Our Projects
04.2025 ‐ 03.2030
The Role of Multinational Enterprises in the Global Financial Cycle (Programme for Women Professors)
Leibniz Association
07.2016 ‐ 06.2028
Joint Economic Forecast
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI)
The joint economic forecast is an instrument for evaluating the overall economic situation and development in Germany, the euro area and the rest of the world. For this purpose, forecasts of economic activity are generated for the global economy and its major regions. Economic policy recommendations are derived from these forecasts for the euro area and the German economy. The objective of the joint diagnosis, which is commissioned by the Federal Finance Ministry, is to produce a uniform evaluation by all participating institutes. The results are published twice a year as spring and fall forecasts.
10.2024 ‐ 09.2027
Individual Social Responsibility, Bank Risk, and the Impact of Regulation
Diligentia Foundation
06.2024 ‐ 05.2027
High-growth Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Transformation of our Economy (Collaborative Excellence)
Leibniz Association
07.2022 ‐ 12.2026
Evaluation of the InvKG and the federal STARK programme
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, the IWH and the RWI are evaluating the use of the approximately 40 billion euros the federal government is providing to support the coal phase-out regions..
02.2020 ‐ 06.2026
Understanding the Economic Gap between East and West Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
12.2024 ‐ 02.2026
Macroeconomic Modelling for Energy Investments in Vietnam
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
09.2024 ‐ 12.2025
World Inequality Lab
European Commission
08.2024 ‐ 09.2025
"Leading Transformation” held by Ruth Seliger (WissKomm-Kolleg)
Alfred Toepfer Stiftung
09.2023 ‐ 09.2025
Minimum wage Effects on Imperfect Product and Labour Markets
German Research Foundation (DFG)
08.2022 ‐ 07.2025
OVERHANG: Debt overhang and green investments - the role of banks in climate-friendly management of emission-intensive fixed assets
The collaborative project “Debt Overhang and Green Investments” (OVERHANG) aims to investigate the role of banks in the climate-friendly management of emission-intensive fixed assets. This will identify policy-relevant insights on financial regulation, government-controlled lending and financial stability, as well as raise awareness among indebted stakeholders.
10.2021 ‐ 06.2025
Distributional Effects of Macroeconomic Policies in Europe (DEMAP)
Leibniz Association
The project examines how political measures at the level of the European Union, for example the European Recovery Fund, affect inequality between households.
11.2022 ‐ 06.2025
Linguistic Sentiment Analysis for Environmental, Social, Governance and Climate Risks
Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM)
06.2024 ‐ 05.2025
The Role of Firms in Regional Wage Inequality and Mobility (Funding period 2024-2029)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
10.2022 ‐ 04.2025
MULTIMSPROD/MULTIMSPROD AUT
Europäische Kommission
Enhancing the Micro Foundation of the Research Output of National Productivity Board (NPBs). Using CompNet and expanding its Micro Data Infrastructure (MDI).
08.2024 ‐ 03.2025
Strengthening Public Financial Management in Vietnam
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
01.2023 ‐ 01.2025
IWH Workshop on Forecasting in Times of Structural Change and Uncertainty
Deutsche Bundesbank
07.2024 ‐ 12.2024
Improvement of the IWH Forecasting Dashboard
Ministry for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
05.2022 ‐ 12.2024
Corona Special Fund of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Measure 21: Digitisation at Non-university Research Institutions
Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
05.2022 ‐ 12.2024
Corona Special Fund of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Measure 20: Compensation Payments to Non-university Research Institutions
Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
01.2017 ‐ 12.2024
VWFS 2017 - Economic forecast and scenario analysis
Volkswagen Financial Services AG
09.2016 ‐ 12.2024
The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet)
Funding institutions: European Central Bank (ECB), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Tinbergen Institute, European Commission.
The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) provides a forum for high level research and policy analysis in the areas of competitiveness and productivity. Its main activities include the regular updating of its micro-based competitiveness database for European countries, unprecedented in terms of coverage and cross-country comparability.
01.2013 ‐ 12.2024
Flash Estimate of the Quarterly GDP in Germany
Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt
05.2024 ‐ 10.2024
Evaluation, Monitoring and Scientific Support of Structural Change in Lusatia, BTU
State of Brandenburg/State Chancellery
10.2022 ‐ 09.2024
Investor Actions, Bank Financing, and Carbon Leakage
Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM)
04.2024 ‐ 06.2024
Work Shadowing Programme 2024 IWH
Leibniz Association
01.2020 ‐ 06.2024
The Rise of Populist Parties in Europe: The Dark Side of Globalization and Technological Change?
VolkswagenStiftung
Globalisation may have increased prosperity in general, but has also led to unemployment, wage inequality, outward migration and, thus, ageing populations in many European regions. This project examines whether these economic burdens lead to votes for populist parties.
10.2020 ‐ 05.2024
The Role of Firms in Regional Wage Inequality and Mobility
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
04.2024 ‐ 05.2024
Costs of the Measures from the Pension Package II of March 2024 and Financing Options
New Social Free Market Initiative
04.2024 ‐ 04.2024
Reform Proposals for the Mandatory State Pension Insurance in Germany
New Social Free Market Initiative
04.2023 ‐ 12.2023
Pathways to Inclusive Labour Markets (PILLARS)
Europäische Kommission
01.2023 ‐ 12.2023
Early determination of stable results for gross domestic product or real economic growth and gross value added at federal state level
Landesbetrieb Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen
The project examines whether the accuracy of the first estimate of gross value added and gross domestic product for the federal states can be increased, thereby reducing the extent of subsequent revisions.
01.2022 ‐ 12.2023
Sovereign Risk Shocks
01.2018 ‐ 12.2023
EuropeAid (EU Framework Contract)
Europäische Kommission
01.2022 ‐ 10.2023
Evaluation, Monitoring and Scientific Support of Structural Change in Lusatia
State of Brandenburg/State Chancellery
09.2023 ‐ 09.2023
Economic Costs of Loss of Value Added
Federal Network Agency, BNetzA
05.2020 ‐ 09.2023
ENTRANCES: Energy Transitions from Coal and Carbon: Effects on Societies
Europäische Kommission
ENTRANCES aims at examining the effects of the coal phase-out in Europe. How does the phase-out transform society – and what can politics do about it?
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 883947.
08.2021 ‐ 07.2023
Labour Market Effects of Public Bank Guarantees
German Research Foundation (DFG)
08.2018 ‐ 06.2023
Evaluation of the Joint Task “Improving the Regional Economic Structure” (GRW) through Individual Company Performance Reviews
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI)
02.2021 ‐ 01.2023
Banks as Intermediaries of State Subsidies to the Real Sector: Implications for Financial Market Stability and Allocative Efficiency
Deutsche Bundesbank
01.2021 ‐ 01.2023
Twin Instabilities
Deutsche Bundesbank
10.2019 ‐ 01.2023
Climate Resilient Economic Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Climate change has a substantial impact on economic growth and a country’s development. This increases the need for reliable and viable approaches to assessing the impact of climate risks and potential adaptation scenarios. Political decision-makers in ministries of planning and economy need sound forecasts in order to design and finance adequate economic policy instruments and actively to take countermeasures. In the pilot countries (Georgia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam), climate risk is included in macroeconomic modelling, enabling the results to be integrated into the policy process so as to facilitate adapted economic planning. The IWH team is responsible for macroeconomic modelling in Vietnam.
07.2017 ‐ 12.2022
The Political Economy of the European Banking Union
Causes of national differences in the implementation of the Banking Union and the resulting impact on financial stability.
09.2022 ‐ 12.2022
Gas Rationing for Industrial Products
Federal Network Agency, BNetzA
09.2019 ‐ 09.2022
Establishing Evidence-based Evaluation Methods for Subsidy Programmes in Germany (EVA-KULT)
The project aims at expanding the Centre for Evidence-based Policy Advice at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH-CEP).
06.2022 ‐ 07.2022
Gas Consumption of German Industry at Product Level
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
01.2019 ‐ 06.2022
MICROPROD („Raising EU Productivity: Lessons from Improved Micro Data“)
Europäische Kommission
The goal of MICROPROD is to contribute to a greater understanding of the challenges brought about in Europe by the fourth industrial revolution and the associated ‘productivity puzzle’ in a context of globalisation and digitisation, and to provide alternative policy options to better address these challenges.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 764810.
02.2019 ‐ 01.2022
Analysis and Design of Support Programmes to Manage Structural Change in Regions Affected by the Energy Transition
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
01.2017 ‐ 12.2021
Leibniz Research Alliance “Crises in a Globalised World”
Leibniz Association
Crises are a constant companion of nearly every human society, be they of an economic, social, political or ecological nature. Globalisation, however, has given crises a new quality: they effortlessly cross national borders, are interwoven in a complex web, and require parallel and concerted action. In the research network on Crises in a Globalised World, 19 Leibniz institutions join forces to enhance their understanding of the mechanisms of crises and their interdependencies.
21st century societies often face multiple and varied crises simultaneously. One crisis seems to follow, or even to trigger or reinforce, the next. Even though the causes of crises can creep up on a society, they often descend on them with massive momentum and devastating consequences.
07.2018 ‐ 12.2020
Firm Wage Differentials in Imperfect Labour Markets: The Role of Market Power and Industrial Relations in Rent Splitting between Workers and Firms
German Research Foundation (DFG)
The main purpose of this proposal is to grasp a firmer understanding of how employment rents are split between workers and employers in imperfect labour markets and how labour market institutions, such as unions and works councils, influence the distribution of rents. In that it not only promises new insights into the wage formation process and the likely consequences of important labour market trends like falling unionisation and worker codetermination, but also promises to inform important public policy debates, such as which rights should be granted to organised labour.
01.2018 ‐ 12.2020
Networked growth - Innovative Saxony-Anhalt through digital business models (Competence Center 4.0)
01.2017 ‐ 12.2020
The Role of Idiosyncratic and Systemic Bank Risks during the Euro Crisis
01.2015 ‐ 12.2019
Interactions between Bank-specific Risk and Macroeconomic Performance
01.2014 ‐ 12.2019
futureTex - Future model for traditional industries in the fourth industrial revolution
02.2019 ‐ 09.2019
Evaluation of the IAB Establishment Panel 2018 and Preparation of a Results Report for West and East Germany
Final report: Fehlende Fachkräfte in Deutschland – Unterschiede in den Betrieben und mögliche Erklärungsfaktoren: Ergebnisse aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel 2018. IAB-Forschungsbericht 10/2019. (in German, English abstract available)
05.2017 ‐ 09.2019
Early Warning Models for Systemic Banking Crises: The Effect of Model and Estimation Uncertainty
04.2016 ‐ 03.2019
Wage and Employment Effects of Bankruptcies
German Research Foundation (DFG)
The project analyzes the process and the consequences of firm failure. For the first time, evidence on the consequences of small firms’ bankruptcy on employees’ earnings and wages is provided. The project e.g. shows that employees of small firms are more likely to see their employer failing but, at the same time, face smaller earnings and wage losses than employees displaced from larger firms. Check the below research articles for further insights.
01.2018 ‐ 12.2018
International Monetary Policy Transmission
01.2018 ‐ 12.2018
Evaluation of the IAB Establishment Panel 2017 and Preparation of a Results Report for West and East Germany
Final report: Lohnunterschiede zwischen Betrieben in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Ausmaß und mögliche Erklärungsfaktoren. Ergebnisse aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel 2017. IAB-Forschungsbericht 6/2018. (in German, English abstract available)
01.2017 ‐ 12.2018
Political Participation in Eastern Germany
07.2016 ‐ 12.2018
Relationship Lenders and Unorthodox Monetary Policy: Investment, Employment, and Resource Reallocation Effects
Leibniz Association
We combine a number of unique and proprietary data sources to measure the impact of relationship lenders and unconventional monetary policy during and after the European sovereign debt crisis on the real economy. Establishing systematic links between different research data centers (Forschungsdatenzentren, FDZ) and central banks with detailed micro-level information on both financial and real activity is the stand-alone proposition of our proposal. The main objective is to permit the identification of causal effects, or their absence, regarding which policies were conducive to mitigate financial shocks and stimulate real economic activities, such as employment, investment, or the closure of plants.
07.2016 ‐ 12.2018
Climate Protection and Coal Phaseout: Political Strategies and Measures up to 2030 and beyond
12.2015 ‐ 11.2018
Socio-economic Effects of Research on Innovative Approaches for POC Diagnostics
Part of the EXASENS project. Coordinated by the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena, nine Leibniz institutes are working together on researching point-of-care (POC) technology for the prediction and diagnosis of chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases. See press release.
02.2017 ‐ 02.2018
The Importance of Non-University Research Institutions for the Development of Firms and Regions (Be_For_Reg-Projekt)
01.2017 ‐ 12.2017
Support to Sustainable Economic Development in Selected Regions of Uzbekistan
01.2017 ‐ 12.2017
Short-term Macroeconomic Forecasting Model in Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
01.2017 ‐ 12.2017
Effects of exchange rate changes on production and inflation
Deutsche Bundesbank
01.2016 ‐ 12.2017
Development of analytical tools based on Input-Output table
The aim of the project was the development of an analytical tool to assess the gains and losses of possible state programs supporting the development of the private sector of the Tajik economy.
01.2015 ‐ 12.2017
Dynamic Interactions between Banks and the Real Economy
04.2017 ‐ 11.2017
East German and Polish Cities in the Process of European Integration 2017
Chances and risks for the cities in the German-Polish border region
03.2017 ‐ 11.2017
Improvement of the regional economic structure (GRW) in Thuringia for the period 2011-2016
Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Digitale Gesellschaft
01.2017 ‐ 09.2017
Evaluation of the IAB Establishment Panel 2016 and Preparation of a Results Report for West and East Germany
Final report: Produktivitätsunterschiede zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland und mögliche Erklärungsfaktoren. Ergebnisse aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel 2016. IAB-Forschungsbericht 16/2017. (in German, English abstract available)
07.2014 ‐ 09.2017
Inter-communal cooperation: An approach to secure sustainable municipal development and the provision of public services?
12.2016 ‐ 01.2017
Towards Rural Inclusive Growth and Economic Resilience (TRIGGER)
01.2016 ‐ 12.2016
VWFS 2016 - Economic forecast and scenario analysis
Volkswagen Financial Services AG
11.2015 ‐ 12.2016
Employment and Development in the Republic of Uzbekistan
Support to sustainable economic development in selected regions of Uzbekistan
01.2015 ‐ 12.2016
Evaluation of the "Joint Task 'Improving the Regional Economic Structure'" in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt
05.2014 ‐ 12.2016
East German and Polish Cities in the Process of European Integration 2014-2016
Chances and risks for the cities in the German-Polish border region
12.2015 ‐ 12.2016
Conference “How Can We Boost Competition in the Services Sector?”
10.2015 ‐ 09.2016
IWH Doctoral Programme in Economics-Expended (DPE-X)
Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalisation of the State of Sachsen-Anhalt
01.2015 ‐ 06.2016
Strengthening of Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting in the Republic of Tajikistan
07.2013 ‐ 06.2016
Joint Economic Forecast
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI)
The joint economic forecast is an instrument for evaluating the overall economic situation and development in Germany, the euro area and the rest of the world. For this purpose, forecasts of economic activity are generated for the global economy and its major regions. Economic policy recommendations are derived from these forecasts for the euro area and the German economy. The objective of the joint diagnosis, which is commissioned by the Federal Finance Ministry, is to produce a uniform evaluation by all participating institutes. The results are published twice a year as spring and fall forecasts.
01.2013 ‐ 06.2016
The Real Effects of Public Guarantees
05.2016 ‐ 05.2016
Framework and Finance for Private Sector Development in Tajikistan
02.2016 ‐ 04.2016
Macroeconomic Reforms and Green Growth - Assessment of economic modelling capacity in Vietnam
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
09.2015 ‐ 03.2016
Messung der Elastizität der veranlagten Einkommensteuer in Relation zu den Unternehmens- und Vermögenseinkommen
10.2015 ‐ 03.2016
Improved Evidence-based Policy Making - GIZ Tadschikistan
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
01.2015 ‐ 12.2015
VWFS 2015 - Economic forecast and scenario analysis
Volkswagen Financial Services AG
01.2013 ‐ 12.2015
Ökonomische Wirksamkeit der Konjunktur stützenden finanzpolitischen Maßnahmen der Jahre 2008 und 2009
Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)
