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René Böheim

University Assistant

Research Interests

Labour Economics, Industrial Relations, Family Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Curriculum Vitae

Tenured post-doctoral economist, JKU Linz
 

Visting Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

Consultant for Labor Market Research, Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Member of the Standing Field Committee for Population Economics

Committee on Plagiarism, RePEc

Scientific Board, Austrian Institute for Family Studies

Visiting Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Visiting Professor at the Karl-Franzens University Graz

Schumpeter Fellow, Whitehead Center, Harvard University

Habilitation in Economics, JKU Linz

Visiting Scholar, Center for Labor Economics, UC Berkeley

Assistant Professor, Deparment of Economics, JKU Linz

Researcher, Seminar for Applied Economic Research, LMU Munich

PhD in Economics, University of Essex, Colchester

Senior Research Officer, ISER, University of Essex, Colchester

Research Officer, ISER, University of Essex, Colchester 

Post-graduate studies, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Vienna 

Student of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Teaching

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Research Projects

  • DETERMINANTS OF THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN AUSTRIA: 

    together with Christine Zulehner, Klemens Himpele (Statistik Austria), Hedwig Lutz (WiFo) and Helmut Mahringer (WiFo). This project was funded by the Jubiläumsfonds of the Austrian National Bank (grant number 12975). 

    We construct a new unique data set from existing survey and administrative data, namely data from the Austrian micro-census and from the Austrian social security records to analyse the effects of the employment history of individuals on the gender wage gap. We investigate the influence of actual job experience, maternity/paternity breaks and household composition on the gender wage gap, building on earlier work (Böheim, Hofer, and Zulehner, 2007).

    Output: 

    • "The distribution of the gender wage gap in Austria: Evidence from matched employer-employee data and tax-records", 2012, Journal for Labour Market Research, forthcoming, with Klemens Himpele, Helmut Mahringer, and Christine Zulehner. 
    • "The gender wage gap in Austria: Eppur si muove!", 2012, Empirica, forthcoming, with Klemens Himpele, Helmut Mahringer, and Christine Zulehner. 
  • ATYPICAL EMPLOYMENT:

    together with Ulrike Mühlberger and Andrea Weber (funded by the Jubiläumsfonds of the Austrian National Bank, grant number 11090). We explore the dynamics of flexible work arrangements and investigate whether or not flexible work may be a tool to integrate individuals into the labour market. Our main research questions are the following: Does flexible work enhance the chances of regular work in the medium-term? Do workers in flexible contracts suffer wage penalties after switching to regular employment?

    We look at labour market transitions and medium-term wage penalties of part-time and marginal workers as well temporary and agency workers, comparing four different European countries (Austria, Germany, Italy and the UK). In contrast to most research output in this area, we go beyond a short-term, cross-sectional analysis, providing a comparative and dynamic view of the consequences of flexible work for employees.

    More Details here.