The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the leading experts in economics and political science to meet and to exchange ideas and research results about redistribution.

Programm: - Stefan Bach, Martin Beznoska, Viktor Steiner (DIW and FU Berlin) "Distributional Effects of Indirect/Direct Tax Reforms“ - Rolf Aaberge “The Distributional Impact of Public Services in European Countries” - Andre Decoster „How much inequality can we explain? The role of...

The workshop offers an introduction to the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The SOEP is a survey of the population of Germany that has been conducted annually since 1984 and addresses topics such as household composition, employment and family biography, income trajectories, health, education, life...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Labor Markets and Distribution - Giuseppe Bertola (EDHEC Business School) The course studies how the structure of labor markets determines employment and unemployment outcomes and, together...

EU-LFS and EU-SILC are the most important official microdata for comparative social research in Europe. An increasing number of researchers use these data for a wide range of economic and social analyses. Topics addressed include e.g. the impact of the crisis on employment and unemployment,...

Topics: - Household saving, consumption and liquidity constraints - Homeownership and mortgages - Behavioral aspects of household finance: expectations, preferences and attitudes - Households’ employment histories and saving decisions - Asset allocation over the life-cycle - Household finance...

Steigende Einkommen haben uns in den letzten Jahrzehnten nicht zufriedener gestimmt, so die Diagnose der Glücksforschung. Aber stimmt der Befund? Pointiert rücken die Autoren diesem zu Leibe. Ihre Thesen: Die Glücksmessung ist zu fehleranfällig. Das Glück gibt es nicht – das subjektive...

Die Nutzerkonferenz zu den amtlichen Haushaltsstatistiken Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe und Mikrozensus widmet sich der Analyse der Sozialstruktur sowie des Einkommens und Verbrauchs in Deutschland. Forschungsergebnisse, die auf Basis der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe und des...

The central theme of the conference will be the consequences of and the lessons to be learnt from the economic and political rise of new global actors, including countries like China and India. The resulting power shifts and the strengthening of interactions between developing countries have...

We invite social scientists to contribute to the conference. Papers should focus on one of the following topics regarding social stratification: - Early childhood and pre-school education - General secondary and tertiary education - Vocational education and lifelong learning - Labour markets and...