FIW Workshops

Firms and Workers in the Global Economy 2025

  • Thu, 18. September 2025 - Fri, 19. September 2025
  • Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria - Johannes Kepler University Linz – SomniumA
  • Präsenz-Event (Englisch)
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Preliminary Program

Day 1 Thursday September 18

08:45 Opening Remarks

Alexander Hudetz (Wifo, FIW); Michael Irlacher (JKU); Karin Mayr-Dorn (JKU); Ines Helm (JKU)

09:00 Session I – Chair: Michael Irlacher (JKU)

  • 09:00-09:40: Jan Nimczik (ESMT Berlin)
    TBA
  • 09:40-10:20: Jeanne Tschopp (U Bern)
    The Impact of Unions on Non-union Wage Setting: Threats and Bargaining

10:20   Coffee

10:40 Session II – Chair: Harald Oberhofer (Wifo, WU)

  • 10:40-11:20: Julia Cajal Grossi (Geneva Graduate Institute) Relationships and Responsibility
  • 11:20-12:00: Augusto Ospital (LMU Munich)
    Trade Barriers and Market Power: Evidence from Argentina’s Discretionary Import Restrictions

12:00   Lunch – Teichwerk

13:15 Session III – Chair: Karin Mayr-Dorn (JKU)

  • 13:15-13:55: Clara Santamaria (Sciences Po)
    Delayed Childbearing and Urban Revival: A Structural Approach

14:00 FIW PhD Session – Chair: Michael Irlacher (JKU)

  • 14:00-14:15: Isabel Pham (Wifo)
    Competition in Air Cargo and the Implications for Trade
  • 14:15-14:30: Peter Öhlinger (JKU)
    How the TCJA Reshaped Wages and Regional Inequality: The Role of Capital Intensity
  • 14:30-15:45: Chiara Castelli (wiiw)
    Technological Leaders versus Regional Ties: The Geography of Firm Innovation Quality
  • 14:45-15:00: Javier Flórez Mendoza (wiiw)
    The Impacts of the EU CBAM under Different Tariff Scenarios

Day 2 Friday September 19

09:00 Session IV – Chair: Ines Helm (JKU)

  • 09:00-09:40: Banu Demir (Oxford)
    Trading around Geopolitics
  • 09:40-10:20: Toshiaki Komatsu (National Taiwan University)
    TBA

10:20   Coffee

10:50 Session V – Chair: Karin Mayr-Dorn (JKU)

  • 10:50-11:30: Andreas Gulyas (U Mannheim)
    The Role of Job Benefits in Job Search: Evidence from a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment
  • 11:30-12:10: Christoph Moser (FAU Nürnberg)
    Cross-Border Commuting, Gender Differences, and the Outside Option

12:15   Lunch – Teichwerk

 

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Attendance is free of charge.