Die Studie "Der Maschinenbau im Zeitalter der Globalisierung und New Economy" wurde vom ifo Institut in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Frauenhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung erstellt. Gegenstand der Studie ist die Entwicklung des deutschen Maschinenbaus mit den Veränderungen durch...

Das ifo Institut hat im letzten Jahr zusammen mit dem Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin im Auftrag des damaligen Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, BMWA (heutiges Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, BMWT) eine Studie zu den möglichen Auswirkungen...

A source of anxiety of policy makers and the public in general is the detrimental impact of trade and immigration on unemployment. The transitory restrictions for worker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify the supposed negative effect of immigration on labor markets....

A source of anxiety of policy makers and the public in general is the detrimental impactof globalization and immigration on unemployment. The transitory restrictions forworker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify the supposednegative effect of immigration on labor...

In the presence of increasing specialization of workers it becomes more and more difficult for firms to find the most suitable workers. In such an environment a multinational corporation has an advantage because it can exchange workers between plants in different countries. In this way it can...

According to the World Investment Report 2004, the structure of Fmhas shifted towards services. Further, the composition of services FDI isalso changing from trade and finance to such industries as electricity, water ,telecommunications, storage and transportation. In the latter sector the...

We develop a dynamic multi-country trade model with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the form of non-rival technology capital. The model nests structural gravity subsystems for FDI and trade, with accumulation/decumulation of phyisical and technology capital in transition to the steady state....

We develop a dynamic multi-country trade model with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the form of non-rival technology capital. The model nests structural gravity sub-systems for FDI and trade, with accumulation/decumulation of phyisical and technology capital in transition to the steady state....