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Welcome at the Institute for Applied Economic Research at the University of Tübingen (IAW)

The Institute for Applied Economic Research, located in Tübingen, Germany, is an independent research institute at the University of Tübingen. The IAW’s objective is

to apply economic and social research to issues relating to the private and public economy. Its scientific work contributes to the empirical basis for economic policymaking.

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Subjects

In the following, you will receive an overview of the individual subjects. For more information please click on the topic of interest.

In this field of research, IAW mainly focuses on impact analyses and process-accompanying evaluations of various labor market policies. Another research topic are the effects of legal regulations on the labor market.

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Labor market policy

Demographic change, the shortage of skilled workers and the increasing inequality of market incomes are central challenges for the social security system. Our research focuses on poverty and wealth, social mobility, rehabilitation and retirement, and working conditions in care.

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Social policy and nursing

Research on education issues is an important field of research at the IAW. The focus is on the transition between school and work, on the development of training and further education, on digitization processes in the education sector and on the returns to education.

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Educational research

The IAW feels closely connected to the state of Baden-Württemberg and its economic and social development. In many research projects, we examine current challenges, opportunities and risks of companies and employees in different industries and regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Baden-Württemberg

We investigate the significance of international trade and migration for incomes and employment in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the German economy. The focus of our research lies in trade agreements as well as European Integration on goods and factor markets.

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Foreign trade

Due to demographic change, the topics of migration and integration will gain in importance in the future. Quantitative questions becoming increasingly important for the national economy, e.g. forms of managing immigration and the attractiveness for potential migrants, while qualitative questions may treat about criteria for successful integration.

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Migration and integration

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December 7 and 8, 2023: T H E Christmas Workshop at the University of Hohenheim

The Tübingen-Hohenheim-Economics (THE) Association cordially invites you to this year’s THE (Christmas) Workshop combining a Young Researcher Workshop and a Mini Course.

Young Researcher Workshop: PhD students, post-docs, and assistant professors will present ongoing research from all areas of Economics, Econometrics, and Economic History and receive feedback from senior researchers. Presentation slots as well as poster sessions will be available. There will also be a Best Paper Award.

Mini Course: Prof. Andreas Moxnes, PhD (University of Oslo), will give a short course (3 units á 90min) on "Production Networks",

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In-company training in Baden Württemberg: Participation in training by companies increased in 2022, but a third of training places remained unfilled.

In 2022, the company training participation rate in Baden-Württemberg developed positively compared to the previous year: both the net and gross training company rate increased again from 52% to 55% and from 29% to 30% respectively. In Germany and western Germany, however, the net training company rates were 3 and 4 percentage points higher respectively. In the 2021/2022 training year, only around 67% of the company-based training places offered in Baden-Württemberg were filled; in the previous training year, the figure was around 72%.

How can the accessibility and addressability of administration and legislation be improved?

Good legislation and good administrative action are of great importance for the social acceptance of politics and administration. Unfortunately, however, they are often unclear, bureaucratic and poorly tailored to the needs of citizens. This conference volume (in German) addresses the current situation in and potential solutions to this issue, including training, service design, digitisation and AI.

The region remains strong, but also vulnerable - Structural Report Stuttgart Region 2023 examines the resilience of the regional economy.

After the years of the Corona pandemic, with declines in economic performance in many sectors, the Stuttgart Region is currently showing signs of a clear recovery. However, new crises have emerged, such as the war in Ukraine with its (not only) global economic consequences or the increasingly clear climate changes, which also require action in the region. At the same time, digitization is advancing and the transformation of the powertrain and mobility is leaving its mark far beyond the automotive industry.

In addition to analyses of the structure and dynamics of the regional economy, the structural report also takes an in-depth look at various "resilience factors" (e.g., labor and training market, innovation, commercial space). These factors can present themselves as opportunities or risks for the regional economy.

Based on the presentation of five focus areas of the regional economy - the automotive and production technology clusters, the IT economy, the healthcare industry and the skilled trades industry - further strengths, weaknesses and challenges for the regional economy are identified and analyzed.

Baden-Württemberg economy: Economic growth continues to stagnate.

In the third quarter of 2023, the growth of Baden-Württemberg's gross domestic product (GDP) will slip slightly into negative territory (see figure on the left: rates of change in GDP from the previous quarter, 2021-2024). In the two following quarters, there could be weakly positive economic growth again. As far as can be foreseen at present, 2023 will nevertheless be recorded in the statistics as a year with very weak growth.