Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle
| Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle | |
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 IWH logo |
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| Category: | Research institute |
| Carrier: | none (legally independent association ) |
| Membership: | Leibniz Association |
| Facility location: | Halle (Saale) |
| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Economics , social science |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Reint E. Gropp |
| Employee: | about 80 |
| Annotation: | Institute participating in the joint diagnosis |
| Homepage: | www.iwh-halle.de |
The Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH) is a non-university institution for empirical economic research based in Halle (Saale) . In accordance with its statutes, the institute exclusively and directly pursues non-profit , in particular scientific, purposes. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association . The IWH is managed in a private legal form as a registered association .
history
The institute was founded with effect from January 1, 1992. The foundation goes back to the recommendations of the Science Council in 1991, which had identified the need for an institute for applied empirical economic research as part of the renewal of economics in the new federal states .
The institute was initially located in Berlin as an institute for applied economic research since 1990 . Most of the staff came from the former Economic Research Institute of the State Planning Commission . At the beginning of 1994 the company moved to Halle.
tasks
With the founding of the IWH, transformation research was given a scientific home in Germany. If this initially concerned the transformation from the central administration to the market economy , in particular the observation and scientific analysis of the transition processes in the new federal states and in Central and Eastern Europe, then over time this perspective expanded increasingly in the direction of processes of change the current issues of global integration and their repercussions on national societies.
Under the motto “From Transformation to European Integration” , the IWH analyzes the determinants of long-term growth processes in Germany and Europe in order to make them understandable in the context of economic catch-up processes and advancing European integration. Accordingly, the typical research questions of the IWH research program are dedicated to aspects of transformation, cohesion and integration within the EU:
- What are the causes and consequences of macroeconomic fluctuations and instabilities, how can these be identified empirically, and what measures can be taken to ensure macroeconomic stability in the course of catching up and integration processes?
- How do different institutional arrangements and their changes influence the (re-) allocation of resources, especially that of human and physical capital?
- How effective is government intervention in corporate investment and R&D activities?
- What are the consequences of financial crises for the real economy?
In addition, the IWH produces scientifically sound contributions to current economic policy. For example, the IWH is a member of the joint diagnosis project group, which prepares reports on the state of the economy in the world and in Germany every six months for the federal government, and participates in a European research consortium to investigate the economic catch-up processes in Central and Eastern Europe (7th Framework Research Program of EU).
research
Research is organized in four cross-departmental IWH research clusters:
- Macroeconomic dynamism and stability
- Market and State: Transformation of Institutions
- Productivity and Innovations
- Financial stability and regulation
A total of fifteen scientifically independent research groups are currently working under the umbrella of the research cluster. The organizational sponsors of the research clusters are three research departments:
Macroeconomics
The department analyzes recent macroeconomic developments and their consequences for monetary, financial and wage policy. The focus is primarily on the European and German regions, with macroeconomic adjustment processes also being pursued in the new federal states. In addition to our own forecasts and the collaboration on the joint forecast of the German economic research institutes, the surveys on economic development in the new federal states should be mentioned here.
Financial Markets
The department deals with the institutional change of financial systems in Europe. The department's research deals with the causes and effects of the international activities of banks and other financial intermediaries, the relationship between market structures in the banking sector and macroeconomic stability, contagion effects on international financial markets and the role of the financial sector for the real economy.
Structural change and productivity
The department examines the regional and sectoral aspects of economic development, also against the background of demographic processes and the situation of regional labor markets. This topic is supplemented by aspects of the financial constitution and the impact analysis of economic policy measures, especially in East Germany. This research and the economic policy advice based on it continue to shape the profile of the institute's work.
Joint diagnosis
The IWH is involved in the joint diagnosis carried out in spring and autumn on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) . For the period from autumn 2016 up to and including spring 2018, the joint diagnosis is being drawn up jointly by eight independent economic research institutes in three working groups. The IWH forms such a working group together with the Rhine-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research (RWI) Essen and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) Vienna .
Cooperations
The institute maintains cooperative relationships and working contacts with a large number of domestic and foreign research institutions, universities, ministries, administrations and associations. Abroad, these cooperative relationships mainly affect scientific institutions in the new EU member states, Western European countries, the USA and Canada. We have worked closely with the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg for years. In addition, there is increased cooperation with Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg , at which IWH President Reint E. Gropp holds a chair for economics; The IWH maintains other cooperative relationships with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, the University of Leipzig , the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Erfurt .
The IWH is a cooperation partner of two graduate colleges: the interdisciplinary graduate college "Constitutional Foundations of Globalized Financial Markets - Stability and Change" of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg as well as the graduate college "Central-German Doctoral Program Economics" (CGDE ) of the Technical University of Dresden, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Leipzig .
Staff and budget
As of December 31, 2015, the institute employed a total of 79 salaried employees, including 49 academic staff. The proportion of female employees in the institute is 39%, in the scientific area 20%. The institute's total budget in 2015 was around EUR 7.64 million, of which EUR 6.16 million was institutional funding and EUR 1.48 million from third-party funding.
Manfred Wegner was president of the institute from 1992 to 1994, Rüdiger Pohl from 1994 to 2003 and Ulrich Blum from 2004 to 2011 . From December 2011 to May 2013 Jutta Günther and Oliver Holtemöller were on an interim basis . Claudia M. Buch was President of the IWH from June 2013 to October 2014 . Reint E. Gropp has been President of the IWH since November 2014 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Construction of the hall . In: Die Zeit , No. 20/1995
- ^ Tasks - IWH - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle. In: www.iwh-halle.de. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
- ^ Research cluster - IWH - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle. In: www.iwh-halle.de. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
- ^ Joint diagnosis - IWH - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle. In: www.iwh-halle.de. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Manfred Wegner's biography
- ^ Institute for Economic Research Halle - Board of Directors
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