News – 26.03.2024

Targeted Measures Needed for Groups with Lower Educational Attainment

WIFO Study on Educational Leave

The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) has published a new study on the use and effects of educational leave, which for the first time in a long time examines the causal effects on the labour market integration of participants.
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News – 22.03.2024

Headwinds Keep Austria's Economy Close to Stagnation in 2024

Economic Outlook for 2024 and 2025

The economic weakness in the EU is particularly affecting Germany and Austria, which are specialised in capital goods production. The high interest rates are weighing on investment demand as well as demand for construction services. Economic activity in both the euro area and Austria should pick up again around mid-2024 when the ECB is expected to ease its monetary policy. For the year as a whole, WIFO expects real GDP growth to remain weak at just 0.2 percent. It will accelerate to 1.8 percent in 2025.
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News – 15.03.2024

Economic Effects of the EU Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive

Sustainability Along Global Supply Chains

The EU has taken an important step towards promoting responsible corporate behaviour beyond its borders with the initiative of the Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
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News – 07.03.2024

WIFO Publishes Annual Report 2023

Video: Economic Research for Tomorrow

The latest Annual Report of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research was published on 7 March 2024 and is now also available in digital form. "Times are turbulent: war in and next to Europe, political risks, record inflation. Austria is in recession and increasingly caught up in the pre-election campaign. Against this backdrop, our fact-based analyses are more important than ever", said WIFO Director Gabriel Felbermayr.
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News – 06.03.2024

Ambitious Climate Targets and Competitiveness

WIFO Research Brief on EU Carbon Border Adjustment

The model simulations of the study "Trade and Welfare Effects of New Trade Policy Instruments" show that a sole and uncoordinated EU climate policy action – in terms of a unilateral implementation of the carbon border adjustment mechanism – can only play a limited role in reducing global CO2 emissions and results in moderate welfare losses.
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28.03.2024

Chocolate Easter Bunnies are Becoming More Sustainable, but also More Expensive

WIFO Research Brief on the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products
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27.03.2024

Economic Expectations Point to Stabilisation

Results of the WIFO-Konjunkturtest (Business Cycle Survey) of March 2024
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27.03.2024

Quo Vadis, EU Fiscal Policy?

Video: WIFO at WU matters. WU talks.
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