APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education. APPAM promotes its mission through the following activities: - A multidisciplinary annual research conference that attracts the highest quality research on a wide variety of...

Conference Theme: Advancing Policy Research with Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Public policy as a field is inherently cross-disciplinary, and some of the best policy research engages perspectives from sociology, political science, psychology, economics, history, education, law, public health,...

We are happy to announce that we are moving the conference from November 11 - 13, 2021 to March 27 - 2​9, 2022 at the JW Marriott in Austin, TX. Conference Theme: The Power of Inclusion: Incorporating Diverse Voices in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Traditionally, public policy...

With this conference we have the ambition to highlight the challenges that new forms of work generate for traditional social security systems. The conference is planned to take place on-site, but this also depends on the COVID-19 related health concerns at that time.

Family structures in all industrial and post-industrial societies are changing rapidly, as is the economic security that is granted or can be granted within families. Social security systems are challenged to react to these changes, for they shape current developments and also set the course for...

Sustainability is often referred to as a major objective to be respected by social policy makers. Yet, what is to be understood by this principle? Is there something as a common understanding of the principle of sustainability, valid across various disciplines, in a cross-national setting and...

The conference is aimed at bringing together academics, policy makers, social security administrators and client representatives. It has an outspoken ambition to present research from multiple disciplines, thereby contributing towards a more global understanding of the devolution and...

The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and medical insurance. A large and increasing fraction of government budgets are allocated to these programmes. Their design varies...

This workshop invites empirical and theoretical contributions to this topic from all areas of labour economics and related fields such as the economics of education, industrial economics, health economics, international economics, or public finance. Micro- and macroeconomic papers are welcome.

Contributions on the econometric evaluation of policies fighting social exclusion are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is: - Policies for long-term unemployed and welfare recipients - Econometric methods of evaluation - Rehabilitation policies - Policies for socially excluded and...