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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

wir freuen uns, Sie über die neuesten Entwicklungen des FIW-Projekts informieren zu dürfen.

 

Dieses Mal mit folgendem Inhalt:

·         Reminder: Einladung zum 19. FIW Workshop “Trade, Migration & Labor Market Outcomes”

·         Last-Minute-Reminder: Seminar „Open Markets Matter“ am 28.1. 2016

·         Neue FIW Working Papers veröffentlicht

 

Reminder: Einladung zum 19. FIW Workshop “Trade, Migration & Labor Market Outcomes”


Thursday, February 25, 2016, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location:       Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Arsenal, Object 20

1030 Vienna

 

The goal of this one-day workshop on Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes is to bring together leading theoretical and empirical economists from the field to stimulate interaction and instigate policy conclusions based on novel research that combines new theory with new empirics. The one-day workshop will deal with the relationship between trade, migration and labor markets, a theme that has gained particular policy attention, given the increased concerns of internationalisation patterns and migration flows for home country labor market outcomes. We are delighted to welcome Prof. Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics and Political Science) as our keynote speaker, additionally the workshop will consist of three academic sessions.

 

Program

8:30     Registration, coffee

 

9:00     Opening Remarks: Marcus Scheiblecker (WIFO), Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW)

 

9:15    Session I – Globalization and the Labor Market
Chair: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

 

·         Nora Strecker (with Peter Egger & Sergey Nigai - ETH Zurich)
The Taxing Deed of Globalization: The effects of trade and migration
on composition of and contribution to tax revenues

·         Jörn Kleinert (University of Graz)
Trade, Labor Markets and Migration

                        Discussion

 

10:45   Coffee break

 

11:00   Keynote Lecture by Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics)

Chair: Harald Oberhofer (WIFO & WU Vienna)

 

"Immigration, Trade and Productivity in Services: Evidence from UK Firms"

 

12:30   Lunch

 

13:45   Session II – Labor Market Institutions and Migration

Chair: Karin Mayr (University of Vienna)

 

·         Herbert Brücker (IAB)
Refugee Migration into the EU and  Germany

·         Martin Guzi (Masaryk University Brno)
What explains Immigrant-Native gaps in European Labor Markets: The role of institutions

                        Discussion

 

15:15   Coffee Break

 

15:30   Session III – Ethnicity, Culture and International Migration

            Chair: Elisabeth Christen (WIFO)

 

·         Mariola Pytlikova (VSB-Technical University Ostrava)
Do Natives' Attitudes influence International Migration?

·         Peter Huber (WIFO)
Ethnic diversity and the employment prospects of immigrants   

Discussion

 

 

17:00   End

 

Registration is necessary – please register until 18th of February, 2016
on
http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=856

 

The workshop is organised by Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in cooperation within the Research Center International Economics (FIW).

The FIW is a project of the The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). It is a collaboration of WIFO, wiiw, WSR and Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Vienna and Johannes Kepler University Linz.

(Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, are posted on our website after the workshop.)

 

FIW-Seminar in International Economics

 

Das FIW bietet regelmäßig Vorlesungen in Form eines Seminars in "International Economics" an.

Ort: wiiw Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Wien

 

MONTAG, 29. Februar, 16 Uhr
wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna

North-South Trade and Bilateral Investment Treaties

 

Neil Foster-McGregor (mit Rod Falvey)

UNU-MERIT

 

Abstract

 

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have become increasingly popular as a means of encouraging FDI from developed to developing countries. We adopt a difference-in-difference analysis to deal with the problem of self-selection when estimating the effects of BITs on FDI flows from a sample of OECD countries to a broader sample of lesser developed countries. Our results indicate that forming a BIT with a developed country significantly increases FDI inflows to developing countries, with BITs found to double FDI flows in some specifications. We further find that FDI flows along the extensive margin are much more responsive to BIT formation than flows along the intensive margin.

 

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Endogenous treatment effects.

 

JEL Codes: C21, F21

 

Neue FIW Working Papers veröffentlicht

Die FIW Working Papers Nr. 162, Nr. 163, Nr. 164 und Nr. 165  wurden veröffentlicht und stehen zum freien Download zur Verfügung: http://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=545

 

 

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

We are glad to inform you about the latest news on the FIW project.

 

In this issue:

 

·         Reminder FIW Workshop “Trade, Migration & Labour Market Outcomes”

·         Seminar in International Economics

·         New FIW Working Papers published

 

 

 

Reminder:  FIW Workshop “Trade, Migration & Labor Market Outcomes”


Thursday, February 25, 2016, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location:       Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Arsenal, Object 20

1030 Vienna

 

The goal of this one-day workshop on Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes is to bring together leading theoretical and empirical economists from the field to stimulate interaction and instigate policy conclusions based on novel research that combines new theory with new empirics. The one-day workshop will deal with the relationship between trade, migration and labor markets, a theme that has gained particular policy attention, given the increased concerns of internationalisation patterns and migration flows for home country labor market outcomes. We are delighted to welcome Prof. Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics and Political Science) as our keynote speaker, additionally the workshop will consist of three academic sessions.

 

Program

8:30     Registration, coffee

 

9:00     Opening Remarks: Marcus Scheiblecker (WIFO), Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW)

 

9:15    Session I – Globalization and the Labor Market
Chair: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

 

·         Nora Strecker (with Peter Egger & Sergey Nigai - ETH Zurich)  
The Taxing Deed of Globalization: The effects of trade and migration
on composition of and contribution to tax revenues

·         Jörn Kleinert (University of Graz)
Trade, Labor Markets and Migration

                        Discussion

 

10:45   Coffee break

 

11:00   Keynote Lecture by Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics)

Chair: Harald Oberhofer (WIFO & WU Vienna)

 

"Immigration, Trade and Productivity in Services: Evidence from UK Firms"

 

12:30   Lunch

 

13:45   Session II – Labor Market Institutions and Migration

Chair: Karin Mayr (University of Vienna)

 

·         Herbert Brücker (IAB)
Refugee Migration into the EU and  Germany

·         Martin Guzi (Masaryk University Brno)
What explains Immigrant-Native gaps in European Labor Markets: The role of institutions

                        Discussion

 

15:15   Coffee Break

 

15:30   Session III – Ethnicity, Culture and International Migration

            Chair: Elisabeth Christen (WIFO)

 

·         Mariola Pytlikova (VSB-Technical University Ostrava)
Do Natives' Attitudes influence International Migration?

·         Peter Huber (WIFO)
Ethnic diversity and the employment prospects of immigrants   

Discussion

 

 

17:00   End

 

Registration is necessary – please register until 18th of February, 2016
on
http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=856

 

The workshop is organised by Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in cooperation within the Research Center International Economics (FIW).

The FIW is a project of the The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). It is a collaboration of WIFO, wiiw, WSR and Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Vienna and Johannes Kepler University Linz.

(Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, are posted on our website after the workshop.)

 

FIW-Seminar in International Economics

 

The seminar is part of the activities of FIW, the Centre of Competence in International Economics: A regular lecture series on current issues in international economics.

Location: wiiw Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Wien

 

Monday, February 29th, 4pm
wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna

 

North-South Trade and Bilateral Investment Treaties

 

Neil Foster-McGregor (mit Rod Falvey)

UNU-MERIT

 

Abstract

 

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have become increasingly popular as a means of encouraging FDI from developed to developing countries. We adopt a difference-in-difference analysis to deal with the problem of self-selection when estimating the effects of BITs on FDI flows from a sample of OECD countries to a broader sample of lesser developed countries. Our results indicate that forming a BIT with a developed country significantly increases FDI inflows to developing countries, with BITs found to double FDI flows in some specifications. We further find that FDI flows along the extensive margin are much more responsive to BIT formation than flows along the intensive margin.

 

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Endogenous treatment effects.

 

JEL Codes: C21, F21

 

New FIW Working Paper published

The FIW-Working Papers No. 162, No. 163, No. 164 and No. 165 have been published and are now available online for free: http://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=545&L=3

 

Kind regards

 

Alexander Hudetz
FIW Project Office

 

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The ‘center of excellence’ FIW (
http://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a project of WIFO, wiiw and WSR on behalf of the BMWFW. The FIW cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna and the Johannes Kepler University Linz is supported by the former Federal Ministry of Science and Research (now integrated in the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy).