Austrian Labour Economics Workshop 2026

The 10th Austrian Labor Economics Workshop will be held at the Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer) in Vienna this year, on Friday, 30th October 2026.

The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of recent research projects in the broad field of labor economics. Contributions of empirical and theoretical studies are welcome, including topics related to labor markets, social policy, income distribution, migration, education, health, or gender economics. We want to bring together researchers working with a wide range empirical and theoretical approaches and adopting micro- and macro-economic perspectives.

The workshop offers room for an open and collegial discussion and welcomes preliminary or controversial research.

Program

Zeit Beschreibung
09:00 AM
Registration
09:15 AM
Welcome
09:30 AM
When Love Is Scarce: Early Marriage Market Competition and Labor Market Outcomes

Walter Dora, WU-Wien

10:05 AM
Forced Melting Pot: Temporary Migration and the Formation of Economic and Social Ties

Stapper Carola, JKU Linz

10:40 AM
A Century of Weekly Working Time Reductions: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

List Ludwig, WU-Wien INEQ

11:15 AM
Coffee Break
11:30 AM
Work from Home and Child Penalties

Erdemli Candan, EUBA Bratislava

12:05 PM
Closing the Gender Leadership Gap: Competitive versus Cooperative Institutions

Xue Nina, WU Wien

12:40 PM
Lunch Break
01:45 PM
Effects of a Large Public-Sector Wage Floor

Stöcher Samuel, WU Wien

02:20 PM
High Intergenerational Earnings and Low Educational Mobility: The Role of Vocational Apprenticeships

Lin Qin, WU-Wien

02:55 PM
Labor Market Inequality and Rent Sharing at the Top

List Emanuel, WU-Wien

03:30 PM
Coffee Break
03:45 PM
Generative AI and Employer Concentration

Gottweis Raphael, WU-Wien

04:20 PM
Exposure to Automation and Augmentation and wage inequality in Europe

Valkova Katarina, EUBA

05:00 PM
End

Participation is free of charge.

The organizers

Mag. Josef Zuckerstätter

Chamber of Labour Vienna

Andrea Weber

Central European University

Mag.a Gerlinde Titelbach

Institute for Advanced Studies

Dr. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Johannes Kepler University

Registration

Please register by 23 October 2026.

Once you have entered your email address, we will send you an email containing a personalised link to the registration form.

 

Supporting Institutions

AK Bildungsgebäude, Seminarraum 11 A+B, 1. Stock
Theresianumgasse 16-18, 1040 Vienna