Die internationale Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Promovierenden der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (WT) wird sich widmen folgenden Fragen: - Verändern sich menschliche Gesellschaften nicht kontinuierlich und beschreibt Transformation nicht vielmehr einen Dauer- als einen Ausnahmezustand? - Gibt es...

The submission of papers in the following areas is particularly encouraged: - Conditions and effects of green growth vs. de-growth, capitalism without growth; - Globalisation and impact of catching up of the global South; - Macroeconomic modelling and empirics of socio-ecological transition; -...

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

We welcome economic or econometric contributions on the following and related issues: - National safety as a public good - Strategic behavior and credible commitments (initiated by Thomas Schelling) - The theory of conflicts (initiated by Gordon Tullock, Jack Hirshleifer and Kai Konrad) - Theory...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together CESifo members to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo Research Network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the domains of...

Auf der Fachtagung werden Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt, die die deutsche Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik aus einer internationalen Perspektive kritisch beleuchten. Ziel ist es, über eine Bestandsaufnahme hinauszugehen und Gestaltungsansätze für eine lebenslauforientierte Politik mit...

Papers from economists and researches from other disciplines working on issues of language policy are solicited. The following is a non-exhaustive list of possible specific themes of individual contributions: - languages and economic efficiency (e.g. languages in the labor market, language as a...

Among the main questions to be addressed are: - Financing new infrastructures in the international debt and post-financial crisis era - Global comparison of different infrastructure roll-out and maintenance approaches including historical analysis - Analysing regulatory barriers to collaboration...

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together CESifo members to present and dis-cuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo Research Network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the domains of...