Programmpunkte am GIGA: - "Obamas neue Welt – Globale Wirtschaft und Politik im Umbruch?" - "Der Nahe Osten als Herausforderung für Barack Obama" - "Obamas Afrikapolitik: Neue Substanz oder nur neuer Stil?" - "Die Lateinamerika-Politik der Regierung Obama: Ein Neuanfang in den Amerikas?" -...

The scientific committee encourages theoretical and policy-oriented, but in particular empirical contributions using process-produced data, survey evidence, qualitative material or experiments, focusing on the timing and sequencing of educational activities in the adult life course, decision...

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting proposals for papers examining the links between trade and regional disparities along the macroeconomic, microeconomic, and institutional-legal dimensions.

For the third time the research network “Non-Cognitive Skills: Acquisition and Economic Consequences” which is funded by the Leibniz Association within the “Pakt für Forschung und Innovation DBBI” is pleased to announce a conference on “Non-Cognitive Skills”. The network consists of...

The transformation of Europe since the collapse of the Berlin Wall has been phenomenal. Europe is rapidly becoming ‘whole’ again. Great strides are made in the economic and political spheres, in particular through the expansion of the European Union (EU) into the former socialist countries....

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies

The Global Economic Symposium (GES) aims to provide a new collaborative setting to analyze the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. GES Themes: - Preserving our Natural Capital - Renewing...

Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin) This course will study international macroeconomic integration and the implications for monetary and exchange rate policies. It will balance both empirical studies and theory. Recommended readings are marked below with a ‘*’. There are nine sections of...

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

Der Workshop dient dem Austausch zwischen derzeit laufenden und wissenschaftlich einschlägigen Forschungsprojekten zu berufs-(ausbildungs)vorbereitenden und ausbildungsergänzenden Angeboten in Deutschland: - Bestandsaufnahme der derzeit laufenden Forschungsarbeiten zu...