Commissioned by: European Commission, Framework Programme
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands
The Sustainable Careers for Researcher Empowerment (SECURE) project will develop coordination and support measures to create,
trial, implement, and mainstream a common Research Career Framework (RCF) that offers a suite of options to support organisations
in the recruitment, employment, training, development, progression, and mobility of researchers with the aim of improving
research careers and reducing career precarity. The RCF will recognise the research profession across sectors, provide a career
development and progression structure for research careers, recognise both research and transferable skills and competences,
facilitate intersectoral collaboration and mobility, and offer solutions to the precariousness of research careers in academia.
Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Das zweijährige Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum wird 2023/24 zum zweiten Mal vom Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort
(BMDW) gemeinsam mit dem Kompetenzzentrum "Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft" (FIW) und der Verwaltungsakademie
des Bundes (VAB) durchgeführt. Innerhalb von zwei Jahren finden wieder elf Seminare, konkret fünf Basisseminare (B1 bis B5)
und sechs Wahlseminare (W1 bis W6), statt. Teilnehmende erhalten nach der Anmeldung zum Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum (dies
ist auch nachträglich möglich) und dem Besuch von fünf Basisseminaren und mindestens drei Wahlseminaren eine Teilnahmebestätigung
des FIW. Der Besuch einzelner Seminare ist auch ohne Teilnahme am Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum möglich.
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Hertie School gGmbH – Queen Mary University of London – German Institute for Economic Research
Commissioned by: European Parliament
The European Central Bank (ECB) is independent in the conduct of monetary policy. However, it is accountable to the Committee
on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. This is implemented via the "Monetary Dialogue". Every three
months, the President of the ECB or, occasionally, another member of the ECB's Executive Board appears before the Committee
to report on monetary policy and answer questions from Members of Parliament, who are informed in advance by experts. WIFO
is part of a consortium of institutes that provides the Committee with independent expert advice on monetary and economic
policy for the period 2020-2024.
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Masaryk University Brno
Supported by: Austrian Science Fund
This project uses the rich historic experience of repeated large-scale and unexpected economic (dis-)integrations at the Austrian-Czech
border to test the predictions of economic geography models of regional development. In particular we analyse the impact of
these dis-integration events on regional development: first, in both Austria and the Czech Republic so that we focus on two
countries which for a substantial part of the period analysed were characterised by rather different political regimes and
huge differences in incomes and costs, that additionally changed over time; second, for a large set of (dis-)integration episodes
that span a period of almost a century so that we compare different (dis-)integration events, that took place at different
points in time at which the considered countries differed substantially in income levels and institutions; third, with respect
to many potential adjustments (such as population and employment and unemployment growth as well as firm entry and exit) that
will inform future research on the mechanisms through which the regional economic effects of integration operate.
Commissioned by: Centre for European Economic Research
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Ziel dieses Subauftrags – im Rahmen des Projekts "Neuausrichtung der Europäischen Strukturpolitik in der nächsten Förderperiode
2028-2035" im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen in Deutschland – ist das Verfassen eines Reflexionspapiers zur Rolle
von administrativer Kapazität für die effektive Umsetzung der EU-Kohäsionspolitik.
Supported by: Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
This project investigates the possibility of the existence of middle-income traps among European NUTS-2 regions. Thus, the
study extends the literature on middle-income traps, which has so far mainly focused on the national level, to the subnational
level. Given the granularity of regional data, the study aims at improving existing spatial econometric methods by simultaneously
accounting for spatial dependence, the nature of spatial spillover processes and the uncertainty regarding alternative definitions
of growth regimes. Furthermore, the project focuses on analysing growth determinants of middle-income regions, such as EU
regional funds, and studies factors driving regions to falling into and escaping from a middle-income trap.
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Center for Social and Economic Research – Institut d'Economia de Barcelona – PwC EU Services – Institute for Economic Research Finland – Copenhagen Economics – ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Within this framework contract with the European Commisssion DG TAXUD specific economic studies in the area of taxation will
be commissioned. WIFO has the lead of a consortium which consists of CASE (Poland), Copenhagen Economics (Denmark/International),
IEB (Spain), Ifo (Germany), PwC (Belgium/International) and VATT (Finland).
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Copenhagen Economics – AFC Consulting Group AG (DE) – IDEA Consult – Public Policy and Management Institute – Danish Technological Institute – Ipsos
Commissioned by: Vienna University of Economics and Business
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies – Economic and Social Science Computing Center – Johannes Kepler University of Linz – University of Vienna – University of Innsbruck
Der "Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft" (FIW) soll die Rahmenbedingungen zur theoretischen und empirischen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen
Forschung sowie der wirtschaftspolitischen Beratung im Bereich internationale Wirtschaft ("International Economics") verbessern
und die Sichtbarkeit aller an dem Kooperationsprojekt beteiligten Universitäten und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen
in der internationalen Forschungscommunity erhöhen. Zu den Aktivitäten des FIW zählen die Förderung von jungen Forschern und
Forscherinnen durch die Finanzierung von Pre-Doc-Stellen und Awards für Jungforscher und Jungforscherinnen, die Organisation
einer jährlichen zweitägigen Forschungskonferenz sowie von eintägigen Workshops zu außenwirtschaftlichen Forschungsthemen.
Darüber hinaus werden Policy Briefs und Studien publiziert sowie Statistiken und Daten im Bereich International Economics
bereitgestellt.