Team
The people behind the ifo Institute offer the very high level of expertise and experience needed to fulfill our research and service mandate.
ifo Schnelldienst
The ifo Schnelldienst is a monthly journal containing discussions of current policy issues and ifo research findings. In addition, two special issues present the ifo economic forecast for the summer and winter.
The "Discussion" rubric of ifo Schnelldienst contains contributions from ifo authors and several experts on a current topic. The journal also presents major research results of the Institute, macroeconomic and sectoral forecasts, and developments in selected sectors.
The journal is published in German language.
Jimdo-ifo Business Climate Index for the Self-Employed
In order to increase the visibility of solo self-employed and micro enterprises, the ifo Institute has been publishing a new indicator since December 2021: the Jimdo-ifo Business Climate Index for the Self-Employed, which is based on the ifo Business Surveys. Similar to the overall index, all sectors are taken into account, with a focus on the service sector. To attract new participants, we are working on this business climate index in cooperation with Jimdo, a provider of online tools for solo self-employed and small businesses, and the Association of Founders and Self-Employed People of Germany (VGSD e.V.).
Eurozone Economic Outlook
The Eurozone Economic Outlook was a joint project between the German ifo Institute, the Italian Istat Institute and the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. It produced a joint forecast for real gross domestic product, consumption of private households, gross fixed capital formation (investment), industrial production and the inflation rate in the euro zone for the current and the two following quarters. The publication was discontinued in spring 2021.
Women and Family
The ifo Institute conducts in-depth research into equality of opportunity, work-life balance, and child development. An overview of the ifo Institute’s positioning, studies on the effects of social and family policy measures, and other topics on women and family.
CESifo Working Papers
CESifo working papers are available worldwide through this website, SSRN, RePEc, and EconStor. All papers can be downloaded free of charge.
30 Jahre Mauerfall - Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft (VfS)
Economists will meet in Leipzig from 22 to 25 September 2019 for the Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the association of German-speaking economists. The meeting will be attended by ifo researchers and the institute will be represented at the event with a stand.
GAME-LIGHTS – the gridded Meteorological Events and Night Light Emission Database
The GAME-LIGHTS database is a grid cell-level database covering a rich collection of variables for all counties worldwide from 1992 to 2013. The dataset collects information on meteorological events from primary information and translates them into weather anomalies on a 0.5° x 0.5° cell-level basis. GAME-LIGHTS covers storms, extreme temperature events, torrential rain and droughts on a yearly basis. It also adds information on night-time light emissions data and population data on the grid cell level.
The data provide a unique dataset for economic analysis as it contains variation which is presumably exogenous to economic outcomes. The service of GAME-LIGHTS is to provide the data in a structured way.
ifo Schnelldienst digital
To respond quickly to the latest developments, ifo is offering an online publication, ifo Schnelldienst digital, in which one article will be posted on the ifo website as a PDF. ifo Schnelldienst digital publishes analyses, research and survey results as well as forecasts on the latest developments.
Inside ifo 2022
We keep moving – in 2022, a lot happened at the ifo Institute. Our data center is now independent, our researchers received awards, they helped shape debates through offices, and some of our committees were re-staffed. And the Gender Task Force also developed ideas that are already having an impact.
History of CESifo
What does it take to turn a disparate group of economics scholars paying a scholarly visit to Munich, then a backwater in economics, into one of the world’s foremost research networks in the field? Two things: vision, and Hans-Werner Sinn. Long Germany’s most influential economist, HWS built up the network to now more than 2,000 prominent members spread around five continents, created the highly successful CESifo Working Paper series, with now some 11,000 papers published, and turned Munich into a hotbed of economic research, with more than 800 economics events so far. And all of that in barely 25 years.
On our Silver Jubilee, we are proudly looking back and, under the steady hand of Clemens Fuest, HWS's hand-picked successor, also proudly looking ahead, to the next 25 years—and beyond.
iPEHD Raw Data: Merger File
Merge-county file (CSV, 130 KB)
ifo Annual Meeting
The public session of the ifo Annual Meeting is dedicated to a current economic policy topic and brings together science, business and politics.
ifo Time-series
With its business surveys the ifo Institute collects data that are of great interest for empirical economic research both in Germany and abroad. Some long time-series are provided in Excel format for facilitating further processing by the user.
Projects of the ifo Institute
The strength of the ifo Institute's scientific achievements is also reflected in its success in the scientific competition for research grants. The research grants acquired in the scientific competition have a double effect for the ifo Institute: on the one hand, they increase the scope for research, and on the other hand, they make it possible to work on fundamental policy-oriented issues and thus improve the basis for policy advice by the ifo Institute.
EconPol Forum
EconPol Forum (formerly CESifo Forum) is a bi-monthly English-language journal to bring economic analysis on topics of worldwide interest along with policy advice to a broad range of policymakers and the public.
ifo-N26-Economic Monitor: A Glance on Germany
How does the corona pandemic affect private consumers in Germany? How do health risk, lockdowns, but also income decline and economic uncertainty influence spending patterns? Find out more with the ifo-N26-Economic Monitor.
Oliver Falck Appointed to the BMBF’s Council for Technological Sovereignty
German Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek has appointed the Director of the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies, Oliver Falck, to the newly established Council for Technological Sovereignty of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
iPEHD Raw Data: Wages and Income Tax
The codebooks in the codebooks section provide detailed information on the variables. Before accessing the data, please make sure to read the raw data and merging data sections.
EUROCONSTRUCT
At the centre of the EUROCONSTRUCT activities are conferences, organised twice a year at changing European cities by the national partner institute, with the focus on the cyclical development of construction activity and on further topics with direct relevance for the construction sector.