Research Departments
Ifo Department Business Cycle Analysis and Surveys
The survey-supported business-cycle research of the Department of Business Cycle Analysis and Surveys includes the following main areas:
• National and international economic activity forecasts,
• Business surveys,
• Research in the areas of macroeconomics, forecast methods and survey methodology,
• Provision of survey data and methodological competence. read on Business Cycle Analysis and Surveys
Ifo Department Public Finance
The Department of Public Finance engages in research and policy advice in these areas:
• Fiscal federalism and local finances,
• Evaluation of fiscal and taxation policy,
• Government debt in Germany and Europe. read on Public Finance
Ifo Department Social Policy and Labour Markets
The Department of Social Policy and Labour Markets focuses on the following:
• Labour market economics,
• Family economics,
• Evaluation studies in the area of social, family and labour market policy and institutions.
The methodological core competencies of the department include
• applied theoretical research
• microeconometric analyses focusing on causal identification. read on Social Policy and Labour Markets
Ifo Department Human Capital and Innovation
The Department of Human Capital and Innovation focuses on:
• Economics of education
• Innovation economics read on Human Capital and Innovation
Ifo Department Industrial Organisation and New Technologies
The Industrial Organisation and New Technologies Department looks at:
• industrial organisation,
• new technologies,
• enterprise research,
• editorship of the industry-branch reports, Branchen special. read on Industrial Organisation and New Technologies
Ifo Department Energy, Environment and Exhaustible Resources
The Energy, Environment and Exhaustible Resources Department conducts research and policy advisory work that focuses on:
• climate and exhaustible resources,
• environment,
• energy.
The research activities of the department are determined by the main challenges following from the protection of the environment, climate change and the scarcity of natural resources as well as environmental goods and services. read on Energy, Environment and Exhaustible Resources
Ifo Department International Trade
The department’s main research areas are:
• globalisation and labour markets,
• costs and potential of trade,
• trade and environmental policies. read on International Trade
Ifo Department International Institutional Comparisons
The International Institutional Comparisons department focuses on the following areas:
• Research on institutions and international comparisons,
• Research on migration and coordination of the Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research (CEMIR),
• Updating and further development of DICE, an international comparative database of economically relevant regulations and institutions,
• Publication of the CESifo DICE Report. read on International Institutional Comparisons
Ifo Branch Ifo Dresden
Fields of research
• Business cycles and growth in Saxony and eastern Germany,
• Human capital, structural change and Saxony’s/eastern Germany’s position in the competition for the most attractive industrial locations,
• Labour market and social policy in Saxony and Eastern Germany,
• Integration of Saxony and the other new federal states in the international division of labour (especially with Central and Eastern Europe),
• Public finance and business development in Saxony and the new federal states. read on Ifo Dresden