The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting childbearing and family processes around the globe. First studies have documented changes in couples’ fertility plans and work division within the household, or predict fertility declines in high-income countries based on now-casting methods. Yet, the...

The Annual Conference 2021 will be held as a virtual conference. The Annual Conference of the Verein fuer Socialpolitik consists of an Open Meeting with mixed topics and of a core conference with invited lectures concerning “Climate Economics”. Presentations and Organised Sessions for the...

Topics: Labor market inequality; Family relations; Gender inequality; Cognitive and noncognitive skills; Educational inequality; Work-life interferences; Well-being; Civic and democratic participation. Research on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly welcome.

The focus in 2021 will be on gender economics and centered around the theme of this year’s UN International Women’s Day: "Women in Leadership". We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers that focus on: - Executive women in the private and public sector - Women in...

The aim of this workshop is to host presentation and foster interaction between female researchers working in the areas of microeconomics and applied microeconomics/-econometrics. For this inaugural workshop, we particularly invite submissions by female researchers in the following areas, but...

Während die lokalen und globalen Frauenbewegungen schon seit vielen Jahrzehnten um Anerkennung für Care-Arbeit kämpfen, etwa wenn sie die schlechte Bezahlung und die belastenden Arbeitsbedingungen in den von Frauen dominierten Sozial- und Pflegeberufen kritisieren, hat die Pandemie das Thema...

Topics: Financial markets , Gender. The aim is to bring together female academic researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange ideas in the field of Macroeconomics, Finance, and Economic History. We invite contributions, including, but not limited to macroeconomic and financial...

Diverging demographic developments in Europe and in developing countries create a potential for huge mutual gains from migration. At the same time, the immigration of low-skilled workers and emigration of high-skilled workers pose a challenge to the European social model. How can receiving...

This conference aims to cover several important dimensions of workforce heterogeneity (nationality, cultural background, skill and occupational dimensions, gender, and age structure), high-lighted from various perspectives and disciplines. The focus will be on the impact of diversity on...

Papers/presentations/symposia and posters should fall within the following thematic areas: - Societal wellbeing - Attitudes to the Welfare state - Immigration - Political participation and Action - Social Exclusion - Balancing Public and Private social spheres - Democracy - Social and...