INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN INCOME AND WEALTH.

The article explores issues concerning the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW). The twenty-ninth general conference of the association will be held in Joensuu, Finland on August 20-26, 2006. There will be six Submitted Papers Sessions, and the Conference Program Committee will make coherent sessions from selected papers that do not fit within the purview of the Main sessions. The association's revenue is derived primarily from sales of its journal "The Review of Income and Wealth" and from Institutional and Individual Members. Expenses are connected mainly with publication of the journal and the biennial and special conferences. The number of Individual Members has remained steady but revenues increased in 2003 due to more timely payments. The revenues received from Blackwell, the IARIW publisher, have increased from 2002 despite a very competitive market and budgetary constraints faced by libraries and corporate buyers of journals. This has been accomplished by tight spending controls on editorial and production costs and aggressive marketing. IARIW Institutional Members have responded positively to the campaign undertaken in 2003 to solicit increased contributions.