Previous research

Social Policy in Austria

Falling through the safety net: Non-take-up of minimum income benefits, with Michael Fuchs, Katarina Hollan, Tamara Premrov and Anette Scopetta, published in Social Policy and Administration

Hartz IV - A model for Austria?, with Michael Fuchs and Katarina Hollan, published in Public Sector Economics, Policy Brief

A piece of the cake? - The Austrian tax-reform in 2015/16, more here 

The fiscal impact of migration in Austria, with Michael Fuchs and colleagues from the BMASK, more here 

Work incentives

Work Incentives at the Extensive and Intensive Margin in Europe: The Role of Taxes, Benefits and Population Characteristics, with H. Xavier Jara and Mattia Makovec, published in Social Indicators Research

Hypothetical household data and model families

The Use of Hypothetical Household Data for Policy Learning – Comparative tax-benefit indicators using EUROMOD HHoT, with Pasquale Recchia, published in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Supplementary Material to the paper

The Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT) in EUROMOD: a new instrument for comparative research on tax-benefit policies in Europe, with Tine Hufkens, Tim Goedemé, Chrysa Leventi, Kostas Manios, Olga Rastrigina, Pasquale Recchia, Holly Sutherland, Natascha Van Mechelen and Gerlinde Verbist, published in International Journal of Microsimulation

Social indicator research

Income poverty in the EU: what do we actually measure? Empirical evidence on choices, underlying assumptions and implications (based on EU-SILC 2005-2014), with Orsolya Lelkes, more here

Nowcasting: timely indicators for monitoring risk of poverty in 2014-2016, with Olga Rastrigina, more here

Families in the economic crisis, Eurofound report, more here

Vergleichende Analyse der Teilhabechancen in Europa - Social Inclusion in Europe, with Orsolya Lelkes, Pieter Vanhuysse and Ulrike Waginger, find report here

Armut und Deprivation Älterer Menschen in Europa. Muster und Entwicklungstendenzen, with Asghar Zaidi, more here

Individuelle Erfahrung des Alterns stark von Behinderung beeinflusst: Analysen zum sozialen Wohlbefinden älterer Menschen mit Behinderung in Europa, with Asghar Zaidi, published in Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren

Poverty Amongst Older Women and Pension Policy in the European Union, with Asghar Zaidi and Eszter Zolyomi, more here

Active and healthy ageing

Measuring active and healthy ageing in Europe, with Asghar Zaidi, Eszter Zolyomi, Andrea Schmidt, Ricardo Rodrigues and Bernd Marin, published in Journal of European Social Policy 

Population Aging and Intergenerational Solidarity: International Policy Frameworks and European Public Opinion, with Asghar Zaidi and Robert Manchin, published in Journal of Intergenerational Relationships