[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 W4 „Entwicklungsaspekte der Außenwirtschaft, Rohstoffhandel und Ressourcenfluch“ * Seminar in International Economics mit Armon Rezai, 5. Mai 2022 * Seminar in International Economics mit Andrea Albanese, 12. Mai 2022 Einladung zum Webinar W4 „Entwicklungsaspekte der Außenwirtschaft, Rohstoffhandel und Ressourcenfluch“ - Birgit Meyer (WIFO) - 28. April 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 W4 ein: Thema: Entwicklungsaspekte der Außenwirtschaft, Rohstoffhandel und Ressourcenfluch Vortragende: Dr.in Birgit Meyer, MSc (WIFO) Zeit: 28. April 2022, 09:00 bis 11:00 Uhr Registrierung: https://my.demio.com/ref/JUKh83aw0GLAy00a Das Webinar wird im Rahmen des Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum 2021/2022 abgehalten, das von BMDW, FIW und VAB durchgeführt wird. Bis Ende diesen Jahres fanden bzw. finden elf Seminare – fünf Basisseminare (B1 bis B5) und sechs Wahlseminare (W1 bis W6) – statt. Teilnehmende erhalten nach der Anmeldung zum Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum 2021/2022<https://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1264> und dem Besuch von fünf Basisseminaren und mindestens drei Wahlseminaren eine Teilnahmebestätigung des FIW. (Der Besuch einzelner Seminare ist auch ohne Teilnahme am AW-Curriculum möglich.) 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-Curriculum_21-22_Version_29_03_2022.pdf> und Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_29_03_2022.pdf>. 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. 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. The presentation, when available, will be posted online after the event. Armon Rezai is professor at WU Wien, where he leads the Institute for Ecological Economics. His research focuses on questions of income and wealth distribution and economic growth in the context of climate change and has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and Nature Climate Change. He was a Schrödinger fellow of the Austrian Science Fund and is currently senior guest researcher at IIASA and an external member of OxCARRE at the University of Oxford. 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 Due to illness of the presenter, this seminar had to be postponed at short notice from March 3 to May 12, 2022. 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. The presentation, when available, will be posted online after the event. Andrea Albanese is a research scientist at Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and affiliated at Ghent University (Belgium), IZA (Germany), GLO (the Netherlands) and Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). His research interests are Labour Economics, Causal Analysis & Policy Evaluation. His papers have been published in journals such as Labour Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Empirical Economics, Economics Letters, amongst others. He completed a joint PhD programme at DEFAP Graduate School of Milan (Italy) and Ghent University (Belgium) in December 2015. He is currently managing a large research grant as principal investigator covering topics related to causal inference, policy evaluation and cross-border employment funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR - CORE scheme). 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In this issue: * AW-Curriculum: Webinar W4 "Development Aspects of Foreign Trade, Commodity Trade and Resource Curse" * Seminar in International Economics mit Arman Rezai, May 5, 2022 * Seminar in International Economics mit Andrea Albanese, May 12, 2022 Invitation to Webinar W4 "Development Aspects of Foreign Trade, Commodity Trade and Resource Curse" - Birgit Meyer (WIFO) - April 28, 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 W4/2022 of the AW-Curriculum. Title: Development aspects of foreign trade, commodity trade and resource curse Lecturer: Dr.in Birgit Meyer, MSc (WIFO) Time: April 28, 2022, 09:00 to 11:00 a.m. Registration: https://my.demio.com/ref/JUKh83aw0GLAy00 Language: German The webinar is held as part of the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/2022, which is organized by BMDW, FIW and VAB. Eleven seminars - five basic seminars (B1 to B5) and six elective seminars (W1 to W6) - have been or will be held by the end of this year. Participants will receive a certificate of participation from FIW after registering for the Foreign Trade and Investment Curriculum 2021/2022<https://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1264> and attending five basic seminars and at least three elective seminars. (It is also possible to attend individual seminars without participating in the AW curriculum). Participation in the seminars is free of charge. For more information (seminar contfents, registration links, contact details, etc.), please refer to the invitation<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Einladung_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_29_03_2022.pdf> and program<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2022/Programm_AW-Curriculum_21-22_Version_29_03_2022.pdf>. 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. The presentation, when available, will be posted online after the event. Armon Rezai is professor at WU Wien, where he leads the Institute for Ecological Economics. His research focuses on questions of income and wealth distribution and economic growth in the context of climate change and has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and Nature Climate Change. He was a Schrödinger fellow of the Austrian Science Fund and is currently senior guest researcher at IIASA and an external member of OxCARRE at the University of Oxford. Invitattion 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 Due to illness of the presenter, this seminar had to be postponed at short notice from March 3 to May 12, 2022. 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. The presentation, when available, will be posted online after the event. Andrea Albanese is a research scientist at Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and affiliated at Ghent University (Belgium), IZA (Germany), GLO (the Netherlands) and Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). His research interests are Labour Economics, Causal Analysis & Policy Evaluation. His papers have been published in journals such as Labour Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Empirical Economics, Economics Letters, amongst others. He completed a joint PhD programme at DEFAP Graduate School of Milan (Italy) and Ghent University (Belgium) in December 2015. He is currently managing a large research grant as principal investigator covering topics related to causal inference, policy evaluation and cross-border employment funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR - CORE scheme). We are looking forward to your participation in the events. 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