Toulouse Economics and Biology worshop is “Production and Sharing”. As a species, Homo sapiens stands out as somewhat of an oddity due to the sharp division of labor across sexes and ages. Moreover, this division of labor is accompanied by extensive sharing of resources...

The seminar is open to contributions in the fi eld of the economics, sociology and demography of pensions and ageing, covering the following themes: - the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the various aspects of pensions and ageing; - economic and demographic cycles, public transfers and...