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15JAN 2025
Master
Preliminary Meeting for Master Seminar “Economics of Social Policy”
The preliminary meeting for the Master-Seminar “Economics of Social Policy” on the topic of Health Insurance and Labor Supply in Summer Semester 2025 will be held on February 3, 2025 at 4:45 pm (ca. 1 hour) at Findelgasse 7/9, Room FG 1.036. Registration via StudOn (with preferred topic) occurs already in the prior winter semester after […]
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13DEC 2024
Affordable Housing
Housing Cooperatives: Affordable rents in tight markets
What can be done about the significant increase in rents on the tight housing markets in Germany? One way is to better support housing cooperatives. The analysis of surveys among housing cooperatives and the 2011 and 2022 census show that although housing cooperatives are also significantly affected by general market trends such as rising costs, […]
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27NOV 2024
Affordable Housing
“WirtschaftsWoche” interview regarding City Ranking and Affordable Housing
City Ranking 2024: “A lack of affordable housing can put the brakes on mobility” What can municipalities do to attract people and businesses? Economist and head of the Chair of Social Policy at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede, talks about the importance of educational infrastructure, resistance to new industrial parks – and the […]
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07OCT 2024
Alumniverein
NRSE Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Hans Koster (Univ. of Amsterdam)
You are invited to join the Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics (NRSE) on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. The seminar will be held at the FAU WiSo, Lange Gasse 20, Room 0.423. The guest speaker, Prof. Dr. Hans Koster (University of Amsterdam), will be talking about “The Persistence of Urban […]
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03JUN 2024
Allgemein
Study Abroad and Learning Agreements
In order for students to have their academic achievements abroad recognized by the FAU WiSo, a “Learning Agreement” must be concluded with the respective WiSo chair before the study abroad. The procedure for the recognition of courses and the issuing of “Learning Agreements” at the Chair of Economics and Social Policy can be found here. […]
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03JUN 2024
Allgemein
NRSE Lecture by Dr. Christian Zimpelmann
You are invited to join the Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics (NRSE) on June 19, 2024 from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. The seminar will be held at the FAU WiSo, Lange Gasse 20, Room 0.423. The guest speaker Christian Zimpelmann (IZA – Institute of Labor Economics) will be talking about „How Gender Role Attitudes […]
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