In the aftermath of the crisis, this workshop will focus on employment creation as a means of remedying the strong rises in unemployment seen in some economies. The workshop will pay particular attention to the factors behind, and pre-requisites for, the creation of high quality and high...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

Topics: - The role of debt and leverage in macroeconomic dynamics, determinants of public and private debt sustainability, and the implications of simultaneous public and private deleveraging. - The sustainability of adjustments. - Early warning systems used to detect macroeconomic and fiscal...

This year’s summit will focus on the economic, social and governance aspects of the welfare state systems in Europe. At this occasion the policy briefs and the survey will be debated and presented to high-level politicians and experts. Participation in this event is by invitation only.

The conference will bring together researchers from academia and policy institutions to discuss the reasons why inflation has been persistently low recently in many industrialised countries as well as the design of appropriate macroeconomic policy responses. Topics: - monetary policy at the...

The submission of papers in the following areas is encouraged: - Causes and consequences of stagnation - Comparison of economic performance in different parts of the world - Role of regulatory, fiscal, monetary and labour market policies - Role of inequality, private and public debt and wealth -...

Neben Fachvorträgen zu aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Sozialversicherung sowie einer moderierten Podiumsdiskussion, wird das Symposium die Gelegenheit zu einem fachlichen Austausch rund um die „Sozialversicherungswissenschaft“ bieten.

The Program Committee (see above) invites submissions for a maximum of 20 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches, structural modeling or methodological contributions are of...

Die wissenschaftliche Politikberatung in Deutschland steht in der Kritik. Ökonomischer Rat wird von der Politik zuweilen als unliebsame Einmischung verstanden oder einfach abgetan. Gleichwohl ist wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Expertise notwendig für gute wirtschaftspolitische Entscheidungen und...