Theme: Globalization at the Crossroads: Risk, Resilience and Recalibration in Global Trade and Value Chains. Key questions to be discussed at the FGI 2020 are as follows: - How can we understand value chain risk as a result of external shocks and emerging mega-trend and do we need to rethink...

This conference calls for a deep reflection to matters related that includes, among other questions: - Will free trade be still strongly promoted through international financial institutions (IFI) policies? - Can any multilateral agency now take retaliation against any country that goes against...

Two days after the release of the new OECD Economic Outlook, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) in cooperation with the Hans-Böckler Foundation’s (HBS) Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) invites to an online seminar focussing on a diverse group of neighbouring...

The research clusters bring together ESCB researchers to present their work within the ESCB research community, exchange ideas and foster open discussions. This year the workshop addresses issues related to the Covid crisis, trade, fiscal policy, productivity and labour markets.

This virtual workshop will bring together labor economists and macroeconomists interested in the nexus between labor markets on the one hand, and the dynamics of wage and price inflation on the other. All theoretical and empirical submissions are welcome, especially those that examine: -...

The third conference on “Globalization, Technology and Firms: Labor Market Outcomes” focuses this year on the roles of globalisation, technology and labour market regulation on growth and labour market outcomes. Most economic activity in advanced economies is organised within and between...

Bei diesem digitalen Forum zeigen die Expertinnen und Experten des Fraunhofer IAO neue Möglichkeiten und zentrale Herausforderungen von Digitalisierung und Künstlicher Intelligenz in Produktion und Sacharbeit auf. Interaktive Programmteile ermöglichen den Austausch von praktischen Erfahrungen...

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference will be held virtually. Extreme events pose enormous challenges to the global economy, as evidenced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the increased frequency of disasters due to climate change. During such...

Der Tag der Deutschen Einheit jährt sich 2020 zum 30. Mal. Der Weg der Vereinigung war und ist nicht immer geradlinig verlaufen. Auf der gemeinsamen Konferenz von Wirtschaftsdienst/ZBW und dem Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) soll dieser Weg analysiert und diskutiert...

The production of most goods is increasingly organised along global value chains, in which different stages of the production process are fragmented across countries. The CEPR Research Network on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development was established by CEPR and the World Bank to stimulate...