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The Department of Economics aims to provide excellence in research and teaching. The department's activities contribute significantly to solving some of today’s most important and pressing economic issues.

The Department of Economics is part of the Kurt W. Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics (RoSES).

Our website provides information about our recent publications, our weekly Economics Research Seminar, as well as current news and open positions

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The COVID-19 pandemic and health care utilization: Evidence from Austrian register data
(April 2024)

Wolfgang Frimmel, Gerald J. Pruckner
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The Incidence of Workplace Pensions: Evidence from the UK’s Automatic Enrollment Mandate, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
(March 2024)

Rachel Scarfe, Daniel Schäfer, Tomasz Sulka
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Life After Loss: The Causal Effect of Parental Death on Daughters’ Fertility
(March 2024)

Felix Glaser, Rene Wiesinger
new working paper

When Protection Becomes Exploitation: The Impact of Firing Costs on Present-Biased Employees
(December 2023)

Florian Englmaier, Matthias Fahn, Ulrich Glogowsky, Marco A. Schwarz
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Do co-ethnic commuters disseminate labor market information? Evidence from geocoded register data
(Dec 2023)

Johan Klaesson, Özge Öner, Dieter Pennerstorfer
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More publications and working papers

Event 24.04.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Stefanie Brilon (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Event 17.04.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Katharina Wrohlich (University of Potsdam)

Katharina Wrohlich
Event 10.04.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Christian Kellner (University of Southampton)

Christian Kellner
Event 13.03.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Zohal Hessami (Ruhr Universität Bochum)

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