IARIW Major Objectives
- To advance education and knowledge in the general area of income and wealth by organizing conferences, by circulating scholarly papers accessible to the general public through the Association's website, and by publishing a quarterly journal which contains research on economics and statistics.
- To carry out its said objects and purposes in the following fields of interest: the definition, measurement, and analysis of national income and wealth; the distribution of income and wealth, and poverty; the development of systems of economic and social accounting and their use for economic policy; international comparisons; and other related economic and statistical matters.
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Announcements & Recent Releases
- Nominations are Open for New Members of the IARIW Council
Three positions on the IARIW Council become vacant in August 2012. The call for nominations is posted here. The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2012. An email ballot will be distributed to members shortly thereafter.
- Pre-conference Training Sessions at the General Conference
The IARIW will be conducting two two-day training or professional development sessions on August 4-5 immediately preceding the General Conference. One training session is on topics in national accounting, taught by Peter van de Ven, Head of National Accounts at the OECD. This training session is intended for professional economists in government agencies, central banks and academia who regularly need to deal with and understand national accounts. The second training session is on price measurement issues, taught by Erwin Diewert from the University of British Columbia. Enrollment in each session will be limited to 20 participants.
There is no charge for the course for either IARIW individual members or employees of IARIW institutional members. Details on both sessions are posted here. The registration form is available here. The deadline for registration is June 30, 2012.
- The deadline for submissions for the 2012 Ruggles Prize is May 31, 2012. Details on the Prize are available here.
- The 32nd IARIW General Conference will take place August 5-11, 2012 in Boston, USA.
The preliminary programme is now available.The Conference website is now available.
- The Executive Director posted an update of a number of issues related to the Association on April 13, 2012. The update is available here.
- The Executive Director posted an update on recent IARIW activities on February 8, 2012. The update is available here.
- Passing of Joachim Frick
It is will great sadness that the IARIW announces the passing of Joachim R. Frick from DIW Berlin on December 16, 2011 at the young age of 49. The Association extends its sincerest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Joachim was a member of the IARIW Council. He was instrumental in the development of the pioneering German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
An obituary prepared by his close colleagues and co-authors Conchita D’Ambrosio and Markus Grabka is posted here and will be published in the March 2012 issue of the Review of Income and Wealth.
- The 2011 IARIW-OECD Conference on Economic Insecurity took place November 22-23, 2011 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. The final programme is now available.
- The 2011 IARIW-SSA Conference on Measuring National Income, Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality in African Countries, took place in Cape Town, South Africa, September 28 - October 1, 2011
- Final programme
- Conference website, hosted by Statistics South Africa.
- Several website services are available:
- Online Payment of Membership Fees;
- Online Membership Application and Information Update Form.
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