Helmut Mahringer

Economiste chez Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Profil

Dr. Helmut Mahringer is a Senior Economist & Works Council Chairman at Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
He has been working for Research Group "Labor Market, Income and Social Security” since 1999.
His research interests are in the labor market.
His research focuses on the impact analysis of labor market and social policy, the forecasting of labor market developments and labor supply, the flexibilization of labor markets, and the development and combating of unemployment.
He is also strongly involved in an initiative to improve empirical analyses based on administrative individual data and the application of microeconometric methods.
Recent studies deal with the causal effects of active labor market policy, with randomized controlled trials of counseling for the unemployed, the design of the unemployment insurance system, questions of work incentives, and labor market segmentation.
He is a national expert in international projects and networks (e.g., EU Mutual Learning Programme, Skillsnet of CEDEFOP), lectures, and publishes in international journals (e.g., Empirical Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Labor Market Research).
Before joining WIFO, he worked as a social worker in social psychiatry and as a research fellow at Joanneum Research.
He was a visiting researcher at W.E.
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (USA), at MOTU (New Zealand), and at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).
He studied Economics at the Universities of Vienna and Linz (Ph.D.
2005) and Social Work in Salzburg.

Postes actifs de Helmut Mahringer

Sociétés	Poste	Début
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung	Economiste	01/01/1999