New: January 14, 2010.

Pre Doctoral research grant. As part of the Research Project "Game Theory, Social Choice" financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, "The "Bilbao Games & Choice Group" offers two pre-doctoral research grants. The candidate will be part of the research group on Game Theory, Social Choice, and Inequality at the faculty of Economics of the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain), where he/she will carry out her/his doctoral project. The candidate will devote all her/his time to research. Candidates with a strong quantitative background will be favoured. Applications will be evaluated by a research committee and ranked on the basis of established scientific criteria. 3-4 years of doctoral grant. The formal application will consist of a CV and a letter of recommendation. If you are interested please contact as soon as possible Casilda Lasso de la Vega (casilda.lassodelavega@ehu.es) and Ana Urrutia (anamarta.urrutia@ehu.es).

New: November 5, 2009.

The III Workshop on Gender Economics sponsored by FEDEA and COSME will take place on May, 27th and 28th, 2010 at FEDEA (C/ Jorge Juan, 46, Madrid, Spain).

The aim of the Workshop is to offer young researchers interested in gender economics a forum for the presentation and discussion of research papers representing current advances in the field. For more details, visit http://www.genderworkshop.com. Submissions for presentation should include an abstract and, when possible, the paper itself in PDF format (one single file, including tables and figures). Preference will be given to submissions that include a complete paper. There is no registration fee for participants. Lunch and dinner will be freely provided. Participants must pay their travel and accommodation expenses.

The submission deadline is April, 3rd 2010. Acceptance decisions will be communicated by the end of April. We particularly encourage graduate students to apply.

Please, send your paper to cosme.aee@gmail.com (the Subject must contain SUBMISSION followed by your name).

New: October 22, 2009.

Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality. Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health. Darmstadt, Germany, 4-6 June 2010

The purpose of this conference is to analyse the relationship between income inequalities and health. It is widely accepted that interpersonal comparisons and relative deprivation are closely related to an individual’s life satisfaction. However, economists have been reluctant to accept claims brought forward in other disciplines that economic inequalities as such have a direct impact on individual health. The conference aims at bringing these two perspectives together and shed some light on how economic modelling can contribute to our understanding of the interplay between income inequalities, life satisfaction, and health. Papers on relevant topics in Microsoft Word or pdf format should be sent before January 31, 2010 to the following address:

Martin Karlsson, karlsson@vwl.tu-darmstadt.de Chair of Applied Econometrics, TU Darmstadt.

Contributions from young researchers are encouraged. Submitted papers should include the following information: Title of the paper;Name(s) of author(s) and institutional affiliation; Mailing address and e-mail of the presenter; Key words related with the subject of the paper. Submitted papers will be assessed and selected by the scientific committee of the conference. Acceptance of papers will be mailed to authors by March 1, 2010. There is no registration fee for the conference. Selected participants will be provided free lodging in the city of Darmstadt. The number of presenters will be limited to 16. Additional information about the conference can be found on www.vwl6.wi.tu-darmstadt.de

New: September 30, 2009.

IZA and the OECD jointly organize a workshop on assessing the impact of the current economic crisis on employment status and incomes at the household level.

Title: Economic Crisis, Rising Unemployment and Policy Responses: What Does It Mean for the Income Distribution?

Organizers: Andreas Peichl (IZA), Herwig Immervoll (OECD and IZA); Place: Paris, France; Date: February 8-9, 2010

Submission Deadline: November 6, 2009

Complete Papers Due: January 22, 2010

The workshop is open to researchers and policy analysts in the field of economics. Planned key contributors to this workshop include Anthony B.Atkinson, David Blanchflower, François Bourguignon and Holly Sutherland.

For a complete description please view the conference page at: http://www.iza.org/conference_files/EcCrRiUnEm2010

The online submission form is available at: http://www.iza.org/conference_files/formApplication?conf_id=1821

New: July 29, 2009.

Proposals for Local Organising Committee and Conference Venue concerning the 4 ECINEQ Bi-Annual Conference, to be held in July 2011

The Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) solicits proposals for the 4th Local Organising Committee and for the Conference Venue for its 4 Bi-Annual Conference, to be held in July 2011. These Guidelines for Applications have the objective of offering the applicants an overview of the administrative, organisational and financial responsibilities they are requested to undertake, and detailed instructions on how to forward their proposals to the ECINEQ Secretariat.

Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 15 November, 2009.

*If you have an announcement/job posting to include in this page, please send it to info@ecineq.org