XXIV Annual Conference
Congress Center South Essen, Germany, June 9-12 2010

The Twenty Fourth Annual Conference of the ESPE will take place on June 9-12, 2010, at Congress Center South Essen, Germany. Essen will be Cultural Capital of Europe 2010. The aim of the Conference is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and results across a range of fields, including the economics of the household, labour economics, public economics, demography, and health economics. Examples of research topics are: human capital investment, gender issues, intrahousehold distribution, aging and social security, taxation, population and economic growth, domestic and international migration, income distribution and redistribution within and between generations, technological change and the environment.

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (University of Linz, Austria) will serve as the program chair and Christoph M. Schmidt and Thomas K. Bauer as the local organizers. The keynote speakers at ESPE2010 will be Alan Manning (London School of Economics) and Maristella Botticini (Torino and Boston University). The presidential address will be given by Tim Hatton (Australian National University and University of Essex).

The conference will provide the opportunity to present papers. Papers and abstracts should be submitted electronically using the on-line submission form. ESPE2010 will also have poster sessions.

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 completed paper. Submissions for posters should include an abstract and if possible a paper. Please indicate on the electronic submission form whether you wish to present a paper or a poster.

The submission deadline is February 1, 2010. Acceptance decisions will be communicated until March 27, 2010. We particularly encourage graduate students to apply. Waivers of the conference registration fee will be provided for 15 graduate students. It is necessary that students apply for the waiver in the on-line submission and that his/her supervisor confirms the student status. Information on conference location, paper submission, registration, and hotel reservations will be available at the conference web page, www.especonferences.org.