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Refugee Policy: More Europe!

The EU should adequately finance a common asylum system, because national solutions are bound to fail, says Kiel Institute migration expert Matthias Lücke.

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Kryptowährung Bitcoin

At present, widespread use of cryptocurrencies for payment would entail...

Bas van Abel

Interview with Bas van Abel, Founder and CEO of Fairphone B.V., at the Kiel...

Slowdown in Germany only temporary / Dämpfer für Deutsche Konjunktur nur temporär

The economic researchers at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW...

The Kiel Institute brings together experts from academia and policy consulting who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of economic policy issues.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Schmidt - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Schmidt

Topics:
Equal Opportunities, Financial Markets, Globalization, ...

Dr. Klaus Schrader

Topics:
Labor Market, European Union & Euro, Globalization, ...

Holger Görg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D.

Topics:
Foreign Direct Investments, Globalization, International Trade, ...

Prof. Dennis Snower, Ph.D. - - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dennis J. Snower, Ph.D.

Topics:
Labor Market, European Union & Euro, Globalization

Klaus-Jürgen Gern - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Gern

Topics:
Business Cycle Euro Area, Business Cycle World, Fiscal Policy & National Budgets

Ruth Delzeit - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Dr. Ruth Delzeit

Topics:
Climate, Natural Resources

Prof. Dr. Menusch Khadjavi

Topics:
Equal Opportunities, Digitalization, Globalization, ...

Jens Boysen-Hogrefe - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Jens Boysen-Hogrefe

Topics:
Business Cycle, European Union & Euro, Tax Policy, ...

Dominik Groll - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Dr. Dominik Groll

Topics:
Business Cycle, Labor Market, Migration

Sonja Peterson - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Sonja Peterson

Topics:
Climate, Natural Resources

Kacana Sipangule - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Dr. Kacana Khadjavi

Topics:
Natural Resources, Emerging Markets & Developing Countries, Africa

Esther Ademmer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Dr. Esther Ademmer

Topics:
European Union & Euro, Globalization, Migration, ...

Matthias Lücke - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Matthias Lücke

Topics:
European Union & Euro, Globalization, International Trade, ...

Rolf Langhammer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer

Topics:
Globalization, International Trade, Emerging Markets & Developing Countries

Rainer Thiele - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Rainer Thiele

Topics:
Sustainable Development, Emerging Markets & Developing Countries, Africa

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kooths - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) / Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kooths

Topics:
Growth, Business Cycle, Economic & Financial Crises

US-President Donald Trump is standing in front of american flags and talking to an audience. The audience is making pictures.

Our researchers analyze the driving forces behind Trumps success and their impact for society and economy in the US, Europe...

Millions of refugees would like to come to Europe, especially Germany. How can these people be integrated? What are the...

Overview of the G20 Summit 2017 in Hamburg. Angela Merkel is speaking in front of a great hall full of people sitting at their desks.

One focus of our international policy advice is on the topics of the 20 most important industrial and emerging countries...

Colorful international flags in a blue sky. — © "International Flags" by Penn State, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Young woman who is carrying a basket on her head walks through green fields. — © "Africa’s economy rebounds strongly, but jobs remain elusive" by Africa Renewal, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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Menusch Khadjavi , Jasper D. Tjaden

We examine determinants of immigration requirements in a public goods game experiment with endogenous groups. Initially, the game...

Journal Article

Ride with Me - Ethnic Discrimination in Social Markets

European Sociological Review

08/2018

Jasper Dag Tjaden , Menusch Khadjavi , Carsten Schwemmer

We study ethnic discrimination in Europe’s largest carpooling marketplace. Using a unique dataset with more than 17,000 rides, we...

Journal Article

Parents’ Ambitions and Children’s Competitiveness

Journal of Economic Psychology

08/2018

Menusch Khadjavi , Andreas Niklisch

Individual competitiveness is a personality trait of high importance. While substantial differences between individuals have been...

Clemens Breisinger , Askar Mukashov , Mariam Raouf ...

In order to address long-standing economic challenges, in 2016 the Government of Egypt (GOE) put in place a major economic reform...

George Akerlof und Dennis Snower analyze in their paper the importance of economic narratives.

Oped by Gernot Klepper who argues that the EU palm oil ban could do more harm than good.

In a paper for the EU parliament, Kiel Institute researchers analyze pro and cons of crypto currencies and central bank digital...

Domink Groll expects unemployment continues to fall in Germany.

Stefan Kooths predicts, that German consumer prices continue to rise.

Dennis J. Snower awaits a proper answer from G7 and G20 to multilateralism in crisis.

Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn (ZEF)

Kiel Earth Institute

Kiel Earth Institute

Think 20

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Deutsches Klima-Konsortium (DKK)

OECD

Stiftung Mercator

Stiftung Mercator

Council for Global Problem-Solving

Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet)

Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft | ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Future Ocean

Migration Policy Center

Migration Policy Centre (MPC)

Hertie School of Governance

African School of Economics (ASE)

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

CEPS (Centre of European Policy Studies)

Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Institut für Weltwirtschaft

Institut für Weltwirtschaft