Economics and Finance

Higher international competition but also cooperation makes an assessment of all the consequences of decisions of policymakers more and more complex. For this reason, the Public and Labour Economics Applied Group aims to support public and private institutions  with theoretically and empirically based scientific advice and evaluation of discussed or already implemented policy reforms in the field of the public sector and the labour market.  The range of tasks involves e.g. the model-based evaluation of macroeconomic (TaxLab) and distributional (ITABENA) impacts of reforms in the following fields by applying microeconometric methods:

•     taxation,
•     social security and transfer system,
•     family policies,
•     the pension system,
•     active labour market policy,
•     work care balances,
•     administrative reform
•     education

The requirement to use methods on the margin of the scientific theory implies a strong cooperation with the Labour Economics and the Macro Group of Academic Research.

Contact:

• Thomas Davoine
• Michaela Gstrein
• Tibor Hanappi
• Helmut Hofer
• Liliana Mateva
• Sandra Müllbacher
• Karin Schönpflug
• Philip Schuster
• Jörg Dominik Walch

Recent projects:

Nikolaus Graf, Helmut Hofer, Uli Schuh (2010): "Arbeitsmarktpolitik europäischer Großstädte im Vergleich."   AMS Österreich, Wien.
http://www.ams-forschungsnetzwerk.at/ml.asp?n=6579

Bernhard Felderer, Ulrich Schuh, Ludwig Strohner, Klaus Weyerstraß (2008): "Perspektiven der betrieblichen Altersvorsorge.” Final report, November 2008, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. Studie im Auftrag der Wirtschaftskammer Wien.

Helene Dearing, Helmut Hofer, Christine Lietz, Ulrich Schuh (2008):  "Kombilohn-Modelle und deren Effekt auf Anreize zur Arbeitsaufnahme.” Final report, March 2008, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna.
Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit.

Julia Bock-Schappelwein, Christoph Bremberger, Robert Hierländer, Peter Huber, Käthe Knittler (WIFO), Johannes Berger, Helmut Hofer, Michael Miess, Ludwig Strohner (IHS) (2007):
"Die ökonomischen Wirkungen der Immigration in Österreich 1989-2007." WIFO-Publikation – Detailansicht, Monographien, 1/2009, 242 Seiten.

Johannes Berger, Bernhard Felderer, Ines Fortin, Michaela Gstrein, Nikolaus Graf,  et al. (2007):
"Evaluation of the Austrian National Reform Programme. An update with a special focus on employment, liberal professions and international competition." (September 2007), Final report, September 2007, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. Study on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA - Lissabon Strategie - Mehr Wachstum und Beschäftigung).


Josef Baumgartner, Serguei Kaniovski and Thomas Url  (WIFO), Helmut Hofer, Ulrich Schuh
(IHS) (2007): "A Long-run Macroeconomic Model of the Austrian Economy (A-LMM): An Update of the Model - Documentation.“ Endbericht. Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Soziales und Konsumentenschutz.  Proceedings of OeNB Workshops, Vienna.


Johannes Berger, Bernhard Felderer, Ines Fortin, Michaela Gstrein, Nikolaus Graf,  et al. (2006): "Evaluation of the Austrian National Reform Programme: Effects on Growth and Employment.“ Final report, December 2006,  Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. Study on behalf of the Austrian Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA - Lissabon Strategie).