Vorzeitig defekte bzw. nicht mehr voll funktionsfähige Produkte sind ein Ärgernis für Verbraucher. Ausgewiesene Experten aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Verbänden werden das vielschichtige Problem der Obsoleszenz aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Disziplinen beleuchten. Ziel des...

The theme for ICAR 2014 is Anti consumption and consumer wellbeing. In the last two decades of the new millennia, we have seen consumer wellbeing affected in two vastly opposing ways. On the one hand, we see an ever increasing conglomeration of corporations, leading to larger, more ubiquitous,...

Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, psychology and sociology) who use the SOEP or the SOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent Files (CNEF) are invited to submit an abstract. We encourage in particular submissions of papers...

Die Veranstaltung richtet sich neben den Mitgliedern der Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) auch an alle anderen Studierenden, Doktoranden und Nachwuchswissenschaftler in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme sind solide Kenntnisse in...

This conference aims to identify the linkages between social stratification and mobility with social policy and welfare states. It looks for questions and answers that lie at the intersection of stratification and policy. For example: Does social policy enable or inhibit social mobility? Do...

The conference theme of 2014 is: “Neuroscience of Cognition, Communication, Economic Decision Making, and Marketing: Innovation through Collaboration” Manuscripts should combine concepts from neuroscience and/or psychology with problems in economics, business, management, marketing, or...

The symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students and young postdoctoral researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, psychology, sociology, public health, geography) to present empirical research in progress - carried out with panel data (especially SOEP data). Each...

Within the general fields of economic growth and economic history, we are looking for papers dealing with, among others, the following topics: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress...

The aim of the conference is to highlight the interdependence between spatial mobilities and family lives. Possible themes include but are not limited to: In the fields of spatial mobility… - Spatial mobility due to job-related reasons - Multilocality of family lives - Cross-border and within...

Die Jahrestagung umfasst einen Kernteil mit eingeladenen Vorträgen zum Thema „Ökonomie der Familie“ und einen offenen Teil mit freien Themen. Referate zur offenen Tagung können aus allen Arbeitsgebieten der Wirtschaftswissenschaften eingereicht werden.