Im Auftrag der Messe Düsseldorf GmbH und des Tochterunternehmens Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event GmbH (DCSE) führte das ifo Institut eine Studie zu den wirtschaftlichen Wirkungen der Messen auf dem Düsseldorfer Messegelände sowie der sonstigen Veranstaltungen der DCSE für die Stadt...

Im Auftrag der Messe Frankfurt GmbH hat das ifo Institut im Jahr 2017 die durch die Ausgaben von Ausstellern und Besuchern auf inländischen Messen, Kongressen und sonstigen Veranstaltungen ausgelösten wirtschaftlichen Wirkungen ermittelt. Auf Basis empirischer Erhebungen ausgewählter...

Money and payments are central to modern economies and societies, yet there are increasing concerns over the environmental impacts of various payment services, particularly from a climate perspective. This report examines the climate impact of retail payments in Sweden in 2021, including cash,...

Im Auftrag der Messe Frankfurt GmbH hat das ifo Institut nach 2000 und 2011 im Jahr 2017 erneut die durch die Ausgaben von Ausstellern und Besuchern auf inländischen Messen1, Kongressen und sonstigen Veranstaltungen ausgelösten wirtschaftlichen Wirkungen ermittelt. Auf Basis empirischer...

This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general framework where formal and informal firms are subject to the same externalities, differing only with respect to some parameter values. Both formal and informal firms have monopoly...

We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India’s manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that...

This paper studies the effects of the introduction of unemployment compensation (UC) in countries characterized by pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and informal activities, as well as the allocation of...

Over the last decade, Mexico’s unit labour costs decreased relative to other emerging markets’, especially compared to China’s. This decrease boosted Mexico’s trade competitiveness, particularly in the manufacturing sector. However, Mexico’s increasing competitiveness masks one of the...

This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general framework where formal and informal firms are subject to the same externalities, differing only with respect to some parameter values. Both formal and informal firms have monopoly...

Using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique, and the Granger causality test, this paper examines the dynamic relationship between economic growth, the size of the informal economy, and trade openness in Ghana. Our results provide evidence of a positive and bidirectional causality...