Fellows at IHS

The institute collaborates with a number of researchers across Europe, many of whom are associated as fellows.

  • Rudolf Winter-Ebmer has been a Senior Fellow at the IHS since 2003. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Linz and is Chair of the Department of Economics there. He is also a collaborating member of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London and of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and was a member of the board of the Verein für Socialpolitik in Germany. He has been country leader of the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) since many years and is now a member of the scientific advisory board of the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP). 

    His research focuses on empirical labor economics, in particular the evaluation of economic and social policies, wage determination, gender discrimination, retirement, unemployment and job search. He is also interested in empirical industrial organization and price comparison websites.