RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
| RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research | |
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| Category: | Research institute |
| Carrier: | legally independent |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Membership: | Leibniz Association |
| Facility location: | eat |
| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Economics |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Christoph M. Schmidt |
| Employee: | approx. 120 |
| Annotation: | Institute participating in the joint diagnosis |
| Homepage: | www.rwi-essen.de |
The RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research e. V. is a non-university institution for economic research based in Essen . In accordance with its statutes, the institute exclusively and directly pursues non-profit , in particular scientific, purposes. In the media, the institute is mostly referred to as business-related. The institute is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community (WGL) and is managed in a private legal form as a registered association .
tasks
RWI Essen sees itself as a modern center for scientific research and evidence-based policy advice. It bundles its work in the competence areas
- Labor markets, education, population including the research group Migration and Integration
- health
- Growth , business cycle , public finances
- Environment and resources including the research group on climate change in developing countries
as well as in the research group Sustainability and Governance and in the Research Data Center Ruhr at RWI.
history
The institute was founded in 1926 by Walther Däbritz as the "West Department" of the "Institute for Economic Research " (today's German Institute for Economic Research ), Berlin. It has been legally independent as a registered association since 1943, and until 2016 it was called the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung . On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his legal independence, the economic historians Toni Pierenkemper and Rainer Fremdling examined the history of the institute. Her work has been published under the title "75 Years of RWI: A Trailblazer for the Evidence Revolution" in De Gruyter-Verlag and is freely accessible in Open Access.
Infrastructure
The president is Christoph M. Schmidt . Further members of the board are Thomas Bauer and Stefan Rumpf (administrative board member). RWI Essen has around one hundred and twenty employees, including almost ninety scientists. Half of the basic funding is provided by the federal government and half by the federal states. These grants make up almost two thirds of the institute's total income. In addition, there is income from research contracts, which also come mainly from public clients - in particular the federal and state ministries.
Networking
Through the members of the administrative board, the RWI is linked to the New Social Market Economy initiative , the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, the IG Metall trade union, banks, insurance companies, the steel trade association and the Ruhr University Bochum, among others . The members of the Board of Directors are (as of March 2020):
- Reinhard Hüttl , Potsdam (chairman)
- Manfred Breuer, Essen (deputy chairman)
- Claudia Buch , Frankfurt (Deputy Chair)
- Reinhold Schulte , Dortmund (Deputy Chairman)
- Stefan Dietzfelbinger, Duisburg
- Knut Giesler, Düsseldorf
- Hans Jörg Hennecke, Düsseldorf
- Ronald Janßen-Timmen, Essen
- Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff , Düsseldorf
- Thomas A. Lange, Essen
- Herbert Lütkestratkötter, Essen
- Stefan Profit, Berlin
- Helmut Schiffer, Essen
- Axel Schölmerich , Bochum
- Martin Sonnenschein, Berlin
- Annette Storsberg, Düsseldorf
- Josef Zipfel, Düsseldorf
A research advisory board provides scientific advice to the institute. It consists of at least 6, but no more than 12 internationally respected, professional external scientists or other experts in the institute's research field, including those from abroad. Its tasks are:
- Scientific support, advice and evaluation of the work of the institute
- Evaluation of the institute's research program
- Report on the assessment to the Board of Directors
- Promotion of the work of the institute.
The RWI regularly exchanges information with other scientific institutions in networks, works together with many other research institutions and is a member of research networks, including a member of the Project LINK (worldwide association of macroeconometric models) and a member of the European Economic Network (EUREN).
In the RWI Research Network, the RWI networks with scientists from Germany and especially from abroad, with whom it regularly works on research and / or political advice projects. The network is also aimed at alumni who have either received their doctorate or habilitation at RWI and are now still actively connected to the institute in their subsequent academic work.
activities
- Joint diagnosis: The RWI is involved in the "joint diagnosis" of the leading German economic research institutes on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The economic forecasts are prepared twice a year, in spring and autumn. They provide an orientation for the projections of the federal government. The following economic research institutes currently belong to the joint diagnosis project group: German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin; Ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich V. in cooperation with the KOF Business Cycle Research Center at the ETH Zurich; Institute for World Economy (IfW), Kiel; Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle eV (IWH); RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research eV, Essen in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna.
- Among other things, the institute maintains a macroeconomic econometric model with the RWI economic model (KoMo or KM) , which is based on quarterly figures from the national accounts . This model is used in conjunction with the economic forecast and the evaluation of economic policy measures.
- Working group tax estimate : RWI Essen is the annual forecast tax revenues for the public sector in May and November a member of the "working group tax estimate" in which experts.
- CO 2 monitoring: On behalf of the Federal Association of German Industry, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, RWI Essen monitors compliance with the Kyoto Protocol in the area of CO 2 reduction by the German economy.
- ESF evaluation: On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), the RWI examines the effectiveness of the measures of the European Social Fund (ESF) in the funding period 2000 to 2006 in Germany.
- Energy transition : RWI is committed to a sustainable and cost-effective energy transition as part of a European solution. It advocates the switch to green energy generation, but criticizes the individual funding of technologies under the national Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) as inefficient and socially unjust. The main arguments of the criticism are that due to the participation of German companies in EU emissions trading through simultaneous national solo efforts like the EEG not a single additional ton of CO2 can be saved and that especially low-income households are particularly burdened by the EEG surcharge . Together with the environmental economist Ottmar Edenhofer , Schmidt developed a tax concept based on a CO 2 tax that aims to solve the climate catastrophe through purely market-based mechanisms.
- Networks: The RWI regularly exchanges information with other scientific institutions, collaborates with many other research institutions and is a member of research networks, including a. Member of the Project LINK (worldwide network of macroeconometric models) and member of the European Economic Network (EUREN).
- Promotion of young talent: Together with the Universities of Bochum , Duisburg-Essen and Dortmund , RWI Essen founded the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics ( RGS Econ ) in October 2004 . Each year it accepts eight doctoral students who will be promoted to doctoral degrees in three years. The RGS Econ is a unique initiative of its kind by universities and a non-university research institute.
- Student projects: As part of the “Economy up close” event, the RWI brings high school students closer to topics and issues in economics and shows where economics plays a role in everyday life. In addition, the RWI has been participating in the “ Young Economic Summit ” (YES), which is organized by the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics , for several years . It offers schoolchildren a common platform and the tools for developing solutions to economic, ecological and social problems.
Appreciation
Like all research institutes of the Leibniz Association, the RWI is evaluated regularly, usually every seven years, by a commission of independent scientists. In the report on the evaluation in 2019, the Senate recommends that the Leibniz Association continue the public funding of the RWI by the federal and state governments for the next seven years. The six research areas of the RWI are rated in one case as "excellent", in two cases as "very good to excellent", as "very good" and in one case as "good to very good". The evaluation report emphasizes: “The very convincing research results of the RWI are reflected in the corresponding publications. On the basis of its research activities, the institute provides high quality policy advice. "
Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier praised it in his speech on the occasion of its 75th anniversary as a “beacon in the German research landscape”.
criticism
In the WDR television magazine Monitor , the RWI was criticized for an opinion in which green electricity is seen as the cause of rising electricity prices, which, however, initially without labeling in the opinion, was financed by a US oil and coal company, the Washington Institute for Energy Research , was funded. In terms of the content of the report, it was criticized, among other things, that the purchase price on the Leipzig power exchange actually falls, but is not passed on to customers by the power companies. The author of the report from RWI replied that he had not previously known the Washington Institute for Energy Research as a third-party funder and that the report is based on articles from peer-reviewed journals and is therefore scientific.
Publications
- The RWI business cycle reports appear four times a year and contain contributions from RWI business cycle research as well as on individual sectors.
- The Ruhr Economic Papers are a series of discussion papers published jointly by the economics faculties of the Universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen as well as the RWI. The RGS Econ (RGS) is co-publisher.
- The RWI Impact Notes are two-page policy briefs that briefly summarize research results for decision-makers, media representatives and the interested public.
- The RWI positions communicate policy-advising research results and evidence-based recommendations for action from all areas of competence of the RWI.
- The RWI materials contain scientific contributions to discussions, reports and statements on economic policy topics as well as documentation.
- The series RWI project reports contains interim and final reports of expert opinions and statements.
Web links
- Own homepage: rwi-essen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Assessment on the deutschland.de website for which the Federal Foreign Office is responsible
- ↑ Welt dated December 10, 2008: Gloomy forecast: Germany is threatened with worst recession in 2009
- ↑ Der Spiegel from October 17, 2013: Economic researchers warn against a uniform minimum wage
- ↑ Time of April 18, 2017: How many carers does the country need? .
- ↑ taz of December 18, 2018: Whipping boy energy transition
- ^ Toni Pierenkemper, Rainer Fremdling: Economy and economic policy in Germany, 75 years RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research eV 1943–2018 . De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin, Boston 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-056763-2 ( degruyter.com [accessed March 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Board of Directors. In: www.rwi-essen.de. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ About the RWI - Financing and Client. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Lobbypedia: Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung ( Memento from October 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Committees. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ www.rwi-essen.de: Committees
- ↑ Managing Director of the Lower Rhine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve zu Duisburg , www.ihk-niederrhein.de ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2010-2016 head of management consultancy AT Kearney (DA-CH)
- ^ RWI Research Network. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ^ Joint diagnosis - analyzes and forecasts of the economic situation in Germany. Accessed March 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ WELT: Wirtschaftsweiser: Purely German energy transition makes no sense . December 29, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed March 18, 2019]).
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE: New tax concept for Germany: Get out of Absurdistan. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
- ^ Ottmar Edenhofer and Christoph M. Schmidt: Cornerstones of a CO₂ price reform. In: www.rwi-essen.de. RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, December 1, 2019, accessed on March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Economy up close - experience economy. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ YES! Team: YES! - Young Economic Summit - Your Future. Your Ideas. In: YES! - Young Economic Summit. Accessed March 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Senate of the Leibniz Association: Statement on RWI. In: Leibniz Association. November 26, 2019, accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ RWI: Press release from July 5th, 2018. July 5, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ The lie of expensive green electricity. Why the electricity bill is really that high . Broadcast of the WDR television magazine Monitor No. 613 on October 21, 2010.
- ↑ Publications. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
