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The EU’s New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans: Solid Foundations but Shaky Details - 18 Mar 2024

The EU Commission’s new economic plan for the Western Balkans may sound promising, but it falters upon closer inspection. It lacks substance, fails to address key issues, and doesn't fix past flaws read more

Gute Aussichten für die österreichische Exportwirtschaft - 27 Feb 2024

Österreichs Exporteure konnten 2023 Exportmarktanteile gewinnen. FIW prognostiziert für 2024 ein preisbereinigtes Exportwachstum von 2,2 Prozent und von 3,2 Prozent für 2025 read more

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on employment: a new economic paradigm - 16 Feb 2024

AI can be both a disruptor and an enabler of human welfare. What will be its effects on labour markets, social welfare and global value chains? The right policies will be crucial to make it economically beneficial read more

Recent Publications

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Monthly Report No. 3/2024

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The Response of Labour Demand to Different COVID-19 Containment Measures: Evidence from Online Job Postings in Austria

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Das konjunkturelle Verhalten der Staatsausgaben für Gesundheit und Soziales in Österreich und Deutschland: Wie robust ist die OECD-Methodik?

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Upcoming Events

27  March 2024    10:00 am CET

Join us for the hybrid presentation of the final results of the Jubilee Fund project with Antea Barišić, Alireza Sabouniha and Mahdi Ghodsi.

Industry 4.0, migration and the labour market adjustment - an intra-European perspective.

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Projects in Focus

The EU and Global Production Networks: The Length of Key Value Chains, Trends and Underlying Drivers

Client: Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Duration: January 2021 - June 2022 read more

Production and analysis of the Skills Forecast

Client: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
Duration: July 2020 - July 2024 read more

Differences in real non-residential investment between the United States and EU countries

Client: European Investment Bank (EIB)
Duration: May 2023 - June 2024 read more

Labour market trajectories of refugees and other migrants

Client: Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Duration: January 2021 - June 2023 read more

Untangling the impacts of technological transformations, globalisation and demographic change to foster shared prosperity in Europe (UNTANGLED)

Client: European Commission, Horizon 2020
Duration: February 2021 - January 2024 read more


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