2014 06 wiiw bo wp 112 Mario Holzner The Effects of Highway Construction in the Balkans: Insights from the Via Militaris (PDF) Abstract The economic effects of the construction of modern road transport infrastructure in the Balkans, one of Europe’s economically most backward regions, is being analysed in an instrumental variables setting. In […]
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111 Analysis of Short and Medium Term Crisis Effects on Welfare and Poverty in SEE
2013 06 wiiw bo wp 111 Sebastian Leitner Analysis of Short and Medium Term Crisis Effects on Welfare and Poverty in SEE:Stress Testing Bulgarian and Romanian Households (PDF) Abstract In the analysis short- and medium term effects of the crisis on household income levels by deciles and on overall inequality and poverty measures are […]
Read More110 Inequality and the Crisis: A Causal Inference Analysis
2013 05 wiiw bo wp 110 Mario Holzner Inequality and the Crisis: A Causal Inference Analysis (PDF) Abstract A new database for the calculation of quarterly income inequality measures was established for 11 economies from Central, East and Southeast Europe for the period of 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2011. Based on the large […]
Read MoreGDN’s 2013 Global Research Competition
The Global Development Network (GDN) is offering researchers from developing countries and transition economies the opportunity to receive grants of up to US$ 32,000. If you have an interesting inter-regional/cross-country research idea and are interested in working with peers from around the world, then apply on the GDN website for the 2013 Global Research Competition. […]
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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) is looking for an economist who will strengthen wiiw’s expertise in macroeconomic analysis, on Turkey and with an interest in the EU Neighbourhood. For more information please download wiiw’s job advertisement.
Read MoreEUROPP Blog
A blog version of the wiiw working paper No. 93 on ‘The Determinants of Income Polarization on the Household and Country Level across the EU’ was published at LSE’s EUROPP – European Politics and Policy Blog. The very friendly and highly professional LSE blog editors encourage submissions of posts.
Read MoreOlga Radzyner Award 2013
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank has a long tradition of supporting science and academic research. In this spirit, the OeNB introduced the Olga Radzyner Award, which is bestowed on excellent young economists from Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe and which commemorates Olga Radzyner, former Head of the OeNB’s Foreign Research Division. The submitted work should be in […]
Read MoreNew wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
The wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers series announces the publication of several new downloadable working papers. Starting with the number 99, they were written in the framework of the latest wiiw GDN-SEE&CIS research competition. The overarching topic was about “Crisis Effects: Growth Prospects, Social Impact and Policy Responses in SEE and CIS”.
Read More109 A Micro Level Perspective of Euroization in Albania
2013 02 wiiw bo wp 109 Edlira Narazani A Micro Level Perspective of Euroization in Albania (PDF) Abstract This research investigates what drives the euroization in Albania. By using survey data collected in one of the main Albanian cities, we find that factors like remittances, financial literacy, perception of high inflation and trust in financial […]
Read More108 Effects of the global economic crisis and public spending on income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013 02 wiiw bo wp 108 Naida Trkić-Izmirlija and Adnan Efendić Effects of the global economic crisis and public spending on income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina (PDF) Abstract This research focuses on the relationship between public spending and income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In our empirical strategy we rely on a unique […]
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