The WIFO employees Silvia Rocha-Akis, Lukas Schmoigl and Martina Einsiedl have developed an online calculator together with the medium "Der Standard", with which users can find out where they stand in the income distribution.

In this Policy Brief by the WIFO economists Angela Köppl, Stefan Schleicher and Margit Schratzenstaller a supporting argumentation for the pricing of greenhouse gas emissions as instrument for climate policy is presented.

The global economy appears to be stabilising somewhat at present. In the USA and the euro area, GDP continues to expand strongly, and indicators in Germany are also pointing to a gradual end to the slowdown. In Austria, the economy grew moderately in the third quarter, but economic momentum remained constant. However, the prospects for the economy are mixed and the recovery on the labour market is already be coming to an end. Inflation continued to slow.

With articles from Josef Baumgartner, Julia Bock-Schappelwein, Stefan Ederer, Werner Hölzl, Serguei Kaniovski, Michael Klien, Thomas Leoni, Stefan Schiman and Franz Sinabell.