Peter Huber

Publications (6)0 Total impact

• Article: Introduction to the special issue on regional development and mobility in the European Union

  Peter Huber, Klaus Nowotny
  Empirica 01/2012; 39(4):435-437.
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  Available from: Fei Peng

  Book: Migration, Skills and Productivity

  Peter Huber, Michael Landesmann, Catherine Robinson, Robert Stehrer, Robert Hierländer, Anna Iara, Mary O Mahony, Klaus Nowotny, Fei Peng
  11/2010;
• Article: Book review on: "The European Labour Market Regional Dimensions", Floro Ernesto Caroleo and Sergio Destefanis, Editors

  Sergio Destefanis, Peter Huber
  European Journal of Comparative Economics. 02/2008; 5(1):125-129.
• Article: Migrants’ Skills and Productivity: A European Perspective

  Peter Huber, Robert Stehrer, Michael Landesmann, Catherine Robinson
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  ABSTRACT: The freedom of movement of persons is one of the core tenets of the European Union. Immigration however is often seen as a cause for concern amongst native workers, as rising labour supply may threaten jobs and create downward pressure on wages. National politicians are increasingly under pressure to guard against it – in times of recession particularly. Despite this, there is evidence that highly-skilled migrant labour has the potential to raise competitiveness significantly and in theory this may feed into productivity. In this paper, we explore first the composition of inward migration to the EU and within the EU, concentrating specifically on the role of the highly-skilled and the extent to which migrants are overqualified within their jobs. We then analyse whether migrant workers affect productivity at the sectoral level. We find underutilisation of skilled foreign labour and there is little evidence in general to suggest that migrants have raised productivity which may in part be attributable to over-qualification. However, we find robust evidence that migrants – particularly highly-skilled migrants – play a positive role in productivity developments in industries which are classified as ‘skill intensive’.
  National Institute Economic Review 213(1):20-20.
• Article: Recession-pounded Industrial Regions in 2010 Profit Disproportionately from Re-invigorated Manufacturing

  Peter Huber, Oliver Fritz, Andrea Kunnert, Peter Mayerhofer, Klaus Nowotny
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  ABSTRACT: With exports and manufacturing gearing up again in Austria, regional differences in growth rates as they had prevailed before the crisis showed up again in 2010. Fuelled by good export rates and considering their lower level to start with Styria and Upper Austria, which had been gravely affected by the crisis, are expected (in WIFO estimates) to achieve the highest growth in real gross value added (+3.4 percent each). At +2.7 percent, Vorarlberg, too, reported above-average growth.
  WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports). 84(5):375-393.
• Article: Cross-border Direct Investment and Entrepreneurial Cooperation Within CENTROPE

  Peter Huber, Roman Römisch
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  ABSTRACT: The CENTROPE region, spanning the Austrian Länder of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the Western Hungarian administrative units of Gyor–Moson–Sopron and Vas, the Czech region of South Moravia and the Slovak self–governing regions of Bratislava and Trnava, is an important location for foreign direct investment (FDI) within the European Union. At 0.16 FDI projects per 1,000 inhabitants between 2003 and 2010, it ranks among the top players in Europe. Bratislava and Vienna are frontrunners when it comes to service investment projects. Out of a total of 271 NUTS–2 regions in Europe, Bratislava counts the highest number of FDI projects in the field of commercial and transport services (compared to 12th place for Vienna). Regarding FDI in company headquarters and corporate services, Vienna ranks 8th (with 7th place for Bratislava). – This report summarises the results of a study by WIFO and wiiw that was conducted as part of the project "CENTROPE Capacity", co-financed by the European Union (ERDF programm CENTRAL EUROPE).
  WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports). 84(6):435-445.