Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World

Welfare Economics

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Associations and Societies

• Association for Social Economics - ASE
• Association for the Study of the Grants Economy - ASGE
• Human Development and Capability Association - HDCA
• International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies - ISQOLS
• International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade (The International Georgist Union)
• Japan Society of Household Economics - JSHE
• Mother's Service Society
• Political and Ethical Knowledge on Economic Acivities Research Programme - PEKEA
• Society for the Study of Social Policy - SSSP
• Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Sozialpolitik
• Verein für Socialpolitik, Sozialwissenschaftlicher Ausschuss
• Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing - WIEGO

Argentina

• Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (School of Economic Sciences), Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) (Center for the Study of Distribution, Labor and Social Affairs)

Australia

• Australian National University, Canberra, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR)
• Balkanu Development Corporation, Cairns
• University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR)

Austria

• European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Wien
• Österreichisches Institut für Familienforschung (ÖIF) (Austrian Institute for Family Studies), Wien

Belgium

• EMES European Research Network, Liège
• Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG) (Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration), Groupe de Recherche en Économie du Bien-Être (GREBE) (Research Group in Welfare Economics)
• Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius te Antwerpen (UFSIA), Antwerpen, Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid (Centre for Social Policy)
• Université Catholique de Louvain, Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires pour la Solidarité et l'Innovation Sociale (CERISIS) (Interdisciplinary Research Center for Solidarity and Social Innovation)
• Université de Liège, Liège, HEC École de Gestion (School of Management), Centre d'Économie Sociale (Social Economy Centre)

Brazil

• United Nations, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (United Nations Development Programme), International Poverty Center (IPC)

Canada

• Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Ottawa
• Canada West Foundation, Calgary
• Canadian Council on Social Development, Ottawa
• Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)
• McMaster University, Hamilton, Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population (IESOP)
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), Ottawa

Denmark

• Handelshøjskolen i Århus (Aarhus School of Business), Aarhus, Centre for Research in Social Integration and Marginalization (CIM)
• Socialforskningsinstituttet (Danish National Centre for Social Research), Kobenhavn

Egypt

• Social Fund for Development, Cairo

France

• Centre de Recherche pour l'Étude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie (CRÉDOC) (Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions)
• Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)), Paris, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS)
• Université de Nantes, Nantes, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion (Faculty of Economics and Business), Centre d'Économie des Besoins Sociaux (Center for the Economics of Social Needs)
• Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, Département de sciences économiques (Department of Economics), Centre de Recherche en Économie Sociale (CRES) (Research Center in Social Economics)
• Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, Département de sciences économiques (Department of Economics), Groupe de Recherche ÉCOnomique et Sociale (GRECOS) (Economic and Social Research Group)
• Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille (Lille 1), Villeneuve d'Ascq, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociologiques (Lille Center for the Study and Research of Economics and Sociology)
• Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), Paris, Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne (Sorbonne Economic Centre), Modélisations Appliquées, Trajectoires Institutionnelles, Stratégies Socio-Économiques (MATISSE) (Applied Modeling, Institutional Trajectories, Socio-Economic Strategies)
• Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX), Paris, Départment d'Économie Appliquée (Department of Applied Economics), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Socioéconomie (IRIS) (Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Socio-Economics)
• Université Paris-Val de Marne (Paris XII), La Varenne - Saint Hilaire, Groupe de Recherche et d'Analyse des Théories, des Institutions et des Conventions Économiques (GRATICE) (Research Group on the Analysis of Economic Theories, Institutions and Conventions)
• Université Pierre Mendès France (Grenoble 2 Sciences Sociales), Grenoble, Faculté de sciences économiques (Faculty of Economics), Pôle d'Études des Politiques Sociales et Économiques (PEPSE) (Economic and Social Research Team)

Germany

• Deutsches Institut für Altersvorsorge (DIA) (German Institute for Retirement Provision), Münster
• DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)), Berlin, Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) (German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP))
• Hans Böckler Stiftung (Hans Böckler Foundation), Düsseldorf, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (Economic and Social Institute)
• Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) (Institute for Employment Research), Nürnberg
• Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) (Institute for Employment Research), Nürnberg, Forschungsdatenzentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency)
• Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Volkswirtschaftslehre (Department of Economics), Graduiertenkolleg "Märkte und Sozialräume in Europa" (Markets and Social Systems in Europe)
• Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Volkswirtschaftslehre (Department of Economics), Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Sozialpolitik (Chair in Social Policy)
• Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Faculty of Economics and Social Studies), Alfred-Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften (Alfred Weber Institute for Social Policy and Political Economy)
• Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Faculty of Economics and Social Studies), Alfred-Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften (Alfred Weber Institute for Social Policy and Political Economy), Forschungszentrum für Umweltökonomik (Research Centre for Environmental Economics)
• Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Faculty of Economics and Social Studies), Alfred-Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften (Alfred Weber Institute for Social Policy and Political Economy), Institut für internationale vergleichende Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik (Institute for International Comparisons of Economic and Social Statistics)
• Universität Bremen, Bremen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Economics and Management Area), Institut für Institutionelle und Sozial-Ökonomie (iiso) (Institute for Institutional and Social Economics)
• Universität Bremen, Bremen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Economics and Management Area), Institut für Sozialökonomische Handlungsforschung (Social Economic Action Research Institute (SEARI))
• Universität Bremen, Bremen, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik (Centre for Social Policy Research)
• Universität Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Institut für Haushalts- und Konsumökonomik (Institute for Household and Consumer Economics)
• Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research)
• Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Mannheimer Forschungsinstitut Ökonomie und Demographischer Wandel (Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA))
• Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg

India

• Centre for Environment, Social and Economic Research (CESER), Roorkee

Indonesia

• SMERU Research Institute

Iran

• Social Security Research Institute (SSRI), Tehran

Ireland

• European Community, Dublin, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Italy

• Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Centre for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies (CeRP)
• Fondazione Rodolfo DEBENEDETTI (fRDB), Milano
• Inter-Agency Research Cooperation Project: Understanding Children's Work and Its Impact (UCW), Roma
• Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (Institute for Social Research), Milano
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (UNICEF IRC), Firenze
• Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Dipartimento di Studi del Lavoro e del Welfare (Department of Labor Studies)

Japan

• Economic Policy Institute for Quality Life
• Research Forum on Socio-Economic Policy
• University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences

Luxembourg

• Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies / International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development (CEPS/INSTEAD), Differdange
• Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

Netherlands

• Government of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP) (Social and Cultural Planning Office)
• Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NetSPAR), Tilburg
• Stichting Interuniversitair instituut voor sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek (SISWO) (Netherlands Institute for the Social Sciences), Amsterdam
• Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant), Tilburg, Tilburg Institute for Social and Socio-Economic Research (TISSER)
• Vrije Universiteit (VU University Amsterdam), Amsterdam, Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM)

Norway

• Universitetet i Bergen (University of Bergen), Bergen, Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
• Universitetet i Bergen (University of Bergen), Bergen, Institutt for Økonomi (Department of Economics), Gruppe for trygdeøkonomi (Centre for Economic Studies in Social Insurance)

Pakistan

• Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi

Peru

• Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Development Analysis Group), Lima

Poland

• Instytut Pracy i Spraw Socjalnych (IPISS) (Institute of Labour and Social Affairs), Warszawa

Romania

• Academia Romana, Bucureşti, Institutul National de Cercetari Economice (National Institute of Economic Research), Institutul de Cercetare a Calitatii Vietii (Research Institute for Quality of Life)

Russia

• Omsk State University, Omsk, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Labor Sociology

South Korea

• International Politics & Economy Center of Korea (IPECK)
• Seoul National University, Seoul, Institute for Social Development and Policy Research

Spain

• Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo Social y Paz (IUDESP) (Institut for the Social Development and Peace)
• Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Facultat d'Económiques (Faculty of Economics), Centre de Recerca en Economia del Benestar (CREB) (Research Center in Welfare Economics)

Sweden

• Ratioinstitutet (Ratio Institute), Stockholm

Switzerland

• United Nations, Genève, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
• Universität Zürich, Zürich, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät (Faculty of Economics), Sozial-Oekonomisches Institut (Socioeconomic Institute)

United Kingdom

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
• Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)
• University of Bristol, Bristol, Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
• University of Essex, Colchester, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• University of Essex, Colchester, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change
• University of Essex, Colchester, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences (ECASS)
• University of Essex, Colchester, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences (ECASS)
• University of London, London, Birkbeck College, Pensions Institute
• University of London, London, London School of Economics (LSE), Department of Social Policy
• University of Sussex, Brighton, Poverty Research Unit

United States: District of Columbia

• Brookings Institution, Washington, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
• Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ), Washington
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington
• National Academy of Sciences, Washington, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
• National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), Washington
• National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Washington

United States: Florida

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy

United States: Illinois

• Northwestern University, Evanston, Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Center on Demography and Economics of Aging (CoA)
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Center for Population Economics
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Population Research Center

United States: Massachusetts

• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Center for Retirement Research (CRR)
• E. F. Schumacher Society, Great Barrington
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Kennedy School of Government, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy

United States: Michigan

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, National Poverty Center (NPC)
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Institute for Social Research (ISR)

United States: New Jersey

• Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton
• Princeton University, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing

United States: New York

• MDRC, Ney York City

United States: Ohio

• Miami University, Oxford, Center for Pension and Retirement Research

United States: Pennsylvania

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wharton School, Pension Research Council

United States: Texas

• University of Texas-Austin, Austin, University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP)

United States: Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty

Uruguay

• Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (CLAEH) (Latin American Center for a Human Economy), Montevideo