In refereed Journals

• Michael Christl (2025). Germany’s Fiscal Turn: Structural Challenges, Political Risks, and European Spillover Effects. The Economists’ Voice, (forthcoming). 

• Michael Christl and Köppl-Turyna Monika, 2025: Net Fiscal Contributions in the EU - The role of indirect taxation and in-kind benefits (Kyklos, forthcoming)

• Michael Christl, De Poli Silvia, Köppl-Turyna Monika, 2025: An extended view on inequality and redistribution in the European Union - The role of indirect taxation and in-kind benefits, Economic Analysis and Policy (online first).

• AF Amores, M Christl, P De Agostini, S De Poli, S Maier, 2025: Limiting prices or transferring money? An ex ante assessment of alternative measures to cope with the hike in energy prices, Energy Economics, Volume 147, June 2025, 108506

• M Christl, S De Poli, V Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė, 2025: The rising tide lifts all boats? Income support measures for employees and self-employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, International Tax and Public Finance, 1-27

• M Christl, S De Poli, M Köppl-Turyna, 2025: Does redistribution hurt growth? An empirical assessment of the redistribution-growth relationship in the European Union, Economic Modelling.

• Edlira Narazani, Ana Agundez, Michael Christl and Fracesco Figari, 2025: Increased childcare to promote mothers’ employment in selected EU countries, Journal of Policy Modeling

• Edlira Narazani, Michael Christl and Fracesco Figari, 2024: More childcare for the poor? Budgetary impacts and female labour supply responses in Italy, Austria and Hungary, Applied Economics Letters

• Michael Christl, Carlo Fiorio, Tommaso Frattini, Andrea Riganti, 2024: Migration and public finances in the EU, International Tax and Public Finance, 1-50

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Francesco Figari, Tine Hufkens, Chrysa Leventi, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2024: Monetary compensation schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for household incomes, liquidity constraints and consumption across the EU, The Journal of Economic Inequality,  22, 411–431 

• Michael Christl, Ilias Livanos, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2023: The future of taxation in changing labour markets, Public Sector Economics 47 (4), 521-554

• Ana Agundez Garcia, Michael Christl, 2023: Hypothetical tax-benefit reforms in Hungary: shifting from tax reliefs to cash transfers for family support, Eastern European Economics, 61(6), 723–746. 

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė, 2023: Does it pay to say" I do"? Marriage bonuses and penalties across the EU, Journal of European Social Policy, 33(3), 317-336 

• Bernhard Hammer, Michael Christl and Silvia De Poli, 2023. Public redistribution in Europe: Between generations or income groups?, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 24.

• Michael Christl, Alain Bélanger, Alessandra Conte, Jacopo Mazza, Edlira Narazani, 2022: Projecting the fiscal impact of immigration in the EU, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 43 (4), pages 365-385

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Tine Hufkens, Andreas Peichl, Mattia Ricci, 2022: The role of short-time work and discretionary policy measures in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany, International Tax and Public Finance, 30, 1107–1136 

• Rene Böheim, Michael Christl, 2022: Mismatch unemployment in Austria: The role of regional labour markets for skills, Regional Studies, Regional Science, vol. 9(1), pages 208-222. 

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli , Janos Varga, 2022: Reducing the income tax burden for households with children: An assessment of the child tax credit reform in Austria. Fiscal Studies, vol. 43(2), pages 151-177.

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Francesco Figari, Tine Hufkens, Chrysa Leventi, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2022: Assessing the cushioning role of tax-benefit systems on households’ income in the euro area during the COVID-19 pandemic: a microsimulation analysis, Quarterly Report on the Euro Area (QREA), DG ECFIN, European Commission, vol. 20(4), pages 7-16, January.

• Michael Christl, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2022: Heterogeneity in effective VAT rates across native and migrant households in France, Germany and Spain. Scienze Regionali - Italian Journal of Regional Science, 21(Speciale), pages 67-98.

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Denes Kucsera, Hanno Lorenz, 2022: COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income: The impact of discretionary policy measures in Austria, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 158, 4 

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė, 2022: The lock-in effect of marriage: Work incentives after saying, "Yes, I do.",  Social Sciences, 11(11), 493 

• Vanda Almeida, Salvador Barrios, Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Alberto Tumino, & Wouter Van Der Wielen, 2021. "The impact of COVID-19 on households´ income in the EU". Journal of Economic Inequality 19, 413–431 

• Michael Christl & Silvia De Poli, 2021. "Trapped in inactivity? Social assistance and labour supply in Austria". Empirica, Journal of European Economics, vol. 48, pages 661–696.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl‐Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2020. "Determinants of Public‐Sector Efficiency: Decentralization and Fiscal Rules," Kyklos, vol. 73(2), pages 253-290, May.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl‐Turyna & Hanno Lorenz & Denes Kucsera, 2020. "Redistribution within the tax-benefits system in Austria," Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 68(C), pages 250-264.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl‐Turyna & Philipp Gnan, 2020. “Wage differences between immigrants and natives in Austria: The role of literacy skills”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46:19, pages 4010-4042.

• Michael Christl, 2020. "A Beveridge curve decomposition for Austria: did the liberalisation of the Austrian labour market shift the Beveridge curve?," Journal for Labour Market Research, vol. 54(1), pages 1-15, December.

• Michael Christl, 2020. "The Labour Market Effects of a Refugee Wave. A Replication Study of Peri and Yasenov (Journal of Human Resources, 2019)," International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE), vol. 4(2020-4), pages 1-15.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl–Turyna, 2020. "Gender wage gap and the role of skills and tasks: evidence from the Austrian PIAAC data set", Applied Economics, vol. 52(2), pages 113-134, January.

• Monika Köppl-Turyna & Michael Christl & Dénes Kucsera, 2019. "Beschäftigungseffekte von Mindestlöhnen: Die Dosis macht das Gift," ifo Schnelldienst, vol. 72(02), pages 40-46, January.

• Michael Christl & Dénes Kucsera, 2019. "Actuarial Neutrality and Financial Incentives for Early Retirement in the Austrian Pension System," DANUBE: Law and Economics Review, issue 1, pages 1-22, March.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2019. "Employment Effects of Minimum Wages," ifo DICE Report, vol. 16(04), pages 01-08, January.

• Monika Köppl-turyna & Michael Christl, 2018. "Returns to Skills or Returns to Tasks? A Comment on Hanushek et al. (2015)," Economics Bulletin, vol. 38(2), pages 783-790.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl‐Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2018. "Revisiting the Employment Effects of Minimum Wages in Europe," German Economic Review, vol. 19(4), pages 426-465, November.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl–Turyna, 2018. "Tax competition and the political economy of public employment: a model for Austria," Empirica, Journal of European Economics, vol. 45(3), pages 607-638, August.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2017. "Okun's Law in Austria," DANUBE: Law and Economics Review, issue 2, pages 97-110, June.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2017. "A Tax-Benefit Model for Austria (AUTAX): Work Incentives and Distributional Effects of the 2016 Tax Reform," International Journal of Microsimulation, vol. 10(2), pages 144-176.

• Michael Christl & Monika Köppl–Turyna & Dénes Kucsera, 2016. "Structural unemployment after the crisis in Austria," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, vol. 5(1), pages 1-36, December.

• Michael Christl & Dénes Kucsera, 2015. "Gleicht die Steuerreform 2015/16 die kumulierte Wirkung der kalten Progression aus?," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), vol. 88(5), pages 447-453, May.

Policy Contributions and Non-Refereed Journals

• Amores, A. F., Christl, M., Ricci, M. & Serruys, H. (2025): Inflation, fiscal policy and inequality, in: ECB Fiscal Policy Notes - June 2025.

• Weathering the crisis: How job retention schemes preserved employment and incomes during the pandemic, Eurofound Research Report, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Tine Hufkens, Andreas Peichl, Mattia Ricc (2023): The Role of Fiscal Policy Measures in Mitigating the Effects of the Covid-19 Crisis in Germany, EconPol Forum 24 (5) 36-40, CESifo Munich.

• Spring 2023 Economic Forecast: an improved outlook amid persistent challenges. European Commission, 2023.

• Winter 2023 Economic Forecast: EU Economy set to avoid recession, but headwinds persist. European Commission, 2023.

• Autumn 2022 Economic Forecast: The EU economy at a turning point. European Commission, 2023.

• Summer 2022 Economic Forecast: Russia’s war worsens the outlook. European Commission, 2023.

• Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Francesco Figari, Tine Hufkens, Chrysa Leventi, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2021: The cushioning effect of tax-benefit systems in the COVID-19 pandemic, in Employment and Social Developments in Europe Report 2021 - Towards a strong social Europe in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis: Reducing disparities and addressing distributional impacts, Chapter 2, Section 5.

• Michael Christl, Ilias Livanos, Andrea Papini, Alberto Tumino, 2021: The future of taxation in changing labour markets, Annual Report on Taxation 2021 

• Michael Christl, Alain Bélanger, Alessandra Conte, Jacopo Mazza, Edlira Narazani, 2021: Projecting the net fiscal impact of migration in the EU, Science for Policy report Joint Research Centre.

• Salvador Barrios, Michael Christl, Alberto Tumino and Wouter van der Wielen, 2018: The budgetary impact of unemployment changes: addressing uncertainty and heterogeneity with the EUROMOD microsimulation model, Report on Public Finances in EMU 2018, DG ECFIN.

• Christl M., Köppl-Turyna M. & Stephany, F. (2018). Money for nothing? Selected aspects of universal basic income, Economic Policy Papers 2018/1

• Christl M., Köppl-Turyna M. & Lorenz H. (2016). Blessed is he who expects nothing? The role of expectations for investment in Austria, Economic Policy Papers 2016/1. 

• Christl M. and Kucsera D. (2015). The Impact of the Retirement Age on the Financial Stability of the Austrian Pension System, Economic Policy Papers 2015/3. 

• Christl M. and Kucsera D. (2014). The effect of cyclical labor force participation on unemployment in Austria and the EU, Economic Policy Papers 2014/1. 

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