type: not-for-profit private research body
location: Germany
WWW: www.rwi-essen.de
RWI Essen is a modern center for scientific research and evidence-based policy advice, retaining its strong roots in the region. In 2003 RWI Essen developed a coherent research program for the next years following the Leitmotif: “Individual prosperity and economic policy in the times of demographic and societal change.” According to this Leitmotif focus of research is concentrated to the following fields: individual prosperity in the times of demographic change (Areas of Competence: Labor Markets, Population and Health; Migration, Integration and Education); enterprises and markets (Areas of Competence: Empirical Industrial Organization; Environment and Resources); aggregate economic issues (Areas of Competence: Growth and Cycles; Public Finance); Data.