News from the IAW
New IAW Discussion Papers released:
- Jochen Späth:
Firm Age and the Demand for Marginal Employment in Germany
IAW Discussion Papers No. 94, Februar 2013, 2013 [678 kB] - Tobias Brändle, Andreas Koch:
Outsourcing Potentials and International Tradability of Jobs - Evidence from German Micro Level Data
IAW Discussion Papers No. 93, Januar 2013, 2013 [604 kB] - Bernhard Boockmann, Raimund Krumm, Michael Neumann, Pia Rattenhuber:
Turning the Switch: An Evaluation of the Minimum Wage in the German Electrical Trade Using Repeated Natural Experiments
IAW Discussion Papers No. 92, Dezember 2012, 2012 [553 kB]
November 30 & December 1, 2012: Event of the Tübingen-Hohenheim Economics e.V. at the University of Hohenheim:
The workshop is a joint project of the department of economics and the competence centre economics of the FZID at the University of Hohenheim, the department of economics and social sciences at the University of Tübingen and the IAW Tübingen. Aim of the workshop is to intensify the cooperation between the participating institutions and promote joint research.
Winter School: Professor Dr Marcus Frölich (University of Mannheim), "Nonparametric Methods in Econometrics"
More information from here.
November 28, 2012: Public hearing before the Financial Committee of the German Bundestag - Position Paper on the "Implementing Act CRD IV" (in German)
Prof. Dr. Claudia M. Buch [Universität Tübingen, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung Tübingen (IAW), German Council of Economic Experts]
November 7, 2012: The German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung) has published its Annual Economic Report 2012/13 with the title "Stable Architecture for Europe – Need for Action in Germany."
"The economic momentum in Germany has progressively slowed in the course of 2012 in the wake of the euro crisis. The Council projects that gross domestic product will grow by 0.8 % in 2012. The deceleration in the pace of economic activity in Germany is expected to bottom out in the fourth quarter of 2012. It is likely that the German economy will pick up a little during 2013. The average annual growth rate of GDP in 2013 should equal this year's figure of 0.8 %."
The members of the Council are: Professor Dr. Peter Bofinger [Universität Würzburg], Professor Dr. Claudia M. Buch [Universität Tübingen/IAW], Professor Dr. Lars P. Feld [Universität Freiburg/WEI], Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz [Universität Mannheim/ZEW], (Vorsitzender), Professor Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt [Universität Bochum/RWI].
The Council has also issued a statement regarding banking union. The council members believe that a banking union is a necessary complement to other elements of the internal market. However, a banking union is a long-term project and not a solution to the acute problems in Europe’s banking sectors. The full statement can be accessed here: VoxEU.