Thomas Fent

Thomas Fent

Phone: +43 1 51581 - 7715

Thomas Fent is a population economist at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital.

He conducts research in various fields of demography with a focus on the impact of social effects on demographic behaviour. He published articles in professional journals and edited volumes on union formation, fertility, family dynamics, and family policies but also on the economics of ageing, investment in human capital, and economic growth. He applies agent-based models, formal mathematical methods, computer simulations, and empirical methods. He taught at ETH Zurich, WZB - Berlin Social Science Center, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, University of Vienna, Vienna University of Technology, Medical University of Vienna, La Sapienza University Rome, University of Padua, KU Leuven, University of Bamberg, Danube University Krems, and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems.

He studied applied mathematics/mathematical methods in economics at the Vienna University of Technology and at the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden. He held affiliations with the Institute of Business Management of the University of Vienna and with the Department Management, Technology, and Economics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

Selected Publications:

Haas W., Koland O., Moshammer H., Muttarak R., Striessnig E., Frankovic I., et al. (2018). Österreichischer Special Report Gesundheit, Demographie und Klimawandel, Austrian Panel on Climate Change(p. 318). In (p. 318). Wien.
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De Mulder W., Bernhard Rengs, Geert Molenberghs, Thomas Fent & Geert Verbeke. (2018). Extending Gaussian process emulation using cluster analysis and artiﬁcial neural networks to ﬁt big training sets. Journal Of Simulation, 13, 195–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2018.1489936
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De Mulder W., Rengs B., Fent T., Molenberghs G. & Verbeke G. (2016). Evaluation of Some Validation Measures for Gaussian Process Emulation: a Case Study with an Agent-Based Model. International Journal On Advances In Systems And Measurements, 9, 188-198.
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Fent T., Aparicio Diaz B. & Prskawetz A. (2013). Family Policies in the Context of Low Fertility and Social Structure. Demographic Research, 963-998. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.37
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Aparicio Diaz B., Fent T., Prskawetz A. & Bernardi L. (2011). Transition to parenthood: The role of social interaction and endogenous networks. Demography, 48, 559-579.
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Research Areas

Population Economics

Areas of Expertise

Social Interactions & Demographic Behaviour
Fertility, Family Dynamics and Family Policies
Economics of Ageing
Ageing and Human Capital
Agent-based Models

curriculum vitae

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