News & Opinions

Solving the mystery of weak wage growth in EU-CEE - 20 Jan 2020

Earnings have been slow to respond to tight labour markets because of the reforms which have reduced labour’s bargaining power. read more

2019 in review - 09 Jan 2020

China’s BRI, our CESEE forecasts, refugee integration, and the productivity puzzle all figured prominently last year. read more

“The prospect of EU-membership was the single most important reform driver during the transition period” - 19 Dec 2019

Our ‘looking back, looking forward’ series, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, continues with Rumen Dobrinsky who shares his assessment on Bulgaria after 1989. read more

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Recent Publications

Comparing Wage Levels and Developments in Europe: Mind the Data Source

wiiw Statistical Reports read more

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The Impact of Income Inequality on Household Indebtedness in Euro Area Countries

wiiw Working Papers read more

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Wage Developments in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States

wiiw Research Reports read more

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Upcoming Events

30  January 2020    3:00 pm

In cooperation with Research Centre International Economics (FIW).

Eddy Bekkers, World Trade Organisation

Structural change in the Chinese economy and changing trade relations with the world

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30  January 2020    7:00 pm

In cooperation with The International Institute for Peace (IIP) and Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft Hammer-Purgstall.

Book presentation and discussion

Iran in the International System Between Great Powers and Great Ideas

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10  February 2020    4:00 pm

In cooperation with Research Centre International Economics (FIW).

Sebastian Petric, RBI and University of Oxford

Predictability of Financial Crises: The Impact of Fundamental, Policy-induced and Institutional Vulnerabilities on China Compared to other Emerging Markets

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14  February 2020    7:00 pm

Imshäuser Gespräch

Eine Europäische Seidenstraße – Konzepte, Chancen und Grenzen

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Projects in Focus

Das EU-MERCOSUR-Assoziierungsabkommen und seine Bedeutung für Österreich

Client: Austrian Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Duration: December 2019 - February 2020 read more

The production side of ‘digitalisation’ and its impacts

Client: Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Duration: September 2019 - February 2021 read more

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