News & Opinions

Spring Forecast: Eastern Europe recovery remains on track - 24 Apr 2024

Private consumption main driver of growth; geopolitical risks weigh; Ukrainian recovery in jeopardy; Russia's war economy at its limits, secondary sanctions could hurt read more

BRICS Plus: New World Order after the Pax Americana? - 08 Apr 2024

The political and economic interests of the heterogeneous group of countries are too diverse to seriously jeopardise Western supremacy. However, as a bloc, they would be in a position to pressure the West because of their huge energy reserves read more

wiiw is hiring an Economic Data Specialist (m/f/d) - 04 Apr 2024

Main responsibilities include data research, data preparation, data management and the deelopment of visualisations read more

Recent Publications

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The Crisis is Over, but its Scarring Effects are Hindering Recovery

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How Far from Full Employment? The European Unemployment Problem Revisited

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Working from Home and Mental Well-being in the EU at Different Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Gendered Look at Key Mediators

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Upcoming Events

24  April 2024    4:00 pm CEST

Economist Olga Pindyuk and Deputy Director Richard Grieveson will present wiiw's new economic forecasts for CESEE in 2024-26.

wiiw Spring Economic Forecast for Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE)

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30  April 2024    2:00 pm CEST

Delve into the evolution of China's industrial policy discourse from 1979 to 2023 in a seminar led by Lucas Erlbacher.

The evolution of reform-era Chinese industrial policy debates (1979 - 2023)

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13  May 2024    8:30 am CEST

In cooperation with Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) & Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) .

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) invites you to our Spring Seminar 2024!

Spring Seminar 2024: Danube Region in Transition Mode, Again

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28  May 2024    2:00 am CEST

In cooperation with Research Centre International Economics (FIW) and European University Institute (EUI).

Join Julian Hinz & Sonali Chowdhry as they discuss the firm-level effects of embargoes

Shooting down trade: Firm-level effects of embargoes

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Projects in Focus

Framework contract for studies in the field of Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research, Culture and Digital Single Market (Lot 1 – Social and Employment Policy)

Client: Committee of the Regions
Duration: July 2022 - June 2023 read more

Towards the European Web Intelligence Hub - European system for collection and analysis of online job advertisement data (WIH-OJA)

Client: CEDEFOP
Duration: October 2021 - November 2025 read more


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