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27.06.2019 • 15/2019

Presseeinladung zum Workshop: Gemeinsame Pressekonferenz von Creditreform und dem Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle am 2. Juli 2019 in Halle (Saale)

Die konjunkturelle Entwicklung hat sich in den letzten Monaten deutlich abgekühlt. Bislang sind vor allem Industrie und Exportwirtschaft betroffen. Bleibt der Mittelstand der Stabilitätsanker der Konjunktur in Sachsen-Anhalt? Wie schätzen die Unternehmen die Geschäftslage ein? Haben sich die Rahmenbedingungen in puncto Fachkräfteangebot und Breitbandinternet zuletzt verbessert?

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09
DEC 2019
14:15 - 15:45

IWH Research Seminar

Technological Change and Skill Demand in Non-Competitive Labor Markets

Who
Attila Lindner (University College London)
Where
IWH conference room

This paper investigates the consequences of technological change in the presence of non-competitive labor markets. We propose a model of technological progress where firms invest in innovation in the hope of developing new technologies.

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08
OCT 2018
09
OCT 2018

Workshops and conferences

Compnet-EBRD Workshop on Localisation and Productivity

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Keynote Speaker: Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford)
Where
EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN

The aim of this workshop is to dig deeper into localisation economies and associated productivity gains. The increasing availability of new cross-border databases at the firm level and of micro-level databases at the firm and individual levels creates the opportunity to analyse localisation economies in novel settings.

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20
AUG 2018
21
AUG 2018

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4th IWH-FIN-FIRE Workshop on "Challenges to Financial Stability"

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Keynote Speakers: Ran Duchin (University of Washington); José-Luis Peydró (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)
Where
IWH conference room

The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association and the FIRE research centre at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management are organising a joint Workshop on “Challenges to Financial Stability” on August 20th and 21st, 2018, to be held in Halle (Saale). The workshop provides a platform to discuss changes in the regulatory framework of the financial sector, their impact on financial stability, and consequences for the real sector.

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AUG 2018
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AUG 2018

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8th IWH/INFER Workshop on International Capital Flows and Macroprudential Stability

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Keynote Speaker: Hiro Ito (University of Portland)
Where
IWH conference room

The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) were organising a workshop on capital flows.

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21
JUN 2018
22
JUN 2018

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7. CompNet-Jahreskonferenz "Economic Growth, Trade and Productivity Dispersion"

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Keynote Speakers: Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics), Ufuk Akcigit (The University of Chicago)
Where
Leopoldina, Jägerberg 1, Halle (Saale)

Am 21. und 22. Juni 2018 fand in Halle die vom IWH organisierte Jahreskonferenz des Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) statt. Nahezu 100 Wissenschaftler und Wissenschftlerinnen sowie Entscheidungsträger und Entscheidungsträgerinnen internationaler Universitäten und Organisationen diskutierten im Festsaal der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina neue Forschungsergebnisse zum Thema „Produktivität und Fehlallokation auf mikroökonomischer Ebene“. Insbesondere ging es um die Gründe einer suboptimalen Faktorallokation bei einzelnen Firmen und die dadurch im Aggregat verursachten Wohlfahrtsverluste.

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15
APR 2019
14:15 - 15:45

IWH Research Seminar

A Time to Print, a Time to Reform

Who
Lars Börner (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
Where
IWH conference room

The public mechanical clock and the movable type printing press were two of the most important and complex general purpose technologies of the late medieval period.

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08
APR 2019
14:15 - 15:45

IWH Research Seminar

Is Cash Still King: Why Firms Offer Non-Wage Compensation and the Implications for Shareholder Value

Who
Paige Ouimet (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Where
IWH conference room

Over the past 40 years, the share of non-wage benefits in employee compensation grew from 5% to 30%. Using disaggregated data from Glassdoor, we first document a series of stylized facts about the availability of non-wage benefits and how these benefits are correlated with firm characteristics.

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APR 2019
14:15 - 15:45

IWH Research Seminar

National Industry Trade Shocks, Local Labor Markets, and Agglomeration Spillovers

Who
Ines Helm (Stockholm University)
Where
IWH conference room

Using a broad set of national industry trade shocks, I employ a novel approach to estimate agglomeration effects by exploiting within industry variation in indirect exposure to the other local industries’ (national) trade shocks across local labor markets.

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