News & Opinions
Deal on EU recovery fund and EU budget: Breakthrough or disappointment? - 29 Jul 2020
The agreement on the “EU recovery fund” is ground-breaking in important dimensions and will contribute to recovery in hard hit countries, but it comes at a high political price. read more
Why distorted pictures of Italy are poison for European policy debates - 24 Jul 2020
Recent policy debates concerning the EU recovery fund and public debt have strongly focused on Italy and kept reinforcing stereotypes on the country's economic governance read more
Uncertainty looming after elections in North Macedonia - 23 Jul 2020
North Macedonia held parliamentary elections to respond better to the pandemic, but uncertainty about the new government raises many questions read more
Turmoil in Bulgaria - 14 Jul 2020
The current protests reflect massive public frustration over the state of affairs in Bulgaria’s social, political and economic life during the last decade. read more
Decoupling of productivity from wages: a phenomenon of the Central European manufacturing core? - 07 Jul 2020
Experiences of productivity-wage decoupling in Central and Eastern Europe are diverse, but strongly linked to the countries’ industry structure. read more
How 'output gap nonsense' endangers Germany's recovery from the Corona crisis - 02 Jul 2020
Miscalculations of Germany’s output gap may lead to an excessively pessimistic view on how much the German state can spend. read more
wiiw is looking for an Economist - 26 Jun 2020
The candidate should be interested in labour markets, migration and income distribution and Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) read more
Ukraine: reconstruction of Donbas will cost at least USD 21.7 billion or 16% of Ukraine’s GDP - 25 Jun 2020
A new wiiw study provides the first comprehensive calculation of the costs of the conflict and outlines a recovery plan for the region. read more
How to Spend it - 22 Jun 2020
A Franco-German-Austrian proposal for a European Covid-19 recovery programme read more
Chain mobility of health professionals among European countries - 17 Jun 2020
Imbalances in the supply and demand of health professionals are prevailing among European countries. read more