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Brief description of your activity focus WIFO is Austria’s leading institute for applied empirical economic research.
Details about Expertise / Competences / Technologies The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. Today WIFO is Austria’s leading institute for applied empirical economic research aiming at providing the theoretical and empirical foundations for evidence-based policy-making and entrepreneurial decision-making. WIFO analyses and forecasts economic developments in Austria and abroad. The institute also conducts studies for domestic authorities and institutions as well as European/international institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, World Bank, OECD, etc.), based on extensive data bases and solid experience in data handling as well as a broad variety of economic/econometric models. WIFO has acted as coordinator and partner in numerous projects within the EU Framework Research Programmes and has significant experience in the dissemination of research results on the national and European level.
WIFO’s expertise covers the following research areas:
Macroeconomics and European Economic Policy: Business cycles, growth and prices – Public sector – Interaction between financial and real economy
Labour Market, Income and Social Policy: Labour market, labour market policy and unemployment, including education and migration in the context of labour market issues – Income policy and income distribution – Social insurance systems
Industrial Economics, Innovation and International Competition: Industrial economics, entrepreneurial dynamism and corporate finance – Innovation, productivity and technological change – International competition
Structural Change and Regional Development: Analysis of the geographical impact of economic policy measures – Integration of regions with different development levels – Structures and determinants of growth in cities, regions and sectors
Environment, Agriculture and Energy: Climate, energy and farming policies in Austria and the EU – Environmental technologies and ecological innovation – Sustainable consumption, sustainable production and measures of welfare |
EU Framework Programme related activities: »
Project participation | | Project #1
| | Project Type | FP7 | | Function | Partner | | Project Title | World Input-Output Database: Construction and Applications | | Acronym | WIOD | | Specific Theme | The project aimed to generate data that provides a description of interdependent global production. | | Project website | http://www.wiod.org | | Coordinator | University of Groningen | | | Project #2
| | Project Type | H2020 | | Function | Partner | | Project Title | Growth Welfare Innovation Productivity | | Acronym | GROWINPRO | | Specific Theme | The project investigates the causes of the slowdown of income and productivity growth. | | Project website | http://www.growinpro.eu/ | | Coordinator | Scuola Superiore SantAnna | | | Project #3
| | Project Type | FP7 | | Function | Partner | | Project Title | The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity | | Acronym | SERVICEGAP | | Specific Theme | The role of services in various aspects of economic performance in EU countries | | Coordinator | University of Birmingham | | | Project #4
| | Project Type | H2020 | | Function | Partner | | Project Title | Revisioning the ‘Fiscal EU’: Fair, Sustainable, and Coordinated Tax and Social Policies | | Acronym | FairTax | | Specific Theme | Fair and sustainable taxation and social policy reforms and the economic stability of EU members | | Coordinator | UMEA UNIVERSITET | | | Project #5
| | Project Type | FP7 | | Function | Coordinator | | Project Title | Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe | | Acronym | WWWforEurope | | Specific Theme | A strategy to make Europe more dynamic, socially inclusive and environmental sustainable | | Project website | https://www.wifo.ac.at/forschung/forschungsprojekte/wwwforeurope | | | Project #6
| | Project Type | FP7 | | Function | Partner | | Project Title | Paradigm Shifts Modelling and Innovative Approaches | | Acronym | PASHMINA | | Specific Theme | developing tools to analyze the interaction between the economy and the environment in global change | | Coordinator | Instituto di Studi per lIntegrazione del Sistemi |
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