[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: * Einladung: FIW-Workshop ‚Women in International Economics’ * Recap 14. FIW-Forschungskonferenz ‚International Economics‘ * Einladung: AW-Curriculum ‘Instrumente der Handelspolitik‘ * FIW-Working Paper N° 196‘On the Heterogenous Trade and Welfare Effects of GATT/WTO Membership” veröffentlicht * Reminder: Call for Papers W.I.E.N. 2022 * Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment (Online event) Einladung FIW-Workshop „Women in International Economics” Das FIW veranstaltet am Vortag des Internationalen Frauentags einen Workshop zum Thema „Women in International Economics“. Datum: 7. März 2022, 13:00 – 16:00 Ort: Online-Webinar - Zoom Um Registrierung wird gebeten: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8Lq0DzIEQ4W107Him7Bbvg Auf dem Programm stehen: * die Verleihung des FIW Award für PhD-Thesen im Bereich International Economics zur Förderung exzellenter Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen im Forschungsbereich International Economics durch Sektionschefin Mag. Cynthia Zimmermann, Leiterin der Sektion EU und internationale Marktstrategien des BMDW, und Univ.-Prof. DDr. Ingrid Kubin, Vorständin des Instituts für Außenwirtschaft und Entwicklung an der WU Wien * Referate der diesjährigen Preisträgerinnen, Katharina Bergant, PhD (IMF) und Dr. Martina Neuländtner (AIT), sowie der Preisträgerin des Jahres 2014, Julia Grübler, MSc (WTO) * eine Keynote-Lecture von Dr. Birgit Niessner, Direktorin der Hauptabteilung Volkswirtschaft der OeNB, zur Frauenförderung in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft * samt anschließender Diskussion Durch die Veranstaltung führt Elisabeth Christen, PhD, Senior Economist am WIFO. Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch. Details zum Ablauf entnehmen Sie bitte dem Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/2022_Workshops/FIW_Workshop_Women_in_International_Economics_prelim_program.pdf>. Recap 14. FIW-Forschungskonferenz ‚International Economics‘ (Online event) Die 14. FIW-Forschungskonferenz hat von 24.-25.2.2022 als Online-Event stattgefunden. Der Höhepunkt des Programms bestand in der Keynote von Natalie Chen (University of Warwick) und der daran anschließenden Podiumsdiskussion „Implications of Global Value Chain Disruptions for European Import- and Consumer-Prices“ mit VertreterInnen österreichischer Unternehmen und VerantwortungsträgerInnen der österreichischen Wirtschaftspolitik. Die Aufzeichnung der Keynote-Lecture und des Policy Panels in nun „on-Demand“ verfügbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCUZqRgci5A 24. Februar 2022, 17:45 Policy Panel: ‘Implications of Global Value Chain Disruptions for European Import- and Consumer-Prices’ Natalie Chen (Professor of Economics, University of Warwick) Gabriel Felbermayr (Präsident, WIFO; Professor of Economics, WU Vienna) Wolfram Senger-Weiss (CEO, Gebrüder Weiss GmbH) Manfred Schekulin (Abteilungsleiter, BMDW) Moderation: Harald Oberhofer (FIW-Project Projektleiter; Professor of Economics, WU Wien; Senior Economist, WIFO) 25. Februar 2022, 15:00 Award Ceremony Im Rahmen der Konferenz wurden 2 Preise, jeweils im Wert von 1.000 €, vergeben. Die Einladung für den „Young Economist Award 2022“ richtete sich an DissertantInnen, Doktoratsstudierende und junge WissenschafterInnen sowohl in universitären als auch außeruniversitären Einrichtungen, die zum Zeitpunkt der Einreichung ihr 34. Lebensjahr nicht überschritten haben. Der diesjährige Young Economist Award wurde an Haishi Li (UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) für sein Paper “Multinational Production and Global Shock Propagation during the Great Recession” vergeben. Preisträgerin des Best Paper Awards ist Zainab Iftikhar (Goethe University Frankfurt) für ihr exzellentes Paper zum Thema “Spatial Inequality, Labor Market Frictions and Informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (with Douglas Amuli Ibale and Frederic Docquier). Wir gratulieren den PreisträgerInnen herzlich! Einladung zum Seminar „Instrumente der Handelspolitik“ (Webinar) 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 Webinar B3 ein: Thema: Instrumente der Handelspolitik Vortragende: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Robert Stehrer (wiiw) und Mag. Dipl. Ing. Oliver Reiter (wiiw) Datum: 17. März 2022, 09:00 bis 11:00 Uhr Registrierung: AW-Curriculum | Instrumente der Handelspolitik (B3) - Demio<https://my.demio.com/ref/xRDlOWY2IcSGAoqg> Unmittelbar nach der Registrierung erhalten Sie den Link zur Teilnahme. Die Webinare sollten in allen aktuellen und gängigen Browsern und auf allen gängigen Plattformen (inklusive Tablets und Smartphones) funktionieren. Die Teilnahme an den Seminaren ist kostenlos. Nähere Informationen (Seminarinhalte, Anmeldelinks, Kontaktdaten etc.) finden Sie der Einladung<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Einladung_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_12_01_2022.pdf> und im Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Programm_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_12_01_2022.pdf>. FIW-Working Paper N° 196 ‘Cutting Through the Value Chain: The Long-Run Effects of Decoupling the East from the West” veröffentlicht FIW Working Paper N° 196 February 2022 Cutting Through the Value Chain: The Long-Run Effects of Decoupling the East from the West Gabriel Felbermayr, Hendrik Mahlkow, Alexander Sandkamp Abstract: With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it only seems a matter of time until protectionist policies cause a decoupling of global value chains. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the latest version of the GTAP database to simulate the effect of doubling non-tariff barriers - both unilateral and reciprocal - between the two blocks on trade and welfare. Imposing trade barriers almost completely eliminates bilateral imports. In addition, changes in price levels lead to higher imports and lower exports of the imposing country group from and to the rest of the world. The targeted country group increases exports to the rest of the world and reduces imports. Welfare falls in all countries involved, suggesting that governments should strive to cooperate rather than turning away from each other. By imposing a trade war on Russia, the political West could inflict severe damage on the Russian economy because of the latter’s smaller relative size. Download<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Working_Paper/N_196_Felbermayr_Mahlkow_Sandkamp.pdf> Reminder: Call for Papers W.I.E.N. 2022 Call for Papers: Fifth Workshop on International Economic Networks (WIEN) University of Vienna July 1-2, 2022 Organizers: Pol Antràs (Harvard), Alejandro Cuñat (University of Vienna), and Kalina Manova (UCL) Keynote Speakers: Swati Dhingra (LSE) and Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich) Following upon the first four editions of WIEN<https://sites.google.com/site/alecunat/workshop-on-international-economic-networks-wien>, the University of Vienna will again host a two-day meeting that will draw together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains and economic geography. The workshop will take place in the beautiful Sky-lounge<https://event.univie.ac.at/en/venue-management/venue-management/locations-floor-plans-and-photos/oskar-morgenstern-platz-1/top-floor/sky-lounge/> of the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, overlooking the city center. We are optimistic that we will be able to hold the event in person, and are firmly committed to doing so if at all possible, but there of course remains the possibility that we will have to move it online (or reschedule it to a later date) depending on how COVID realities develop. To be considered for inclusion on the program, papers must be submitted in PDF format to Mrs. Heide Wurm (heide.marie.wurm@univie.ac.at<mailto:heide.marie.wurm@univie.ac.at>) by Friday, March 4th 2022. Authors chosen to present papers at the conference will be notified in late March. The organizers are particularly keen on receiving submissions from young scholars, including Ph.D. students and researchers who have just completed their Ph.Ds. With that in mind, we would appreciate it if you could circulate this Call for Papers among your junior colleagues, former students and current Ph.D. students. As in past editions, we will actively seek diversity in the set of selected speakers. Participants will be provided with accommodation in central Vienna, and airfares for speakers will also be reimbursed subject to certain budget guidelines. The conference is generously supported by the Heinrich Graph Hardegg’sche Stiftung, FIW, University of Vienna, VGSE, wiiw, and the European Research Council under the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement 724880). 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 (Online event) Vortragender: Andrea Albanese, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research Zeit: Donnerstag, 3. März 2022, 15:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JCX2IRpHQai6SLuGeL0Y4w Dies ist eine Online-Veranstaltung über Zoom. Bitte registrieren Sie sich für den Einwahllink. Dieser wird Ihnen umgehend nach der Registrierung zugeschickt. Sprache: Englisch The presentation is based on a paper with the same title co-authored with Adrian Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Description: 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. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Teilnahme an den Veranstaltungen. 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: * Invitation: FIW-Workshop ‚Women in International Economics’ * Recap 14th FIW-Research Conference ‚International Economics‘ * Invitation to the seminar ‘Trade policy instruments’ (Webinar) * FIW-Working Paper FIW-Working Paper N° 196 ‘Cutting Through the Value Chain: The Long-Run Effects of Decoupling the East from the West” published * Reminder: Call for Papers W.I.E.N. 2022 * Reminder: Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Gender Differences in Mobility after Childbirth and Implications for the Gender Gap in Employment (Online event) Invitation: FIW-Workshop ‘Women in International Economics’ FIW is hosting a workshop on "Women in International Economics" the day before International Women's Day. Date: March 7, 2022, 13:00 – 16:00 Venue: Online-Webinar - Zoom Registration is requested: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8Lq0DzIEQ4W107Him7Bbvg On the program: * the Award Ceremony of the FIW Award for PhD theses in the field of International Economics to promote excellent young female researchers in the field of International Economics by Cynthia Zimmermann, Director General, BMDW, and Ingrid Kubin, Director of the Institute for Foreign Trade and Development at the Vienna University of Economics and Business * Presentations by this year's award winners, Katharina Bergant, PhD (IMF) and Dr. Martina Neuländtner (AIT), and the 2014 award winner, Julia Grübler, MSc (WTO). * a keynote lecture by Birgit Niessner, Director of the Economics Department of the OeNB, on the advancement of women in economics. * Followed by a discussion. The event will be moderated by Elisabeth Christen, PhD, Senior Economist at WIFO. The event will be held in English. For details please refer to the program<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/2022_Workshops/FIW_Workshop_Women_in_International_Economics_prelim_program.pdf>. Recap 14th FIW-Research Conference ‚International Economics‘ The 14th FIW Research Conference took place from February 24-25, 2022 as an online event. The highlight of the program was the keynote lecture by Natalie Chen (University of Warwick) and the subsequent panel discussion "Implications of Global Value Chain Disruptions for European Import- and Consumer-Prices" with representatives of Austrian companies and Austrian economic policy makers. The recording of the Keynote Lecture and the Policy Panel in now available "on-demand": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCUZqRgci5A February 24, 2022, 17:45 Policy Panel: ‘Implications of Global Value Chain Disruptions for European Import- and Consumer-Prices’ Natalie Chen (Professor of Economics, University of Warwick) Gabriel Felbermayr (President, WIFO; Professor of Economics, WU Vienna) Wolfram Senger-Weiss (CEO, Gebrüder Weiss GmbH) Manfred Schekulin (Director, Division III - EU and International Market Strategies, BMDW) Moderation: Harald Oberhofer (FIW-Project project lead; Professor of Economics, WU Wien; Senior Economist, WIFO) February 25, 2022, 15:00 Award Ceremony During the conference, 2 prizes, each worth €1,000, were awarded. The invitation for the "Young Economist Award 2022" was addressed to PhD students and young scientists in both university and non-university institutions who have not exceeded their 34th birthday at the time of submission. This year's Young Economist Award was given to Haishi Li (UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) for his paper “Multinational Production and Global Shock Propagation during the Great Recession”. The winner of the Best Paper Award is Zainab Iftikhar (Goethe University Frankfurt) for her excellent paper on the topic “Spatial Inequality, Labor Market Frictions and Informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (with Douglas Amuli Ibale and Frederic Docquier). Congratulations to the award winners! Invitation to the seminar ‘Trade policy instruments’ (Webinar) The FIW - Research Centre International Economics, the VAB, and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs invite you and your interested colleagues to participate in the next seminar of Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/22. Topic: Trade policy instruments (in German language) Speaker: Robert Stehrer (wiiw) and Oliver Reiter (wiiw) Date: March 17, 2022, 09:00 to 11:00 a.m. Registrations: https://my.demio.com/ref/xRDlOWY2IcSGAoqg<https://my.demio.com/ref/xRDlOWY2IcSGAoqg%20> Immediately after registration, you will receive the link to participate. The webinars should work in all current and popular browsers and on all popular platforms (including tablets and smartphones). Participation in the seminars is free of charge. For more information (seminar content, registration links, contact details, etc.), please refer to the invitation<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Einladung_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_12_01_2022.pdf> and the program<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Programm_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_12_01_2022.pdf>. FIW-Working Paper N° 196 ‘Cutting Through the Value Chain: The Long-Run Effects of Decoupling the East from the West” published FIW Working Paper N° 196 February 2022 Cutting Through the Value Chain: The Long-Run Effects of Decoupling the East from the West Gabriel Felbermayr, Hendrik Mahlkow, Alexander Sandkamp Abstract: With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it only seems a matter of time until protectionist policies cause a decoupling of global value chains. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the latest version of the GTAP database to simulate the effect of doubling non-tariff barriers - both unilateral and reciprocal - between the two blocks on trade and welfare. Imposing trade barriers almost completely eliminates bilateral imports. In addition, changes in price levels lead to higher imports and lower exports of the imposing country group from and to the rest of the world. The targeted country group increases exports to the rest of the world and reduces imports. Welfare falls in all countries involved, suggesting that governments should strive to cooperate rather than turning away from each other. By imposing a trade war on Russia, the political West could inflict severe damage on the Russian economy because of the latter’s smaller relative size. Download<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Working_Paper/N_196_Felbermayr_Mahlkow_Sandkamp.pdf> Reminder: Call for Papers W.I.E.N. 2022 Call for Papers: Fifth Workshop on International Economic Networks (WIEN) University of Vienna July 1-2, 2022 Organizers: Pol Antràs (Harvard), Alejandro Cuñat (University of Vienna), and Kalina Manova (UCL) Keynote Speakers: Swati Dhingra (LSE) and Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich) Following upon the first four editions of WIEN<https://sites.google.com/site/alecunat/workshop-on-international-economic-networks-wien>, the University of Vienna will again host a two-day meeting that will draw together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains and economic geography. The workshop will take place in the beautiful Sky-lounge<https://event.univie.ac.at/en/venue-management/venue-management/locations-floor-plans-and-photos/oskar-morgenstern-platz-1/top-floor/sky-lounge/> of the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, overlooking the city center. We are optimistic that we will be able to hold the event in person, and are firmly committed to doing so if at all possible, but there of course remains the possibility that we will have to move it online (or reschedule it to a later date) depending on how COVID realities develop. To be considered for inclusion on the program, papers must be submitted in PDF format to Mrs. Heide Wurm (heide.marie.wurm@univie.ac.at<mailto:heide.marie.wurm@univie.ac.at>) by Friday, March 4th 2022. Authors chosen to present papers at the conference will be notified in late March. The organizers are particularly keen on receiving submissions from young scholars, including Ph.D. students and researchers who have just completed their Ph.Ds. With that in mind, we would appreciate it if you could circulate this Call for Papers among your junior colleagues, former students and current Ph.D. students. As in past editions, we will actively seek diversity in the set of selected speakers. Participants will be provided with accommodation in central Vienna, and airfares for speakers will also be reimbursed subject to certain budget guidelines. The conference is generously supported by the Heinrich Graph Hardegg’sche Stiftung, FIW, University of Vienna, VGSE, wiiw, and the European Research Council under the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement 724880). Invitation to 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 (Online event) Speaker: Andrea Albanese, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research Time: Thursday March 3, 2022, 15:00 CET Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JCX2IRpHQai6SLuGeL0Y4w This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The dial-in link will be sent to you immediately after registration. Language: English The presentation is based on a paper with the same title co-authored with Adrian Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Description: 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.]