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Seminars in Economics Axel Borsch Supan (Munich Center for the Economics of Aging)

"Human errors and pension reform" abstract The talk will discuss the microeconomic, macroeconomic and public policy implications when many households make mistakes due to myopia, procrastination and/or mispredictions. I will start with the motivation and background for this topic: aging and the general strategy of pension reforms in Europe, including more saving for old-age in…

Seminars in Politics and Society Hadas Mandel (Tel Aviv University)

"Cross-Country Comparison of Individual and Structural Aspects of Gender Inequality" abstract The comparative research of long-term trends largely neglects structural mechanisms of gender inequality, i.e. the gender bias in which jobs and activities are evaluated and rewarded. I argue that as more women become integrated in positions of power, the stronger the role of structural…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Einar Rasmussen (Nord University Business School)

"The economic, social, and environmental impacts of science-based new firms" at Department of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis, Seminar Room Abstract The creation of university spin-off firms is seen as an important mechanism for generating economic and societal impacts from universities and for the transfer of university knowledge into application in society. The…