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Workshop in Empirical Macroeconomics 2025
The third Workshop in Empirical Macroeconomics, co-organized by the University of Innsbruck, took place from March 27 to 28, 2025. After two highly successful editions in Innsbruck, this year’s workshop was hosted by Johannes Kepler University Linz in cooperation with the Liechtenstein Institute.
High-Resolution Estimates of Anemia in Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by statistical experts from the University of Innsbruck has now provided high-resolution estimates of anemia prevalence among children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Their model-based analysis draws on a dataset comprising around 750,000 observations from 37 countries.
One-time Cooperation Decisions Unaffected by Increased Benefits to Society
A recent study published in PNAS highlights a critical gap in our understanding of cooperative behavior in highly-relevant and pervasive single-encounter settings.
Cooperation is one of the most defining characteristics of humankind. Until now, it was considered certain that people are more likely to cooperate if the benefits from cooperation are higher. Traditionally, cooperation in public good contexts has been studied through repeated interactions, where individuals can build trust and reciprocal relationships, adjusting their behavior based on the actions of others. However, many real-world, naturally occurring situations, such as volunteering or donating to crisis relief efforts, are one-time decisions with no obvious future interactions or relationships to consider. This research explores how individuals cooperate when they only have one opportunity to cooperate in a social group, not knowing the identity of other group members.
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Philippines in the focus of migration research
Over one million Filipinos leave their country every year to work. The high emigration figures not only concern the Philippine state, but also the economist Andreas Steinmayr. In July 2024, he resumed a long-standing collaboration with the Philippine Department of Immigration, providing researchers with valuable insights into migration dynamics.
SoWi Faculty Award 2024
The ceremony for the SoWi Faculty Award, which was awarded by the Faculty of Economics and Statistics and the Faculty of Business Administration Innsbruck for the sixth time this year, took place on 24 September 2024 on the premises of the SOWI Faculty. Once again this year, a total of 6 theses were honoured, whose authors had dedicated themselves with commitment and curiosity to a business administration or economics topic.
Student of the Year 2024
Jakob Walser from Vorarlberg was awarded the prize Student-of-the-Year in Management and Economics 2024 of the Faculties of Economics at the University of Innsbruck. The award comes with prize money of 2,000 euros, sponsored by the Bank Austria Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research.
Teaching competence certificate (Zertifikat Lehrkompetenz) for Marica Valente
The faculty congratulates Marica Valente on obtaining the certificate for teaching competence. In her final thesis, Marica Valente dealt with "Reducing the gender gap: The role of competition and feedback in teaching". When individuals or groups compete with each other, they strive to improve their skills, knowledge and performance in order to outperform their peers. Lecturers could incorporate direct competition as a teaching element to intensify learning through the active and competitive participation of students.
Teaching Competence Certificate for Reto Stauffer
With his final thesis "R Zusatzübungen: Optional offer for self-study", Reto Stauffer has received his certificate of teaching competence. The Faculty congratulates him warmly.
As part of the "Statistical Data Analysis" module, Reto Stauffer has created a further non-binding offer for the summer semester 2023, which enables students to consolidate their use of the open source software R/RStudio in self-study to accompany the lecture/proseminars.
Innovative PhD Course on "Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability"
PhD students at the Faculty of Economics and Statistics can take a new innovative course on sustainability and climate change. The University of Innsbruck is participating in an initiative of Harvard Business School, which aims to offer a global doctoral programme to equip the next generation of decision-makers with the latest insights into the financial and economic impact of climate change and sustainable business.
PhD student in ZEIT ONLINE
Article in DIE ZEIT about the contribution of Katia Gallegos Torres, PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Statistics, at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik
Young Economist Award 2023
Marica Valente is one of the winners of the Young Economist Award 2023 of the National Economic Society (NOeG).
SoWi Faculty Award 2023
The ceremony of the SOWI Faculty Award, which was awarded by the Faculty of Economics and Statistics and the Faculty of Business and Management Innsbruck for the fifth time this year, took place on September 26, 2023 at the premises of the SOWI Faculty.
Workshop in Empirical Macroeconomics
An international workshop on "Empirical Macroeconomics: The Transmission of Macroeconomic Shocks and Policy Challenges" was held at the University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the Liechtenstein Institute from April 13-14, 2023.
SoWi Faculty Award 2022
The award ceremony for the SOWI Faculty Awards, which were awarded by the Faculty of Business Administration and the Faculty of Economics and Statistics at the University of Innsbruck for the fourth time this year, took place on 21 September 2022 on the premises of the SOWI Faculty.
Publication: Effect of CO₂ footprint label on sustainable eating behavior
A field experiment analyzing the effectiveness of CO₂ labeling on food purchases, conducted by Elisabeth Gsottbauer together with Andreas Kontoleon and Paul Lohman (both University of Cambridge), has been published in the Top-Field Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM). Additional journalistic coverage can be found in "Die Presse" and "Die Furche".
Student-of-the-Year 2022
Alexandra Felderer, a student of International Economic and Businesss Studies, was named Student-of-the-Year in Mangement and Economics. The prize money of 1,500 euros for the "Student-of-the-Year in Management and Economics" and a further 2,000 euros for additional four prizes were provided by the Bank Austria Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research.
Student-of-the-Year 2023
Daniel Mayr from South Tyrol has been awarded Student-of-the-Year 2023 at the faculties of Economics and Statistics as well as Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck. The award "Student-of-the-Year in Management and Economics" is connected with a prize money of 1,500 euros, which was donated by the Bank Austria Förderstiftung.
Summer School Open Science
Working scientifically, and doing it right - this was the motto of the Summer School "Open Science", which recently celebrated its premiere at the University of Innsbruck. Together, the 22 participants took a critical look at scientific practice and dealt with open science practices.
Sustainable Environmental Protection via Payments for Ecosystem Services
Can cash incentives lead to the long-term protection of ecosystems? So-called "Payments for Ecosystem Services" motivate landowners to conserve the environment through payments. Esther Blanco, professor of economics at the University of Innsbruck, shows in a new study of Colombian landowners that the motivation to protect the environment remains even after the payments have been stopped.
Book Recommendation: Der menschliche Faktor
For the second edition of his successful book, Matthias Sutter has added five new chapters on current topics. How can managers make meetings more productive? Are we losing our creativity through the many video conferences in home office? Does it matter, for example, for one's own work performance how high someone estimates the manager's salary? How do work norms change when workers are paid for things they take for granted - like attendance? Lastly, the behavioral economist has included a chapter in the new edition with the provocative statement "Smoking helps your career (but certainly not your health)."
Building Connections and Knowledge
The fourth Innsbruck-Munich Empirical Economics Workshop took place in late September, set at the scenic location of Maria Waldrast. Organized by Prof. Andreas Steinmayr (University of Innsbruck, Public Finance) and Prof. Joachim Winter (LMU Munich, Economics), this annual event provides junior researchers from both universities with a valuable platform to present their latest work and gain constructive insights from peers and senior colleagues alike.
Workshop in Empirical Macroeconomics 2024
On April 4-5, 2024, the second Workshop in Empirical Macroeconomics took place at the University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the Liechtenstein Institute. The workshop was aimed at researchers from academia and practice who investigate business cycle fluctuations and associated economic policy challenges using macroeconomic methods and innovative utilization of economic data.