Reports of the European Forecasting Network (EFN)
Reports of the European Forecasting Network (EFN) The European Forecasting Network (EFN) was a group of macroeconomic experts from different European research institutions (such…
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Unions as Insurance: Workplace Unionization and Workers' Outcomes During COVID-19
Nils Braakmann, Boris Hirsch
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society,
No. 2,
2024
Abstract
We investigate to what extent workplace unionization protects workers from external shocks by preventing involuntary job separations. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a plausibly exogenous shock hitting the whole economy, we compare workers who worked in unionized and non-unionized workplaces directly before the pandemic in a difference-in-differences framework. We find that unionized workers were substantially more likely to remain working for their pre-COVID employer and to be in employment. This greater employment stability was not traded off against lower working hours or labor income.
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MICROPROD
MICROPROD Raising EU Productivity: Lessons from Improved Micro Data The goal of MICROPROD is to contribute to a greater understanding of the challenges brought about in Europe by…
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Teaching
Teaching Within the framework of its cooperations with both German and foreign universities IWH researchers are actively committed to teaching by offering academic courses. These…
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Contact
Contact Get a quick overview of how to reach us and whom to contact: Postal Address: Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association P.O. Box 11 03…
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Research Groups
Our Research Groups Banking, Regulation, and Incentive Structures Data Science in Financial Economics Econometric Tools for Macroeconomic Forecasting and Simulation Education,…
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IWH-Flash-Indikator I. und II. Quartal 2024
Katja Heinisch, Oliver Holtemöller, Axel Lindner, Birgit Schultz
IWH-Flash-Indikator,
No. 1,
2024
Abstract
Im Jahr 2023 ging das deutsche Bruttoinlandsprodukt um 0,3% gegenüber dem Vorjahr zurück. Während im zweiten und dritten Quartal eine Stagnation der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Produktion zu beobachten war, sank die Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland im vierten Quartal 2023 um 0,3%. Insbesondere dürften die gestiegenen Verbraucherpreise dazu beigetragen haben, dass die preisbereinigten Konsumausgaben der privaten Haushalte deutlich zurückgingen. Zusätzlich belastete politische und wirtschaftliche Unsicherheit den Konsum. Der Anstieg der Zinsen wirkte im vergangenen Jahr ebenfalls dämpfend auf die Konjunktur. Die Verunsicherung wird auch in der ersten Jahreshälfte andauern, so dass das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) laut IWH-Flash-Indikator im ersten Quartal 2024 stagnieren und im zweiten Quartal 2024 lediglich um knapp 0,2% steigen dürfte (vgl. Abbildung 1).
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Research Clusters
Three Research Clusters Research Cluster "Economic Dynamics and Stability" Research Questions This cluster focuses on empirical analyses of macroeconomic dynamics and stability.…
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Guiding Theme and Research Profile
Tasks of the IWH Guided by its mission statement , the IWH places the understanding of the determinants of long term growth processes at the centre of the research agenda. Long…
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Organisation of Research
Tasks of the IWH Guided by its mission statement , the IWH places the understanding of the determinants of long term growth processes at the centre of the research agenda. Long…
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