i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies

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Institute assessing macroeconomic and international policies using state-of-the-art quantitative tools and providing a conceptual framework for a wide audience.

Restoring the sustainability of the French pension system without harming economic activity requires raising the statutory retirement age: simulations by i-MIP show that higher social security contributions or reduced pension benefits would be ineffective. Read the brief: shorturl.at/pUJBt

How to Restore the Sustainability of French Pension System Without Harming Economic Activity - i-MIP

The i-MIP institute conducted a macroeconomic assessment of the main policy levers available to restore the financial balance of the French pension system, as part of the working group on […]

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“One continent, one market”: reliable disaggregated data and proven empirical methods confirm that EU membership has, on average, almost doubled trade between its members, which is much more than with third countries. Read our briefing note and stay tuned! shorturl.at/qeSA3 @yotoyotov.bsky.social

On the Impact and Resilience of the European Union - i-MIP

At an informal summit held at Alden Biesen Castle in Belgium on February 12, 2026, the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member countries relaunched the […]

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📖 The i-MIP and CEPII identified 412 product categories on which Europe, dependent on the USA, should not retaliate. Of the remaining 4,605, 1,064 could be subject to effective retaliation. Guess what the tariff level would have to be, to simply compensate for a uniform 10%... shorturl.at/mrOa7

The cost of retaliation against US protectionism - i-MIP

The new US administration’s many trade protection announcements are creating considerable uncertainty, particularly for European exporters. Notwithstanding the exemptions that may be granted for certa...

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📖 Global supply chains enable greater specialization and production cost gains, but are complex and risky. The decision by French firms to reorganize part of their value chain between Jan. 2018 and Dec. 2020 illustrates this trade-off between profitability and uncertainty. shorturl.at/QeAav

Reorganizing global supply-chains: Who, What, How and Where - i-MIP

Global supply chains allow for greater specialization, and therefore gains in terms of production costs, but they are complex and risky structures. The optimal organization of a supply chain at […]

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📖 A causal machine learning approach reveals the heterogeneous impact of the EU-Canada agreement at product and firm level: from year one, CETA had a small but significant impact on French exporters, particularly those with a comparative advantage. shorturl.at/0wmVL

The heterogeneous impact of the EU-Canada agreement with causal machine learning - i-MIP

Ex-post estimates of the impact of Free Trade Agreements have been shown to be both unstable and fragile (Baier et al, 2019). This can primarily be attributed to the challenges […]

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📖 Since “Liberation Day”, the US administration has created an exceptional level of uncertainty in trade policy, culminating in the July 9 ultimatum to negotiators. Such uncertainty destroys jobs and leads to recession, as the previous trade war shows. i-mip.eu/en/publicati...

Trade policy uncertainty: a threat to employment - i-MIP

Since “Liberation Day” on April 2, 2025, the U.S. administration has issued a rapid succession of decisions to raise customs duties, as well as announcements of postponements or temporary suspensions. […]

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📖 How can the French pension system adapt to meet the financing needs created by life expectancy rising by at least 5 years in the next decades? To shed light on this question, i-MIP has calculated the impact in terms of consumption of three reform levers. i-mip.eu/en/publicati...

Macroeconomic and distributional effects of French pension reforms - i-MIP

In the next sixty years, life expectancy in France could increase by 5 to 10 years. For the pension system, this creates a funding need that can be resolved if: […]

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