Research focus

We are investigating the economic determinants and consequences of changes in population structure and dynamics. Our group carries out research into these complex processes using advanced methods drawn from several disciplines.

Research projects

LEDA
 

Ageing, Productivity and Technology

 

SustainWELL

Demographic change and the welfare state: rethinking the role of family, market and the stateNTA

 

Top-5 Publications

Fertility in high-income countries: Trends, patterns, determinants, and consequences
Bloom, D. E.; Kuhn, M.; Prettner, K.
Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16(1): 159-184

Redistributive effects of pension reforms: who are the winners and losers?
Sánchez-Romero, M.; Schuster, P.; Prskawetz, A.
Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 2024, 23(2): 294-320

Six ways population change will affect the global economy
Mason, A.; Lee, R.
Population and Development Review, 2022, 48(1): 51-73

The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, D. E.; Kuhn, M.; Prettner, K.
The Economic Journal, 2020, 130(630): 1650-1677

The gender dimension of intergenerational transfers in Europe
Hammer, B.; Spitzer, S.; Vargha, L.; Istenič, T.
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 15: 100234


Team members

Group Leader

Michael Kuhn

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bernhard Binder-Hammer

Gustav Feichtinger

Thomas Fent

Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Bernhard Rengs

PhD Students

Isabel Gerstner

Guest Researchers

Miguel Sanchez Romero

Administrative Assistant

Sophie Brunner