This workshop will mark an important milestone in the ProdTool project, presenting the outcomes of two years of collaborative work carried out under this EU-funded initiative. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the European Commission for its continued support.
EU Initiative TSI ProdTool 2025-2028
Find all recent project updates, reports, and event details below:
IWH-CompNet 2nd ProdTool Workshop
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21-22 OCTOBER, 2026 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
The IWH-CompNet 2nd ProdTool Workshop will bring together experts, policymakers, and researchers for two days of insightful discussions on productivity, firm dynamics, trade, energy, and microdata access within the MDI framework. Stay tuned for the workshop programme. In the meantime, you can view the programme of our 15th Annual IWH-CompNet Conference here.
The IWH-CompNet 2nd ProdTool Workshop will bring together experts, policymakers, and researchers for two days of insightful discussions on productivity, firm dynamics, trade, energy, and microdata access within the MDI framework. Stay tuned for the workshop programme. In the meantime, you can view the programme of our 15th Annual IWH-CompNet Conference here.
MDI Module Overviews – Launch 2.3
›SEPTEMBER 2026 - MDI LAUNCH 2.3
The MDI Launch 2.3 introduces a set of research modules on productivity, firm dynamics, energy and defence, developed within the ProdTool initiative. Each two-page overview presents the motivation, data and approach, and first results of the module.
TFP Estimation and Diagnostics
Marco Miorandi, Jorge de la Cal Medina
Firm Dynamics
Alberto Ferreira, Chengzi Yi, Javier Miranda
The Energy Cost of Making Things: Firm Heterogeneity Within Products
Marcelo Piemonte-Ribeiro (CompNet & IHEID), Tommaso Bighelli (Bank of England), Alberto Mola (KU Leuven)
Energy Prices and Firm Employment: The Mediating Role of Labour–Energy Substitutability
Marcelo Piemonte-Ribeiro (CompNet & IHEID), Marta Paczos (ESCoE)
Who Escapes the Carbon Price? Firm Size, Pass-Through, and Aggregate Abatement
Fatih Ozturk (OECD), Marcelo Ribeiro (CompNet & IHEID), Filiz Unsal (OECD)
Europe's Defence Industrial Base
Eric Bartelsman, Alberto Ferreira, Filippo di Mauro
ProdTool Common Report 2026
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To support evidence-based policymaking and foster transparency in economic research, the key analytical findings and empirical tools of the Multimsprod ProdTool initiatives are made publicly available. This section provides direct access to the Common Report and the standardized replication script used to analyze and process the harmonized datasets.
This Common Report is the direct result of the joint efforts and dedicated work of National Productivity Board (NPB) staff across participating countries. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all participating National Productivity Boards, institutions, and researchers whose invaluable collaboration, expertise, and shared efforts made this milestone possible.
Common Report
The comprehensive Common Report details the analytical framework, methodology, and comparative findings across participating European countries. It examines firm-level productivity dynamics, resource misallocation, and the implications of structural shifts on competitiveness within the European Union. The complete document can be accessed directly through the ProdTool Common Report.
Replication Script
In line with scientific best practices, we provide the complete replication package. These scripts enable researchers and National Productivity Boards (NPBs) to replicate the study's empirical results or adapt the routines to national micro-data infrastructures. The file is available for download here.
Authors
Daniele Aglio (VU Amsterdam-CompNet), Ashim Dubey (IWH- CompNet), JP Fabri (National Productivity Board, Malta), Sergio Inferrera (QMUL-CompNet), Michael Kogler (GCEE), Janez Kusar (IMAD), Alessandro Zona Mattioli (UvA-CompNet), Andreas Reinstaller (Office of the Austrian Productivity Board), Marcelo Ribeiro (IHEID-CompNet), Leon Bettendorf (CPB Netherlands), Michael Weichselbaumer (Office of the Austrian Productivity Board), Theodore Tsekeris (KEPE Greece)
Edited by
Filippo di Mauro (IWH-CompNet) and Alessandro Zona Mattioli (UvA-CompNet)
For technical inquiries regarding the script or the report's methodology, please contact the project team at cbpd-assistance@iwh-halle.de.
IWH-CompNet 1st ProdTool Workshop
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26-27 FEBRUARY, 2026 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
The IWH-CompNet 1st ProdTool Workshop successfully brought together experts, policymakers, and researchers for two days of insightful discussions on productivity, firm dynamics, trade, energy, and microdata access within the MDI framework.
The IWH-CompNet 1st ProdTool Workshop successfully brought together experts, policymakers, and researchers for two days of insightful discussions on productivity, firm dynamics, trade, energy, and microdata access within the MDI framework.
The workshop was co-organised by IWH-CompNet, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, the Austrian Productivity Board, and the European Union, which funds this project through the Technical Support Instrument. We are grateful for the strong collaboration and excellent organisation that made this event possible.
Resources: Explore the workshop summary and the programme.
Day 1Opening Statements by:
Dr. Wolf Reuter (OeNB), Stratis Kastrissianakis (SG REFORM), Filippo di Mauro and Javier Miranda (IWH-CBPD, IWH-CompNet)
— Chapter 1: Productivity Dispersion — Andreas Reinstaller, with input from Janez Kušar, Michael Kogler, Janne Huovari and Juuso Vanhala
— Chapter 2: Business Dynamics — Leon Betterndorf
— Chapter 3: Scaling, missing middle, and growth persistence — JP Fabri
General Discussion on Chapters including Data update (NSIs) led by Carlo Altomonte
— Module 1 - Trade by Ashim Dubey
— Module 2 - Firm Dynamics by Alberto Ferreira
— Module 3 - Energy by Marcelo Piemonte Ribeiro and Fatih Ozturk, OECD
MDI extensions and other possible modules (NPBs) discussing research ideas NPBs (Austria, Netherlands, Spain), UK research ideas (ESCoE), intangibles (MDI team), defense readiness (MDI team) & others
Day 2— Keynote – Micro data access the experience of CASD by Kamel Gadouche (CASD)
— Session 1: Spain’s Experience and Future Engagement in the MDI Framework - an intervention by Juan Francisco Jimeno (Bank of Spain)
— Session 2: Technical Capacity Building: What NPBs and NSIs need and want? Introduction by Reetuparna Vishwanath (IWH-CompNet)
— Session 3: Promoting concrete interaction between Eurostat-MDL and MDI - an Intervention by Nikola Sunjka (Eurostat)
— Session 4: Creating an effective NPB network: The role of country officers, lessons learned and other issues, wrap-up & next steps, summary of key takeaways and next steps and the timeline.
This workshop marked an important milestone in the ProdTool project, presenting the outcomes of two years of collaborative work carried out under this EU-funded initiative. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the European Commission for its continued support.
