May 2022 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Seminar Boris Blagov: Euro area nowcasting using large Bayesian mixed frequency VAR
by IHS Event 06 May '22

06 May '22

‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [IHS Logo mit Schriftzug] <https://ihs.ac.at/> Seminar Boris Blagov: Euro area nowcasting using large Bayesian mixed frequency VAR Wednesday, 18th May, 4 pm – 5:30 pm ________________________________ About the Event This talk will present the application of a Mixed Frequency VAR model (MF-VAR) for nowcasting the GDP of the largest euro area members covering the theoretical framework and the practical implementation. Using a large dataset, the nowcasting power of a plethora of monthly indicators will be assessed via an extensive out-of-sample forecasting exercise. Read more<https://www.ihs.ac.at/events/detail/seminar-boris-baglov-euro-area-nowcasti…> Participation The Seminar will take place at the Institute of Advanced Studies. You do not need to register for the event. ________________________________ Impressum Institut für Höhere Studien, Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna Tel: +43-1-59991-0 Fax: +43-1-59991-555 Email: office(at)ihs.ac.at Web: <mailto:office@ihs.ac.at> https://www.ihs.ac.at/ ZVR-Zahl: 066207973 DVR-Zahl: 0003921 <https://www.ihs.ac.at/>

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Invitation "The role of urban planning in enhancing health and climate equity" - 18th May lunch time talk
by Andrea Schmidt 06 May '22

06 May '22

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich darf Sie im Namen des neu gegründeten Kompetenzzentrums Klima und Gesundheit an der Gesundheit Österreich GmbH sehr herzlich zu einem Online Lunchtime Talk am 18.5. um 12h einladen (in englischer Sprache), bei dem wir internationale Sprecherinnen begrüßen dürfen (nähere Informationen und Anmeldung siehe unten). Herzliche Grüße, Andrea Schmidt Leitung Kompetenzzentrum Klima und Gesundheit [image: image.png] Gesundheit Österrreich cordially invites to a Lunchtime-Talk within the framework of the European Public Health Week 2022: *Health throughout the life course* The role of urban planning in enhancing health and climate equity *Lunchtime-Talk* Wednesday, 18 May 2022 | 12.00 to 13.15 pm (CET) *Online via Zoom* Registration <https://survey.goeg.at/index.php/996198?lang=de> In the context of increasing urbanisation, the role of urban planning is gaining in importance. The design of urban living spaces offers solutions for future challenges: resilient cities not only aim to mitigate the impacts of climate change, but also positively influence the quality of life, housing, and recreation of urban population. In addition, it can be seen as a lever to promote health and reduce the impacts of pre-existing inequalities. Experts from Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), EuroHealthNet and Vienna Solutions will present flashlights on science, on practice and on policy to outline the triple-win potential of urban planning and share their experiences and know-how with interested urban, health and climate experts and practitioners. *Programme* - *Flashlight on science* Natalie Mueller, Barcelona Institut for Global health (ISGlobal) - *Flashlight on practice* Alba Godfrey, EuroHealthNet - *Flashlight on policy* Maria Vassilakou, Vienna Solutions *Questions from the audience and discussion.* *Welcoming* Judith delle Grazie Head of Department on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection *Hosting and moderation* Ilonka Horváth Senior Health Expert at the Competence Centre on Climate and Health Gesundheit Österreich GmbH View details on the programme <https://goeg.at/Coll_health_climate_equity> The event is open to everyone interested. We look forward to your participation via Zoom and request online registration. Participation is free of any charges. Registration <https://survey.goeg.at/index.php/996198?lang=de> The event takes place in the framework of the European Public Health Week <https://eupha.org/EUPHW>– *Health throughout the life course*. Daily theme on 18 May: Climate change affects our health <https://eupha.org/climate_change_effects_our_health> *Copyright © 2022 Gesundheit Österreich GmbH, Alle Rechte vorbehalten.* Sie möchten Änderungen zum Erhalt dieser Aussendung vornehmen: Hier können Sie Einstellungen ändern <https://goeg.us15.list-manage.com/profile?u=5dccc57dc83f3543c2450e911&id=b9…> oder sich von der Liste abmelden. <https://goeg.us15.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=5dccc57dc83f3543c2450e911&i…> -- Mag.a Dr.in Andrea Schmidt, MSc phone: +43 650 911 9053 mail: andrea.e.schmidt(a)gmail.com

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WIC Colloquia: Wed, May 11th 2022, 11:00 & Mon, May 16th. 15:00
by Simunics, Barbara 05 May '22

05 May '22

WIC Online Colloquium ********************* Goran Miladinov The Mechanism Between Mortality, Population Growth and Ageing of the Population in the European Lower and Upper Middle Income Countries Wednesday, May 11th, 2022, 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST) Please register for the presentation here until May, 10th, 10:00 (CEST): https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration Login information will be sent to registered participants shortly before the presentation. This paper analyses the effect of mortality rates under-five and adult mortality) and population growth on the population ageing in a pooled sample of nine LUMIs European countries. The analysis is implemented in terms of Pooled least squares with cross-section fixed effects methodology. The novelty used within this research is White two-way cluster standard errors & covariance. This study is based on a database from the World Bank and UN covering the period 1995–2019. Results are consistent with the notion that the increasing ageing process within these countries may be a consequence of the negative impact of population growth and from the influence of adult mortality. The research results are making available quantitative analysis and indights and therefore confirm the presence of solid ties of the mechanism between mortality, population growth and population ageing across these European LUMIs. There was a clear point that mortality acceleration will depend primarily on the level of population growth. About the presenter: Goran Miladinov has Ph.D. in demography from Faculty of Economics at “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Macedonia. Currently, he is working independently as a researcher-demographer. His main research interests include demography, population economics, applied econometrics and statistics for business and economics, and development economics. He also has previous teaching experience in statistics, econometrics and some other management courses as well as job experience in R&D statistics at the State Statistics Offi ce in Skopje. Besides, Goran Miladinov has many other research contributions. More Information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/PDF/Colloquium/2022… WIC Colloquium (hybrid format) ********************* Alicia Adserà, Princeton University Family Goals and Behavior in an International Comparative Analysis Monday, May, 16th, 2022, 15:00-16:00 (CEST) Please register for the presentation here until May 15th, 10:00 (CEST): https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration Login information will be sent to registered participants the day before the presentation. For a participation in person at the Vienna Institute of Demography, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 3, 1030 Wien a registration is also required. Abstract: We aim to understand how family goals/values impact family behavior (especially union formation and fertility). We designed a survey to collect information on family goals that includes novel vignettes of family profiles that individuals are asked to evaluate in terms of their "success" and desirability. Family profiles vary by marital status, children, family investments and interactions, educational aspirations and intra-household specialization. We use online panels in Italy, Korea, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Japan, China and the US. Many of these countries have some of the lowest fertility rates in the world, but very different institutional settings, and family formation processes (including nonmarital unions and childbearing). A better understanding of family goals should allow us to theoretically integrate the ways in which mechanisms governing micro-level intimate family contexts scale up to (partially) explain macro-level trends in family patterns. About the presenter: Alicia Adserà is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Economics at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and director of graduate studies at the Office of Population Research (Princeton University). Her research interests are economic demography, development and political economy. She works on the interplay between economics and fertility as well as on migration. She holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University. Previously, she was a tenured Associate Professor (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Research Affiliate at the Population Research Center (University of Chicago). More Information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/PDF/Colloquium/2022…

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CfP Young Economists Conference 2022 - Submission deadline May 15
by Lechinger, Vanessa 05 May '22

05 May '22

Dear All, I would like to kindly remind you of the CfP of the 11th Young Economists Conference 2022<https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/yec2022> on the topic of Political Economy of Power. The conference is open to early stage researchers from all disciplines, especially economists, political scientists or sociologists. It will take place in Vienna on October 7th and 8th, starting with a pre-conference program on October 6th. The YEC 2022 is free of charge and presenting participants will be reimbursed for train travel cost within Austria and may apply for accommodation subsidies. A restricted number of travel stipends for selected researchers from the Global South will be generously offered by the INET Young Scholars Initiative. An outstanding contribution will be awarded the Eduard März Prize of €1,000. Submission of abstracts (max. 1 page) is open until May 15th and should be send to yec(a)akwien.at<mailto:yec@akwien.at>. Yours sincerely, Vanessa Lechinger Member of the scientific committee Research Institute Economics of Inequality WU Vienna University of Economics and Business [INEQ_black] Building D3, Floor 0.251 Welthandelsplatz 1, A-1020 Vienna Phone:+43 (1) 31336 - 5963 E-mail: vanessa.lechinger(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:vanessa.sophie.lechinger@wu.ac.at> Web: www.wu.ac.at/ineq<http://www.wu.ac.at/ineq>

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ECON Theory & Policy talk: H. Strulik on May 12
by Hutter, Julia 05 May '22

05 May '22

Dear all, we would like to invite you to our next ECON Theory and Policy Seminar talk: Thursday, May 12, 4:00 pm (Seminarroom DB gelb 05 A, yellow area, 5th floor) Life Cycle Health Economics with Infectious and Chronic Diseases Holger Strulik (Georg-August Universität Göttingen)<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uni-goettingen.de%2Fde%2Fpro…> https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/prof.+dr.+holger+strulik/353239.html In this paper, we introduce the gerontological mechanisms of immunosenescence and inflammaging to health economics and propose an economic life cycle model in which individual health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. we take into account that aging, conceptualized as the self-productive accumulation of new chronic health deficits, affects the immune system and thus the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases. Infections, in turn, have a negative impact on the development of chronic diseases. Individuals invest in their health to slow down health deficit accumulation and take measures to protect themselves from infectious diseases. We show how protection effort depends on individual characteristics, medical technology, and the disease environment. We calibrate the model for an average 20-year-old American in 2010 and use counterfactual computational experiments to examine the drivers of health behaviors and health outcomes during the epidemiological transition 1860--2010.The model is then used to predict behavior and long-term health outcomes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of age, frailty, preferences, and the interaction between infectious and chronic diseases. Further Events: https://www.econ.tuwien.ac.at/index.html#events Wed, June 1, 5:00pm – 6:30pm - Hippolyte d'Albis (PSE) Best regards, Julia Hutter for Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz Julia Hutter TU Wien Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics Economics E105-3 Phone: +43-1-58801x10531 E-Mail: julia.hutter(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:julia.hutter@tuwien.ac.at>

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FIW-News: Veranstaltungen im Mai 2022
by fiw-pb 04 May '22

04 May '22

[FIW_Logo_de_en] English version Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir freuen uns, Sie über die neuesten Entwicklungen des FIW-Projekts informieren zu dürfen. Diesmal mit folgendem Inhalt: * AW-Curriculum: Webinar B4 „Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Europäischen Integrationsprozess“, 19. Mai 2022 * AW-Curriculum: Webinar W5 „Der Außenhandel mit Dienstleistungen“, 2. Juni 2022 * Ausschreibung Verwaltungspraktika im Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) * Reminder: Seminar in International Economics mit Arman Rezai, 5. Mai 2022 * Reminder: Seminar in International Economics mit Andrea Albanese, 12. Mai 2022 Einladung zum Webinar B4 „Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Europäischen Integrationsprozess“ – 19. Mai 2022 Die Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (VAB), das Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) und das Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) laden Sie und Ihre interessierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen herzlich zur Teilnahme am Basisseminar B4 ein: Thema: Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Europäischen Integrationsprozess Vortragende: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmann (JKU Linz, wiiw); Mag. Dr. Thomas Reininger (OeNB)) Zeit: 19. Mai 2022, 09:00 bis 11:00 Uhr Registrierung: https://my.demio.com/ref/ILy5FK8Tfc865PT6 Das Webinar wird im Rahmen des Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum 2021/2022 abgehalten, das von BMDW, FIW und VAB durchgeführt wird. Die Teilnahme an den Seminaren ist kostenlos. Nähere Informationen (Seminarinhalte, Anmeldelinks, Kontaktdaten etc.) finden Sie in Einladung<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Einladung_AW…> und Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-…>. Einladung zum Webinar W5 „Der Außenhandel mit Dienstleistungen“ – 2. Juni 2022 Die Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (VAB), das Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) und das Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) laden Sie und Ihre interessierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen herzlich zur Teilnahme am Wahlseminar W5 ein: Thema: Der Außenhandel mit Dienstleistungen Vortragende: Mag.a Elisabeth Christen, PhD (WIFO) Zeit: 2. Juni 2022, 09:00 bis 11:00 Uhr Registrierung: https://my.demio.com/ref/TvUD1MmEc9jyPlEc Das Webinar wird im Rahmen des Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum 2021/2022 abgehalten, das von BMDW, FIW und VAB durchgeführt wird. Die Teilnahme an den Seminaren ist kostenlos. Nähere Informationen (Seminarinhalte, Anmeldelinks, Kontaktdaten etc.) finden Sie in Einladung<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Einladung_AW…> und Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-…>. Ausschreibung Verwaltungspraktika im Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) Wir möchten Sie gerne auf die folgende Stellenausschreibung aufmerksam machen: * Im Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) werden derzeit VerwaltungspraktikantInnen aufgenommen. * Infos: https://bund.jobboerse.gv.at/sap/bc/jobs/#/details/0050568176C11EDCB1AAC15C… * Deadline für Bewerbungen: 12.5.2022 * Einreichadresse: personalabteilung(a)bmdw.gv.at<mailto:personalabteilung@bmdw.gv.at>. Bewerbungen von AbsolventInnen der Studienrichtung VWL mit einem Schwerpunkt internationale Wirtschaft können zusätzlich CC an Dr. Schekulin (Leiter der Abteilung III/7 Handels- sowie wettbewerbspolitische Analysen und Strategien) adressiert werden: Manfred.Schekulin(a)bmdw.gv.at<mailto:Manfred.Schekulin@bmdw.gv.at> Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics Gathering support for green tax reform (online-event) Gathering support for green tax reform Speaker: Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business Time: May 5, 2022, 3 p.m. Venue: This is an online event via Zoom. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_adVR37anTaSKSZJ_ATKe3w The presentation is based on a paper<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014292121002518> co-authored with Frederick van der Ploeg and Miguel Tovar. The Seminar will be held in English. Abstract: Green tax reform is unpopular because, typically, the poor are hurt most by the higher prices of carbon-intensive commodities. If revenues from a carbon tax are recycled, it may be feasible to gain popular support for green tax reform. To investigate this, we estimate an EASI demand system from German household data and a labour supply schedule, using wage data, and the German income tax schedule and let emission intensities decline in the carbon tax. If the revenue from a carbon tax is recycled via a lump-sum transfer to all households, this gives more equitable albeit less efficient outcomes, yet 70% of households are worse off. If the revenue is recycled via lower income taxes, there is more efficiency at the expense of more inequality, and about half of households benefit. With a recycling mix of lump-sum transfers and lower income taxes, popular support can be mustered without hurting equity too much. We also investigate the effects of Germany meeting its legal target for curbing emissions by 55% in 2030 relative to 1990 levels. We find that most of emission reductions are due to producers responding by lowering emission intensities rather than by consumers to less carbon-intensive consumption categories. Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment” (online-event) Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment Speaker: Andrea Albanese, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Time: May 12, 2022, 3 p.m. Venue: This is an online event via Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JCX2IRpHQai6SLuGeL0Y4w The presentation is based on a paper with the same title co-authored with Adrian Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. The seminar will be held in English. Abstract: Using a novel event study speciﬁcation that accounts for treatment heterogeneity together with Belgian social security and geo-location data at the individual level, we study mobility as a determinant of the gender gap in employment. We ﬁnd that, following childbirth, individuals are less likely to change of residence regardless of their gender, but that only mothers commute less and work less outside their region of residence. Consistent with this ﬁnding, childbirth not only reduces employment for mothers relative to fathers, but the gender gaps on non-local employment and high-paying jobs are higher than the gender gaps on local employment and low-paying positions, respectively. Lastly, we show that a higher level of unemployment in the region of residence prior to childbirth lead to a higher gender gap in employment after childbirth. As childbirth reduces mobility, individuals’ employment status may be more reliant on the initial regional conditions. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alexander Hudetz und Birgit Buschbom FIW-Projektbüro Es entspricht nicht unserer Philosophie Ihnen unerwünschte E-Mails zukommen zu lassen. Falls Sie keine weiteren E-Mails vom FIW erhalten möchten, schreiben Sie bitte an das Projektbüro<mailto:fiw-pb@fiw.at> mit dem Betreff "Abmelden". __________________________________ Der Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) (https://www.fiw.ac.at/) ist eine Kooperation zwischen der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU), der Universität Wien, der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz und der Universität Innsbruck, WIFO, wiiw und WSR. FIW wird von den Bundesministerien BMBFW und BMDW finanziert. Dear Sir or Madam, We are glad to inform you about the latest news on the FIW project. In this issue: * AW-Curriculum: Webinar B4 „Current Developments in the European Integration Process“, May 19, 2022 * AW-Curriculum: Webinar W5 “Foreign Trade in Services”, June 2, 2022 * Internships in the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) * Reminder: Seminar in International Economics mit Arman Rezai, May 5, 2022 * Reminder: Seminar in International Economics mit Andrea Albanese, May 12, 2022 Invitation to Webinar B4 " Current Developments in the European Integration Process " - May 19, 2022 FIW, VAB and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) cordially invite you and your interested colleagues to participate in the seminar B4/2022 of the AW-Curriculum. Title: Current Developments in the European Integration Process Lecturer: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmann (JKU Linz, wiiw); Mag. Dr. Thomas Reininger (OeNB)) Time: May 19, 2022, 09:00 to 11:00 a.m. Registration: https://my.demio.com/ref/ILy5FK8Tfc865PT6 Language: German The webinar is held as part of the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/2022, which is organized by BMDW, FIW and VAB. Participation in the seminars is free of charge. For more information (seminar contents, registration links, contact details, etc.), please refer to the invitation<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Einladung_AW…> and program<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-…>. Invitation to Webinar W5 " Foreign Trade in Services " – June 2, 2022 FIW, VAB and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) cordially invite you and your interested colleagues to participate in the seminar W5/2022 of the AW-Curriculum. Title: Foreign Trade in Services Lecturer: Mag.a Elisabeth Christen, PhD (WIFO) Time: June 2, 2022, 09:00 to 11:00 a.m. Registration: https://my.demio.com/ref/TvUD1MmEc9jyPlEc Language: German The webinar is held as part of the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/2022, which is organized by BMDW, FIW and VAB. Participation in the seminars is free of charge. For more information (seminar contents, registration links, contact details, etc.), please refer to the invitation<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Einladung_AW…> and program<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-…>. Internships in the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) We would like to draw your attention to the following job advertisement: * The Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) is currently accepting administrative interns. * Info: https://bund.jobboerse.gv.at/sap/bc/jobs/#/details/0050568176C11EDCB1AAC15C… * Deadline for applications: 12.5.2022. * Submission address: personalabteilung(a)bmdw.gv.at<mailto:personalabteilung@bmdw.gv.at>. Applications from VWL graduates with a focus on international economics can additionally CC be addressed to Dr. Schekulin (Head of Department III/7 Trade and Competition Policy Analysis and Strategies): Manfred.Schekulin(a)bmdw.gv.at<mailto:Manfred.Schekulin@bmdw.gv.at> Reminder: Invitation to the Seminar in International Economics Gathering support for green tax reform (online-event) Gathering support for green tax reform Speaker: Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business Time: May 5, 2022, 3 p.m. Venue: This is an online event via Zoom. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_adVR37anTaSKSZJ_ATKe3w The presentation is based on a paper<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014292121002518> co-authored with Frederick van der Ploeg and Miguel Tovar. Abstract: Green tax reform is unpopular because, typically, the poor are hurt most by the higher prices of carbon-intensive commodities. If revenues from a carbon tax are recycled, it may be feasible to gain popular support for green tax reform. To investigate this, we estimate an EASI demand system from German household data and a labour supply schedule, using wage data, and the German income tax schedule and let emission intensities decline in the carbon tax. If the revenue from a carbon tax is recycled via a lump-sum transfer to all households, this gives more equitable albeit less efficient outcomes, yet 70% of households are worse off. If the revenue is recycled via lower income taxes, there is more efficiency at the expense of more inequality, and about half of households benefit. With a recycling mix of lump-sum transfers and lower income taxes, popular support can be mustered without hurting equity too much. We also investigate the effects of Germany meeting its legal target for curbing emissions by 55% in 2030 relative to 1990 levels. We find that most of emission reductions are due to producers responding by lowering emission intensities rather than by consumers to less carbon-intensive consumption categories. Reminder: Invitation to the Seminar in International Economics: Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment” (online-event) Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment Speaker: Andrea Albanese, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Time: May 12, 2022, 3 p.m. Venue: This is an online event via Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JCX2IRpHQai6SLuGeL0Y4w The presentation is based on a paper with the same title co-authored with Adrian Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Abstract: Using a novel event study speciﬁcation that accounts for treatment heterogeneity together with Belgian social security and geo-location data at the individual level, we study mobility as a determinant of the gender gap in employment. We ﬁnd that, following childbirth, individuals are less likely to change of residence regardless of their gender, but that only mothers commute less and work less outside their region of residence. Consistent with this ﬁnding, childbirth not only reduces employment for mothers relative to fathers, but the gender gaps on non-local employment and high-paying jobs are higher than the gender gaps on local employment and low-paying positions, respectively. Lastly, we show that a higher level of unemployment in the region of residence prior to childbirth lead to a higher gender gap in employment after childbirth. As childbirth reduces mobility, individuals’ employment status may be more reliant on the initial regional conditions. We are looking forward to your participation in the events. Kind regards Alexander Hudetz and Birgit Buschbom FIW Project Office It is not our philosophy to send you unwanted e-mails. If you do not wish to receive further e-mails from FIW, please write to the project office<mailto:fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at> with the subject "Unsubscribe". _____________________________________________________ The FIW - Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Innsbruck, WIFO, wiiw and WSR. FIW is funded by BMBFW and BMDW. [Titel: Logo des FIW - Beschreibung: Das ist das Logo Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft, das in Kooperation mit dem BMDW die AW-Vorlesungen organisiert.]

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WU Economics Research Seminar, 11.5.2022, 4.30 pm to 6 pm, Holger Strulik (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
by Oberhofer, Harald 04 May '22

04 May '22

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economics Research Seminar on Wednesday, May 11th, with Holger Strulik (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) on "Automation and the Fall and Rise of the Servant Economy" Abstract: We develop a macroeconomic theory of the division of household tasks between servants and own work and how it is affected by automation in households and firms. We calibrate the model for the U.S.\ and apply it to explain the historical development of household time use and the distribution of household tasks from 1900 to 2020. The economy is populated by high-skilled and low-skilled households and household tasks are performed by own work, machines, or servants. For the period 1900-1960, innovations in household automation motivate the decline of the servant economy and the creation of new household tasks motivates an almost constant division of household time between wage work and domestic work. For the period 1960-2020, innovations in firm automation and the implied increase of the skill premium explain the return of the servant economy. We show the robustness of results to the introduction of time trends in skilled-labor supply and the consideration of endogenous demand for leisure. With counterfactual experiments we address the effects of task-dependent disutility of work and of innovations in servant efficiency (the Gig economy). We provide supporting evidence for inequality as a driver of the return of the servant economy in a regional panel of U.S. metropolitan statistical areas for the period 2005-2020. Date: Wednesday, May 11th Time: 4.30 to 6 pm (CET) Location: building TC, fifth floor, room TC.5.18 With best regards, Harald Oberhofer --- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer Department of Economics WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Phone: +43/1/31336-4984 Fax: +43/1/31336-4984 Email: harald.oberhofer(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at> Webpage: https://www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer/ Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) Phone: +43/1/7982601-468 Fax: +43/1/7989386 Email: harald.oberhofer(a)wifo.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at> Webpage: http://www.wifo.ac.at/harald_oberhofer

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INVITATION | OeNB-HFCS Freitagsseminar with Alice Henriques Volz | 6 May 2022, 4:00 p.m.
by Event-Management 03 May '22

03 May '22

Dear Sir or Madam, We have the pleasure of inviting you to the OeNB-HFCS Freitagsseminar with Alice Henriques Volz, Principal Economist at Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) will host. Title "Introducing and Using the Distributional Financial Accounts (of the United States)" Abstract This paper describes the construction of the Distributional Financial Accounts (DFAs), a new dataset containing quarterly estimates of the distribution of U.S. household wealth since 1989, and provides the first look at the resulting data. The DFAs build on two existing Federal Reserve Board statistical products --- quarterly aggregate measures of household wealth from the Financial Accounts of the United States and triennial wealth distribution measures from the Survey of Consumer Finances --- to incorporate distributional information into a national accounting framework. The DFAs complement other existing sources of data on the wealth distribution by using a more comprehensive measure of household wealth and by providing quarterly data on a timely basis. We encourage policymakers, researchers, and other interested parties to use the DFAs to help understand issues related to the distribution of U.S. household wealth. There have been many questions about how different U.S. household groups have fared economically through the severe disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Distributional Financial Accounts (DFAs), we consider how household wealth evolved over this time. However, the unprecedented events of the pandemic give reason to question the relevance of the historical relationships used for recent quarters in the DFAs, particularly due to the vast amount of fiscal support and reduced consumption that resulted in significant excess savings. We examine a few alternate scenarios for how deposits may be allocated, bounding the household wealth distribution for these recent quarters. Date Friday, 6 May 2022 | 04:00 PM Venue The event is planned online via Webex Conference language English To register, please follow this link: https://www.oenb-events.at/en/freitagsseminar_volz/registration/ Kind regards, OeNB Event Mangement Der Euro hat f?r uns alle viele Vorteile. Alle Infos zu 20 Jahre Euro-Bargeld unter: http://www.euroat20.at Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrt?mlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gem?? DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.

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Stellenausschreibung: OeNB/Referat des Fiskal- und Produktivitätsrates - 3 Ökonominnen/Ökonomen
by Grossmann, Bernhard 02 May '22

02 May '22

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) betreut den per 1.1.2022 neu eingerichteten Produktivitätsrat, der Entwicklungen im Bereich der Produktivität und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Österreich analysiert. Das zuständige Referat des Fiskal- und Produktivitätsrates, das in die Hauptabteilung Volkswirtschaft eingebettet ist, besetzt ab sofort zwei Ökonominnen/Ökonomen-Stellen mit folgenden Schwerpunkten: * Ökonomin/Ökonom für empirische Makroökonomik im Bereich Produktivität und Wirtschaftswachstum<https://karriere.oenb.at/Job/4135> * Ökonomin/Ökonom für mikrodatenbasierte Analyse im Bereich Produktivität<https://karriere.oenb.at/Job/4136> Zudem besetzt das Referat des Fiskal- und Produktivitätsrates eine auf 3 Jahre befristete Stelle (50% Teilzeit) einer Ökonomin/eines Ökonomen für fiskalpolitische Analysen: * Ökonomin/Ökonom für fiskalpolitische Analysen (50% Teilzeit)<https://karriere.oenb.at/Job/4137> Qualifizierte Interessentinnen und Interessenten mit EU-Staatsbürgerschaft bewerben sich ab sofort online (Jobübersicht (oenb.at)<https://karriere.oenb.at/Jobs>). Bei Fragen steht Ihnen unsere Business Partnerin Frau Sandra Bader, MA (+43 676 669 33 32) zur Verfügung. Mit besten Grüßen Bernhard Grossmann Mag. Bernhard Grossmann Referatsleiter Referat Fiskal- und Produktivitätsrat Oesterreichische Nationalbank Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Wien Postfach 61, 1011 Wien T:+43(0)1 40420-7473 F:+43(0)1 40420 04-7473 M:+43(0)676 5302204 bernhard.grossmann(a)oenb.at<mailto:bernhard.grossmann@oenb.at> www.fiskalrat.at<http://www.fiskalrat.at/> www.produktivitaetsrat.at<http://www.produktivitaetsrat.at> (voraussichtlich ab Mitte Mai) Der Euro hat für uns alle viele Vorteile. Alle Infos zu 20 Jahre Euro-Bargeld unter: http://www.euroat20.at Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrtümlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gemäß DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.

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Einladung zur Schumpeter Preisverleihung / 19. Mai 2022, 18:00 Uhr, OeNB
by Kohlenberger, Judith 02 May '22

02 May '22

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die Schumpeter Gesellschaft beehrt sich, Sie zur Verleihung des Schumpeter Preises 2022 einzuladen, der heuer an die EU-Kommissarin für Wettbewerb und Digitales, Margrethe Vestager, in Anerkennung ihres Engagements für Wettbewerbsfairness und Steuergerechtigkeit in der Europäischen Union verliehen wird. Erstmals wird dieses Jahr auch der Schumpeter Nachwuchspreis für herausragende Leistungen junger Forscher*innen verliehen. Die diesjährigen Preisträgerinnen sind die österreichische Mikroökonomin Anja Prummer und die ukrainische Arbeitsökonomin Maryna Tverdostup. Die Preisverleihung mit der Keynote Speech "Europe's Digital Future" von Kommissarin Vestager findet am Donnerstag, 19. Mai 2022, um 18:00 Uhr in den Räumlichkeiten der Österreichischen Nationalbank (Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Wien) statt. Im Anschluss laden wir zu einem Stehempfang in den Räumlichkeiten der OeNB. Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen und ersuchen um verbindliche Anmeldung<https://www.oenb-events.at/en/schumpeter-award-2022/registration/>. Herzliche Grüße, Michael Landesmann (Vorstandvorsitzender) und Judith Kohlenberger (Generalsekretärin) Schumpeter Gesellschaft Wien

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