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Welcome to the homepage of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE). ESPE 2009 will take place in Sevilla (Spain), June 11-13. ESPE 2008 took place at the University College London, June 19 - June 21. see ESPE 2008 congress website: http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/espe2008/ Kuznets Prize for Jinyoung Kim
Jinyoung Kim received the Kuznets Prize for his article "Sex selection and fertility in a dynamic model of conception and abortion", Journal of Population Economics (2005), 18, 041-067. This prize honors the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics during the period 2004-2006. ESPE Celebrates 20th Anniversary During this year’s annual congress of the European Society for Population Economics ESPE President Patricia Apps (University of Sydney and IZA) and President-Elect Barry R. Chiswick (University of Chicago at Illinois and IZA) presented a recognition plaque to ESPE co-founder Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin, University of Bonn, Free University of Berlin) "for his inspiration and leadership in creating the European Society for Population Economics and for 20 years of dedicated guidance to ESPE." Prior to ESPE 2006 the Society’s "founding fathers" Bernard M.S. van Praag (University of Amsterdam), Pierre Pestieau (University of Liège), Gerhard Schmitt-Rink Ruhr University Bochum), Klaus F. Zimmermann and Jo Ritzen (University of Maastricht) got together at IZA to celebrate the Society’s 20th anniversary and discuss the achievements of the past 20 years. The European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) has developed into a highly renowned and internationally influential scientific association. The Journal of Population Economics, established with the help of the Society, has become one of the leading academic journals in economic science worldwide. IZA hosts the internet homepages of ESPE and the Journal of Population Economics www.popecon.org as well as the editorial office of the Journal.
Read more about the ESPE history The European Society for Population Economics was founded in 1986 and was created in order to facilitate communication and exchange between researchers in different European countries, as well as with scientists from other parts of the world. Equal emphasis is given to theoretical and applied research focusing on the role played by human capital and demographic variables in economics. Examples of research topics in population economics are: human capital and labour economics, gender issues, aging and social security, population and economic growth, domestic and international migration, income distribution and redistribution within and between generations, changing age structure and public housing, intrahousehold distribution and intergenerational transfers, population growth and technical progress, or population and the environment. The list is merely illustrative of the scope of ESPE and is by no means exhaustive. These are the most important advantages of your ESPE membership:
A further service of the society is to assist in teaching population economics. We have started therefore to make reading lists, teaching material, etc. publicly available on our web site. Please send all material you think is valuable for the research community to the ESPE office. Imprint and Contact |
