ifo Media Center
The ifo Institute invites you to participate in the discussion of interesting economic topics via the Internet. In our ifo Media Center a whole series of remarkable events are available and can be viewed in full length. We also record selected speeches and presentations given by employees or at events and make them available in our Media Center.
Awards for ifo Employees 2021
At ifo's Annual Meeting on 9 June 2022, research and third-party funding prizes were awarded to ifo employees.
Inside ifo 2021
From diversity and gender balance, to new work and promoting young talent, to podcasts and prizes: 2021 was a year of important milestones and internal changes for the ifo Institute. In our highlights, we shine a spotlight on the Institute’s research performance, introduce our committees, and provide insights into the ifo team.
Education and Digitalization
An expansion of digital skills throughout the education system, a simplified regulatory framework for the digital economy, and the consequences of the pandemic for education are our focus topics in the economics of education.
Energy and Climate
Climate change and dwindling resources pose major challenges for society. The ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources advocates sustainability and climate action.
An Interview with Clemens Fuest and Stephanie Dittmer - Annual Report 2021
In 2021, the ifo Institute turned its attention to the future. Its employees want to use big data to help them research pressing economic questions and explore the modernization of the social market economy.
Joint Economic Forecast
The Joint Economic Forecast analyses and forecasts the economic situation in Germany. The forecasts are conducted twice a year: one forecast is published in spring followed by another in autumn. The Joint Economic Forecasts act as a point of reference fort he forecasts made by the German federal government. The Joint Economic Forecast is a joint research project conducted by several economic research institutes. Their cooperation is characterised by a dialogue between different competing theoretical and methodical approaches, forming the best possible basis for analysis and forecasts.
ifo Export Expectations
The ifo Export Expectations, based on the ifo Business Survey, are a new indicator introduced by the ifo Institute in November 2014 to monitor and assess current and future developments in the export sector. The expectations focus on the export sector, are available on a timely basis, are not revised and offer a very good overview of developments in the export sector.
ifo Employment Barometer
The ifo Employment Barometer is based on ca. 9,500 monthly responses from businesses in manufacturing, construction, wholesaling, retailing and the services sector. The companies are asked to report on their employment plans for the coming three months.
ifoCAST Forecast
Bi-monthly, ifoCAST presents an assessment of the development of Germany’s current GDP growth and highlights changes in the forecast against the background of new information.
ifo Business Climate in Eastern Germany
The ifo Business Climate in Eastern Germany is based on ca. 1,200 monthly survey responses of firms in manufacturing, construction, wholesaling and retailing.
ifo Economic Forecast Eastern Germany and Saxony
The monitoring of economic activity has been one of the main tasks of io Dresden since its founding in 1993. In recent years a system for economic forecasting has been developed using data from the ifo Business Survey in Eastern Germany and Saxony.
ifo Business Climate Index for Saxony
Regional Evaluation for Saxony with ifo Business Climate for Industry and Trade for Saxony, ifo Employment Barometer for Saxony and ifo Business Climate for Saxony by Sector.
ifo Education Survey
The ifo Education Survey was developed by the ifo Center for the Economics of Education as part of the project “The political economy of education policy: Insights from an opinion survey” funded by the Leibniz Association. The ifo Education Survey is based on an annual public opinion survey of over 5,500 individuals who constitute a representative sample of Germany’s adult population.
ifo HR Survey
In the ifo Institute's HR -survey, around 1,000 HR managers in German HR departments are asked about current topics concerning HR policy. A special focus lies on the analysis of flexibilization instruments. The panel includes companies from the manufacturing, wholesale, retail and service sectors.
ifo and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Economists Panel
Every two months the ifo Institute and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Economists Panel surveys a representative group of economics professors at German universities on current economic policy issues. The panel aims to offer the public a differentiated perspective on how economists see the key challenges facing Germany in the present and the future. The survey results are regularly published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Economic Experts Survey (EES)
The Economic Experts Survey (EES) is a quarterly survey of economic experts worldwide. The EES captures their assessment of the current economic policy and political performance as well as of special questions in their countries. The survey is jointly conducted by the ifo Institute and the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy.
GAME-LIGHTS – the gridded Meteorological Events and Night Light Emission Database
The GAME-LIGHTS database is a grid cell-level database covering a rich collection of variables for all counties worldwide from 1992 to 2013. The dataset collects information on meteorological events from primary information and translates them into weather anomalies on a 0.5° x 0.5° cell-level basis. GAME-LIGHTS covers storms, extreme temperature events, torrential rain and droughts on a yearly basis. It also adds information on night-time light emissions data and population data on the grid cell level.
The data provide a unique dataset for economic analysis as it contains variation which is presumably exogenous to economic outcomes. The service of GAME-LIGHTS is to provide the data in a structured way.
Climate Economics (VfS)
Economists will meet online from 26 to 29 September 2021 for the Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the association of German-speaking economists. Amongst them are many ifo researchers. In the ifo panel "From a Political Advisor to a Politician," Martin Kocher, Federal Minister of Labor of the Republic of Austria, talks about his recent experiences.
Oliver Falck Appointed to the BMBF’s Council for Technological Sovereignty
German Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek has appointed the Director of the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies, Oliver Falck, to the newly established Council for Technological Sovereignty of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Public Finance in the Era of the Covid-19 Crisis – International Institute of Public Finance Annual Congress
More than 300 international public finance economists will meet virtual for the 76th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF).