CESifo Group Munich
The CESifo Group, consisting of the Center for Economic Studies (CES), the ifo Institute and the CESifo GmbH (Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research) is a research group unique in Europe in the area of economic research. read on CESifo Group Munich
Older. Healthier. More Productive. What Developments Can we Expect in Terms of Pensions and Demography?
Munich Seminar on 24 April 2017 with Prof. Dr. Axel Börsch-Supan, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich and Head of the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) read on Older. Healthier. More Productive. What Developments Can we Expect in Terms of Pensions and Demography?
Dresdner Vorträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik
Dresdner Vortrag zur Wirtschaftspolitik am 26. April 2017 mit Prof. Christina Gathmann, Professorin für Arbeitsmarktökonomie und Neue Politische Ökonomik am Alfred-Weber-Institut der Universität Heidelberg, sowie Stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Wissenschaftlichen Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie. read on Dresdner Vorträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik
Ricardo@200 – International Trade Theory in Turbulent Times
In cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Munich and Upper Bavaria and the Committee on International Trade Theory and Policy of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the Ifo Institute is organising a conference in honour of David Ricardo, one of the founding fathers of modern economics. read on Ricardo@200 – International Trade Theory in Turbulent Times
The Odysseus Complex. A Pragmatic Proposal for Solving the Euro Crisis
Munich Seminar on 8 May 2017 with Prof. Clemens Fuest, President of the Ifo Institute and Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University, at the "Große Aula", Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1. read on The Odysseus Complex. A Pragmatic Proposal for Solving the Euro Crisis
In their latest book “The Odysseus Complex” Ifo President Clemens Fuest and Johannes Becker, Professor at the University of Münster, develop a plan to reform the Eurozone, which would make the currency union less prone to crises and would mitigate conflicts among its member states. “The Odysseus Complex” has been published on 20 February 2017 by the Hanser Verlag.
Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich and Head of the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), will address key issues concerning our pension system and demographic change in his lecture: “Older. Healthier. More productive. What developments can we expect in terms of pensions and demography?". The lecture (in German) will be given on 24 April 2017 at 6 p.m. in the Ludwig-Erhard-Saal of the Ifo Institute and will be livestreamed via the internet.
After prolonged negotiations the World Trade Organisation has successfully concluded a new multilateral trade agreement that was paid very little attention. In the face of growing scepticism about trade agreements per se and the proliferation of policies geared towards national interests, the WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement marks a major success. Ifo researcher Erdal Yalcin and Felicitas Beier show why in the latest issue of the ifo Schnelldienst.
Austria's pension system is often presented in the media as a model for Germany. After a closer examination of key data on the Austrian pension system, Anja Hülsewig, ifo Institute, and Oliver Hülsewig, Professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, cast doubts on its sustainability. Reforms are needed to shore up the financing of the system, including the expansion of private and company pensions.
The German economy is already in the fifth year of a moderate upturn. Capacity utilization is gradually increasing, and aggregate production capacities are now likely to have slightly exceeded their normal utilisation levels. However, cyclical dynamics remain low compared to earlier periods of recoveries, as consumption expenditures, which do not exhibit strong fluctuations, have been the main driving force so far. In addition, net migration increases potential output, counteracting a stronger capacity tightening.

