The purpose of the workshop is to identify policies and reforms that may suitably support the recovery from the crisis, also through empirical characterization of how institutional factors and past reforms have shaped country-specific crisis experiences.

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...

Mit der Frage, welche Lehren aus der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise zu ziehen sind, beschäftigt sich eine internationale Konferenz des Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA). Experten aus den USA und Europa werden vom 13. bis 15. Dezember 2012 an der Universität Heidelberg...

We invite the submission of theoretical, computational and empirical work for the SEEK Workshop on "Non-Linear Economic Modelling: Theory and Applications". Presentations that consider relations between the financial sector and economic dynamics are particularly welcome. The objective of the...

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...

The workshop aims to gather the most recent research concerning advances in the measurement of expectations, empirical testing of expectation formation process, especially the degree of their forward-lookingness, as well as the relevance of direct measures of expectations and empirical...

Zu Beginn der Wirtschaftskrisen wurde kurz die Forderung laut, die gängigen Erklärungsmuster zur Wirkungsweise von Märkten grundlegend zu überdenken. Offensichtlich barg die Krise die Chance, einen Paradigmenwechsel einzuleiten, der zu einem realistischeren Abbild des Wirtschaftsgeschehens...

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...

This is an intensive week-long event, which comprises a series of lectures and practical sessions. The sessions will cover: • the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium paradigm; • solution and control methods for linear rational-expectations models; • estimation and calibration...

Der zweitägige Workshop soll ein Forum für den Austausch und die Diskussion von aktuellen Forschungs-ergebnissen aus dem Bereich der Makroökonomik bieten und gleichzeitig zur besseren Vernetzung der Konjunkturforschung beitragen. Willkommen sind Vortragsangebote aus allen Teilgebie-ten der...