2 June 2026
N. Meltem Daysal will give keynote talk at the 2026 Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO)
The Lecture is entitled The Economics of Mental Health
SEHO aims to promote the field of Household Economics, which encompasses all decisions made by households at both the micro-economic and macroeconomic level (Grossbard, 2015). It includes health, nutrition, eldercare, and risky behaviors; fertility, childcare, and household production of human capital; domestic violence and well-being of persons living in households; gender; consumption, savings and wealth accumulation; labor supply and other time uses; household formation (including marriage, cohabitation) and dissolution for heterosexuals and same-sex partners; household finances; migration; and intergenerational transfers.
The 1st annual Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) was held in San Diego, California, USA in 2017; the 2nd Meeting in Paris, in 2018; the 3d Meeting in Lisbon, in 2019; the 4th Meeting in Venice, in 2020, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic; the 5th Meeting was held in Boston, in 2021; the 6th Meeting in London, in 2022; the 7th Meeting in Copenhagen in 2023; the 8th meeting was held in Singapore in 2024; the 9th meeting was held in Zaragoza in 2025; the 10th meeting will be held in Pavia in 2026.
SEHO organizes an AEA ASSA session each year starting from 3-5 January 2025 in San Francisco, and continuing with: 3-5 January 2026 in Philadelphia.
You can read more about the conference here