Gero Kunath

Economist

Tel: +49 221 4981-568 Mail: Kunath@iwkoeln.de Gero Kunath

At the IW since 2022
Studies of economics at the universities of Cologne and Lund
Economist in the thematic clusters International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets, and Vocational Qualification and Skilled Workforce.
Research interests: Foreign trade, emerging markets, China, vocational qualification, skilled labor.

Research unit

International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets

IW Publications

Sultan, Samina / Kunath, Gero / Förster, Henrik / Matthes, Jürgen, 2024, Indonesien. Ein neuer indo-pazifischer Partner?, IW-Report, Nr. 9, Köln
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Grömling, Michael / Koenen, Michelle / Kunath, Gero / Obst, Thomas / Parthie, Sandra, 2022, AIECE General Report Autumn 2022 Part I, IW-Report, Nr. 65, Köln / Berlin / Brüssel
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Kunath, Gero / Matthes, Jürgen / Obst, Thomas, 2022, Biden’s economic agenda risks mid-term elections. An analysis of Biden’s economic agenda and its effects on the American econo-my, IW-Report, Nr. 59, Köln / Berlin
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Koenen, Michelle / Kunath, Gero / Obst, Thomas, 2022, Europa an der Schwelle zur Rezession?, IW-Report, Nr. 40, Berlin
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External Publications

Matthes, Jürgen / Grömling, Michael / Demary, Markus / Kauder, Björn / Busch, Berthold / Kunath, Gero / Obst, Thomas, 2023, Why Price Stability Matters, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels, 83 Seiten
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Grömling, Michael / Koenen, Michelle / Kunath, Gero / Obst, Thomas / Parthie, Sandra, 2023, Deindustrialisation – A European Assessment, in: Intereconomics, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 209-214
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More from Gero Kunath

IW-Report No. 9 15. February 2024

Indonesia: A new Indo-Pacific partner?

Samina Sultan / Gero Kunath / Henrik Förster/ Jürgen Matthes

Indonesia will elect a new president on 14 February. After ten successful years in office, Joko Widodo is not allowed to run for office again. He has ushered in an era of reform in the country.

External Publication

Deindustrialisation – A European Assessment

External Publication 17. October 2023

Deindustrialisation – A European Assessment

Michael Grömling / Michelle Koenen / Gero Kunath / Thomas Obst / Sandra Parthie in Intereconomics

The war in Ukraine has exacerbated pre-existing production problems in manufacturing networks originating from the coronavirus pandemic. Material shortages are compounded by uncertainties about sufficient energy supplies.

IW-Report No. 65 5. December 2022

AIECE General Report Autumn 2022 - Part I

Michael Grömling / Michelle Koenen / Gero Kunath / Thomas Obst / Sandra Parthie

Private households, companies and governments in Europe are facing enormous challenges. First, far-reach-ing transformations in economic life are on the horizon for the current decade and beyond. Demographic developments are exacerbating the shortages of skilled workers that already exist in many economies and reinforcing the associated obstacles to production.

IW-Report No. 59 8. November 2022

Biden’s economic agenda risks mid-term elections

Gero Kunath / Jürgen Matthes / Thomas Obst

President Joe Biden faces some political and economic headwinds in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections this year. Current economic challenges include historically high inflation rates and signs of an impending recession.

IW-Report No. 40 11. August 2022

Europe on the brink of recession?

Michelle Koenen / Gero Kunath / Thomas Obst

The European Union is facing one of its biggest crises since the financial crisis of 2008. The pandemic started in 2020 and led to a historical economic downturn in the second quarter of that year.