Martin Halla // applied microeconometrics
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
I am an applied microeconometrician with main research interests in family, labor and health. I am also interested in various aspects of political economy and regularly work on tax evasion. Recently, I have become interested in using historical data from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
On this personal website you will find information about my research, teaching, and knowledge transfer activities.
Here is a link to my Curriculum vitae.
Currently, my main affiliations are:
Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) in Austria.
Permanent Scientific Consultant at the Austrian National Public Health Institute (GÖG) in Vienna.
Associate at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in Vienna.
Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn.
Other research related affiliations:
I am member of the scientific advisory board of the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP).
I am a member of three Standing Field Committees of of the Verein für Socialpolitik:
Editorial work:
I am Co-Editor of Empirica. This is the official journal of the Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (Austrian Economic Association). Please not that we solicit descriptive papers on current or unexplored topics. Better a good descriptive paper than a bad causal analysis!
Media
Op-Eds & columns
I regularly write a column entitled "Understanding the Economy" (in German "Wirtschaft Verstehen") in the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (OÖN):
"Chancengleichheit & Gene?" — 11.06.24 (link)
"Ist Langlebigkeit eine Frage der Tugend?" — 14.05.24 (link)
"Warum meidet der Storch Finnland?" — 16.04.24 (link)
"Braucht das Bildungsbürgertum eine Auszeit?" — 19.03.24 (link)
"Mut zum Experiment in der Arbeitslosenversicherung — 20.02.24 (link)
"Verliebte Kilos"— 23.01.24 (link)
Other pieces & recent media coverage
Österreichs Politik gibt viel zu gerne Geld aus (in DerStandard, 15.04.2024)
Österreichs fatale Corona-Bilanz (in Der Pragmaticus 07.12.22)
Die Gründe des Fachkräftemangels (in Der Pragmaticus, 07.10.22)
Regierung auf der Datenbremse: Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier (in DerStandard, 11.09.22)
Bürgerinnen und Bürger sollen mehr über den Staat erfahren (in DiePresse, 31.05.2021)
Covid-19-Daten: Stopp dem Herrschaftswissen! (in DerStandard, 22.12.2020)
Wie Pflegerinnen aus Osteuropa die Beschäftigung in Österreich erhöhen (in DiePresse, 23.11.2020)
Recent
Most recent paper accepted:
"Health of Parents, their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers" , with Wolfgang Frimmel, Jörg Paetzold, and Julia Schmieder: accepted at the Journal of Labor Economics.
Most recent working paper:
"The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark?" , with Alexander Ahammer (JKU), Ulrich Glogowsky (JKU), and Timo Hener (Aarhus U), link
Recent presentations:
"More Bad News for Mothers: The Child Penalty in Mental Health", joint with Alexander Ahammer (U Linz), Ulrich Glogowsky (U Linz), and Timo Hener (Aarhus University): Slides, Flash-talk, Slides-AASLE
Keynote at NOeG 2020: "How Did Administrative Data Change Economic Research Output – A Descriptive Analysis"
Contact
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Department of Economics, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria, mhalla@wu.ac.at.
My office is in the Building D4 (1st floor)
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