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The ifo Institute for Economic Research has been conducting the ifo business survey since its foundation in 1949. To ensure stability of participation rates, regular sample recruitment is indispensable. Does the dispatch method matter for response rates of a recruiting campaign? To answer this...
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FamData is a database covering family businesses and non-family businesses across various size classes and branches containing structural and financial information. The ifo Institute assembled a business panel with executives from almost 4,000 companies. In addition to the "hard" business data...
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This paper examines the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among German firms, leveraging firm-level data from the ifo Business Survey. We analyze the diffusion of AI across sectors and firm sizes, showing a significant increase in AI usage from 2023 to 2024, particularly in manufacturing...
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The monthly ifo Business Survey is the basis for numerous economic indicators, such as the ifo Business Climate Index …
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The ifo Business Climate Index for Germany is considered as the most important leading indicator for the German economy …
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The ifo Business Climate Index is considered as one of the most important leading indicators for the German economy. It … provide some insights concerning the high predictive power of the ifo Business Climate Index and its components. Furthermore …
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In the monthly ifo Business Survey around 9,000 German companies answer questions about their current business situation, expectations and plans for the near future as well as on other business variables. This paper provides an overview of all regular questions (monthly, quarterly, bi-annually,...
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This paper documents the methodology, content, and evolution of the ifo Human Resources (HR) Survey, a quarterly survey conducted by the ifo Institute since 2008 that targets human resource managers in German firms. While the ifo Institute’s traditional business surveys capture general...
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This study identifies day-of-the-week effects in business surveys using monthly data from the ifo Institute. The odds are higher that companies are more likely to exhibit more pessimistic business expectations for the upcoming months on Mondays and more optimistic expectations at the end of the...
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Many countries subsidize low-income employments or small jobs. These subsidies and their phasing out can generate labor market frictions and distort incentives. The German Minijob program subsidizes low-income jobs. It generates a 'Minijob trap' with substantial bunching along the earnings...
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