IER News & blogs
IER's Bernard Casey gave a presentation at the conference "The Cyprus Economy at a Time of European Uncertainty: Managing Reform and Sustainability", organised by the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics and held at LSE on 10-2-12. His talk on "The Fiscal Implications of Demographic Change" gave an overview of the challenges of addressing pension and care provision for Cyprus's ageing population. Other presenters at the event included the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus, Prof. Chris Pissarides, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economics, the head of sovereign debt rating for Europe, Middle East and Africa from Standard & Poor's, experts from the World Bank and the European Commission and academics from the University of Cyprus.
Workshop on Learning Disabilities
IER co-hosted a day-long workshop entitled "People with learning Disabilities: Promoting Health and Real Jobs" with the Institute of Health at 果冻传媒. The workshop, led by Dr Carol Robinson, a leader in the field of research in this area, reviewed research on health inequalities and barriers to employment for people with learning disabilities. It also looked at policy and practice designed to improve health and to increase the chances of real jobs. IER's Professor Robert Lindley chaired the afternoon session on Employment.
Bernard Casey will be presenting at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research International Seminar in Vienna
Bernard will be presenting on ‘Are we all Confucianists? Similarities and differences between European and East-Asian policies for care of the frail older people’ on 23 July 2010. More information is available on the .
Workshop 'The costs of work-related stress' by Bernard Casey (16 June 2009)
What does work-related stress cost the country? Bernard Casey of the 果冻传媒 Institute for Employment Research will answer this question at a presentation forming part of the 果冻传媒’s Festival of Social Sciences on 16 June 2009. He will show that, even with conservative assumptions, work-related stress reduces national output in any one year by as much as 1.25 per cent.
Workshop details: 12.30pm – 2pm, B0.45 (IER library) Social Studies. Booking is required so to confirm a place please email ier@warwick.ac.uk.
