SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE LABOUR MARKET IN AN AGEING SOCIETY
An international conference organised by the Foundation for
International Studies of Social Security (FISS)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 12th annual FISS International Research Seminar will take place at
the Sigtunahöjden Conference Centre in Sigtuna, near Stockholm, Sweden,
on 11-13 June 2005.
It will address the following issues:
Can the trends toward early retirement and premature exit from the
labour market be reversed? Should people be encouraged to work beyond
official retirement age and what might be done to persuade them to do
so? To what extent could immigration prevent future labour supply
shortages? Would high levels of immigration improve the dependency ratio
but at the same time undermine public support for current levels of
social protection? Should, and if so could, anything be done to increase
fertility rates? Could more be done to enable carers - people who
provide unpaid care for sick, disabled or elderly people – to combine
their care-giving responsibilities with paid employment?
Papers are invited on any aspect of the general theme of the seminar.
They should be based on research or scholarship and written with an
international audience in mind. Papers that are international in
perspective or based on comparative research are especially welcome.
It is anticipated that a selection of the papers will be included in an
edited volume within the FISS book series ‘International Studies on
Social Security’.
Those wishing to present a paper should submit by email attachment a
title and an abstract (of less than 500 words) in English before 11
February 2005 to the FISS Secretariat at lg11 @york.ac.uk.
FISS is able to offer two Han Emanuel Scholarships covering the
registration fee - accommodation and cost of travel - for full-time PhD
students presenting a paper at the seminar.
Keynote speakers include:
* Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York
* Dr Guy Standing, International Labour Office
* Dr Peter Whiteford, OECD
* Professor Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich
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Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS), SPRU,
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