Inga Freund
Info
Research Group: Population Economics
Job Title: Research Assistant
Phone: +43 1 515 81 7725
Fax: +43 1 515 81 7730
E-mail: inga.freund@oeaw.ac.at
Education
- Studies in Economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany (2000-2002)
- Studies in Economics at the University of Vienna, Austria (2002-2005)
- PhD Studies in Economics at the University of Vienna, Austria (2005-2008)
- PhD Studies at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria (since March 2008)
- 2nd Stanford Workshop in Formal Demography (August 2006)
Professional Career
- Research Assistant at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since April 2005)
Research Interests
- Population Ageing and Economic Productivity
- Workforce Ageing, Firm Productivity and Training
- Formal Demography
Projects
- Population Ageing and Economic Productivity
- Demography of a Learned Society
- ÖNB Project: Optimal age specific human capital investment in an ageing society. An analysis at the firm level
Publications
- Feichtinger, G., M. Winkler-Dworak, I. Freund und A. Prskawetz. 2006. “Zur Altersdynamik Gelehrter Gesellschaften - dargestellt am Beispiel der ÖAW.” Anzeiger der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 141 (2): 43-74. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.
- Feichtinger, G., M. Winkler-Dworak, I. Freund, A. Prskawetz and F. Riosmena. 2007. “On the Age Dynamics of Learned Societies – Taking the Example of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.” Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2007: 107-131.
- Freund, Inga. 2005. “Pension Systems and Endogenous Fertility. The Importance of Family Policies to Improve Welfare.” Diploma Thesis. Department of Economics, University of Vienna.
- Mahlberg, B., I. Freund and A. Prskawetz. 2008. “Firm Productivity, Workforce Age, and Vocational Training in Austria.” In: C. Ochsen and M. Kuhn. Labour Markets and Demographic Change. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden. (forthcoming) more
- Prskawetz, A., B. Mahlberg, V. Skirbekk, I. Freund, M. Winkler-Dworak, T. Lindh, B. Malmberg, A.-C. Jans, O. S. Nordström and F. Andersson. 2005. “The impact of population ageing on innovation and productivity growth in Europe.” Report for Tender VT/2004/454.
Other Activities, Positions and Titles
- Organisation of the VID Colloquium more