From September 27 to 30, 2020, the annual conference of German-speaking economists, the conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik, took place in a virtual format. Each year these meetings have a different focus; this time the main topic was ‘Gender Economics’. The presentations planned initially as plenary lectures dealt with different aspects of the conference core theme. Manual Bagues from Warwick, for example, spoke about gender quotas in science.
An essential part of the annual meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik is the open conference, where this year roughly 400 lectures were given in 140 sessions. The papers to be presented were chosen by a selection committee in a competitive process. This year, almost all Economics Ph.D. students of the IAAEU could report on their work. IAAEU staff members were involved in a total of eight of the studies presented at the annual conference. Including other members of Trier University, therefore, almost 3% of all the analyses presented were prepared in the birthplace of Karl Marx or with the participation of researchers working there. This proportion is all the more impressive as there are a good 100 universities in Germany and traditionally many economists from Austria and Switzerland attend the annual conference, as well.
The lectures given by the IAAEU staff from Trier dealt with a variety of issues, especially in the fields of labour and personnel economics. Alberto Palermo and Laszlo Goerke in collaboration with Marco de Pinto (formerly IAAEU), for example, examined how uncertainty about the productivity of managers affects their employment contracts and what repercussions this has on product markets. Konstantin Homolka presented a paper that was written in cooperation with Adrian Chadi (formerly IAAEU, now University of Konstanz). They analyse whether little lies of team colleagues influence the work motivation of other team members. Gabriel Schultze presented the paper titled "Does Relative Age Make Jack a Dull Student? Evidence from Students’ Schoolwork and Playtime". In this study, written jointly with Luca Fumarco (former visiting researcher at the IAAEU and now Tulane University), the relationship between relative age and the time management of students is analysed. Finally, Sven Hartmann presented a study directly related to the main topic of the annual conference. In “Television and Genderstereotypes“, he explores the extent to which gender stereotypes conveyed on television affect attitudes to marriage, divorce, and family planning. A complete list of all presentations by members of the IAAEU’s economic team can be found here.
Following the respective presentations, the analyses were intensively discussed, and many suggestions and remarks useful for improvement were made. Overall, the annual conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik highlighted the importance of the work of economists based in Trier for research in Germany.
The next annual conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik will take place in Regensburg in 2021. The staff of the IAAEU are working on presenting their results comprehensively at this conference and hope that a trip to the Upper Palatinate will take place.
An essential part of the annual meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik is the open conference, where this year roughly 400 lectures were given in 140 sessions. The papers to be presented were chosen by a selection committee in a competitive process. This year, almost all Economics Ph.D. students of the IAAEU could report on their work. IAAEU staff members were involved in a total of eight of the studies presented at the annual conference. Including other members of Trier University, therefore, almost 3% of all the analyses presented were prepared in the birthplace of Karl Marx or with the participation of researchers working there. This proportion is all the more impressive as there are a good 100 universities in Germany and traditionally many economists from Austria and Switzerland attend the annual conference, as well.
The lectures given by the IAAEU staff from Trier dealt with a variety of issues, especially in the fields of labour and personnel economics. Alberto Palermo and Laszlo Goerke in collaboration with Marco de Pinto (formerly IAAEU), for example, examined how uncertainty about the productivity of managers affects their employment contracts and what repercussions this has on product markets. Konstantin Homolka presented a paper that was written in cooperation with Adrian Chadi (formerly IAAEU, now University of Konstanz). They analyse whether little lies of team colleagues influence the work motivation of other team members. Gabriel Schultze presented the paper titled "Does Relative Age Make Jack a Dull Student? Evidence from Students’ Schoolwork and Playtime". In this study, written jointly with Luca Fumarco (former visiting researcher at the IAAEU and now Tulane University), the relationship between relative age and the time management of students is analysed. Finally, Sven Hartmann presented a study directly related to the main topic of the annual conference. In “Television and Genderstereotypes“, he explores the extent to which gender stereotypes conveyed on television affect attitudes to marriage, divorce, and family planning. A complete list of all presentations by members of the IAAEU’s economic team can be found here.
Following the respective presentations, the analyses were intensively discussed, and many suggestions and remarks useful for improvement were made. Overall, the annual conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik highlighted the importance of the work of economists based in Trier for research in Germany.
The next annual conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik will take place in Regensburg in 2021. The staff of the IAAEU are working on presenting their results comprehensively at this conference and hope that a trip to the Upper Palatinate will take place.
