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Austria
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
56
Citations
11295
World Ranking
1018
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Economics and Empirical Social Sciences

Overview

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is affiliated with Johannes Kepler University of Linz in Austria. Their research spans a range of topics within economics, econometrics, and social sciences, particularly focusing on labor market dynamics, employment, welfare studies, and related fields.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Automation, unemployment, and the role of labor market training, 2021, published in European Economic Review
  • Does robotization affect job quality? Evidence from European regional labor markets, 2022, published in Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • Gender Differences in Active Ageing: Findings from a New Individual-Level Index for European Countries, 2020, published in Social Indicators Research
  • Complexities of health and acceptance of electronic health records for the Austrian elderly population, 2022, published in The European Journal of Health Economics
  • The effect of migration on unionization in Austria, 2022, published in Empirical Economics

The scholar's research primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Retirement, disability, and employment
  • Firm innovation and growth
  • Labor movements and unions
  • Insurance and financial risk management
  • Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency

Frequent publication venues in their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Economic Review
  • Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • The European Journal of Health Economics
  • Social Indicators Research

Their academic output also spans subfields including economics and econometrics, general health professions, sociology and political science, demography, and public administration.

Regular collaborators in their research projects have been:

  • Bernhard Schmidpeter
  • José-Ignacio Antón
  • Mario Lackner
  • Dominik Grübl
  • Enrique Fernández-Macías

In 2009, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for contributions to economics and empirical social sciences.

Best Publications

  • IDENTIFYING THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON CRIME

    Stephen Raphael;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • A Meta‐Analysis of the International Gender Wage Gap

    Doris Weichselbaumer;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • A simple mechanism for the efficient provision of public goods - experimental evidence

    Josef Falkinger;Ernst Fehr;Simon Gächter;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • The Long‐Run Educational Cost of World War II

    Andrea Ichino;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • THE CAUSAL EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON HEALTH: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS?

    Giorgio Brunello;Margherita Fort;Nichole Schneeweis;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • CLASH OF CAREER AND FAMILY: FERTILITY DECISIONS AFTER JOB DISPLACEMENT

    Emilia Del Bono;Andrea Maria Weber;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Lower and upper bounds of returns to schooling: An exercise in IV estimation with different instruments

    Andrea Ichino;Andrea Ichino;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Female-led firms and gender wage policies

    Ana Rute Cardoso;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Firm size wage differentials in Switzerland: evidence from Job changers

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Immigration and the Earnings of Young Native Workers

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Peer effects in Austrian schools

    Nicole Schneeweis;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion

    Nicole Schneeweis;Nicole Schneeweis;Vegard Skirbekk;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on gender wage differentials

    Doris Weichselbaumer;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms ∗

    Josef Fersterer;Jörn-Steffen Pischke;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Intra-firm wage dispersion and firm performance

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Are Austrian returns to education falling over time

    Josef Fersterer;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Potential Unemployment Benefit Duration and Spell Length: Lessons from a Quasi‐Experiment in Austria

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Austrian Social Security Database

    Josef Zweimüller;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Rafael Lalive;Andreas Kuhn

  • Gender Wage Inequality and Economic Growth: Is There Really a Puzzle?—A Comment

    Thomas Schober;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

  • Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?

    Andrea Ichino;Guido Schwerdt;Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Zweimüller
Josef Zweimüller University of Zurich
Andrea Ichino
Andrea Ichino European University Institute
Giorgio Brunello
Giorgio Brunello University of Padua
Uwe Sunde
Uwe Sunde Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Vegard Skirbekk
Vegard Skirbekk Columbia University
Simon Gächter
Simon Gächter University of Nottingham
Rafael Lalive
Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne
Paul Frijters
Paul Frijters London School of Economics and Political Science
Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Jörn-Steffen Pischke London School of Economics and Political Science
Ernst Fehr
Ernst Fehr University of Zurich

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