2026

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Agosto, AriannaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-086X; Cerchiello, PaolaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-5552; Eisenberg, SiegfriedORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8965-060X and Czypionka, ThomasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-1075 (2026) The role of vaccination roll-out in the monitoring of Covid-19 pandemic spread: A country-level quantitative study. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 682, 131160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2025.131160

Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Heckl, Pia and Winter-Ebmer, RudolfORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-6631 (2026) Reintegrating Older Long-Term Unemployed Workers: The Impact of Temporary Job Guarantees. IHS Discussion Paper 1, 44 p.

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Balleer, Almut; Duernecker, Georg; Forstner, SusanneORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-4068 and Goensch, Johannes (2026) Biased expectations and labor market outcomes: Evidence from German survey data and implications for the East-West wage gap. Journal of Monetary Economics, 103917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2026.103917

Balleer, Almut; Duernecker, Georg; Forstner, SusanneORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-4068 and Goensch, Johannes (2026) The Effects of Biased Labor Market Expectations on Consumption, Wealth Inequality, and Welfare. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 18 (1), pp. 297-335. https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20220128

Bekhtiar, KarimORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6667-1075 and Winter-Ebmer, RudolfORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-6631 (2026) Mitigating Mobility Frictions: The Effect of Cash-on-Hand on Labor Mobility. IHS Discussion Paper 3, 39 p.

Binder, DavidORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1625-2985 and Juehlke, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4421-3387 (2026) Higher education dropouts and the labour market. An exploration of parental education effects on early career trajectories in Austria. Journal of Education and Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2026.2619953

Bonin, Holger; Ertl, MartinORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2001-2007; Fortin, InesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-455X; Grozea-Helmenstein, DanielaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-7423; Hlouskova, JaroslavaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-0068; Hofer, Helmut; Koch, Sebastian P.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3946-7551; Kunst, Robert M.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-2471; Reiter, MichaelORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-8746; Schröter, Felix, et al. (April 2026) Iran-Krieg bremst die Konjunktur. Frühlings-Prognose der österreichischen Wirtschaft 2026–2027. Wirtschaftsprognose / Economic Forecast 141, 53 p.

Boockmann, Bernhard; Dillbahner, Alice; Frankus, ElisabethORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9954-9287 and Kulhanek, AndreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5201-665X (2026) Soziale Konditionierung in der Industriepolitik. IHS Research Report 2, 70 p.

Braun, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-3532 (22 February 2026) Neue Technologien: Widerstand ist zwecklos! Der Standard

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Czypionka, ThomasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-1075; Eisenberg, SiegfriedORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8965-060X and Raschhofer, Eva (2026) Adipositas und der Arbeitsmarkt: Beschäftigung, Krankenstand und politische Maßnahmen. IHS-White Paper. Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). 22 p.

Czypionka, ThomasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-1075; Eisenberg, SiegfriedORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8965-060X and Raschhofer, Eva (2026) Obesity and the Labour Market: Employment, Sick leave, and Policy Responses. IHS White Paper. Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). 20 p.

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Dibiasi, AnnaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-8087; Haag, NoraORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7929-4570; Dau, JohannaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0660-6173; Gajdošová, Katarína; Thaler, BiancaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7749-0464; Unger, MartinORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1563-6560 and Zaussinger, SarahORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3122-2684 (March 2026) Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2025. Kernbericht. IHS Research Report 7, 221 p.

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Griessler, ErichORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8168; Alonso Raposo, Maria; Cristea, Lucia; Di Ciommo, Floridea; Frankus, ElisabethORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9954-9287; Andrei, Liliana Denisa and Stack, ShaunaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9250-0365 (2026) Citizen participation in climate politics. Drivers and barriers of Climate Assemblies in Europe. Open Research Europe, 6 (3). https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21452.1

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Hlouskova, JaroslavaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-0068 and Fortin, InesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-455X (2026) Regime‐Dependent Nowcasting of the Austrian Economy. Journal of Forecasting. https://doi.org/10.1002/for.70123

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Kulhanek, AndreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5201-665X and Thaler, BiancaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7749-0464 (2026) Just a phase or quiet quitting? Exploring low study activity among university students. Journal of Further and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2026.2651730

Kuschej, Hermann; Abstiens, KiraORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3697-2279; Meyer, Lucas; Spitzer, FlorianORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7915-3266 and Stummvoll, Günter (February 2026) Vorurteilskriminalität in Österreich. IHS Research Report 3, 370 p.

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Lessky, FranziskaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-5080; Patfield, Sally and O'Shea, Sarah (2026) “We’ve got a bit of a family mantra that you don’t give up”: A cross-national study of first-in-family students’ persistence at university. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01636-y

Lessky, FranziskaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-5080 and Schiffecker, Sarah (2026) Academic identity crafting: How early-career women researchers in the United States and Austria form their professional identities. Research in Comparative and International Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999261417858

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Petrik, Flora; Lessky, FranziskaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-5080; Weiß, Sabine; Bartok, Larissa and Fellner, Magdalena (2026) Finding their way: becoming a researcher in higher education studies. Higher Education Research & Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2634267

Potančoková, Michaela; Nicoletti Altimari, Maria Paola and Reiter, ClaudiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851 (2026) Skill gaps between natives and immigrants in Europe: evidence from two cycles of PIAAC survey. IIASA Working Paper 26-002, 91 p.

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Reiter, ClaudiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851 and Spitzer, Sonja (2026) When Gender Trumps Skills: Employment Trajectories of Austrian Parents After Their First Birth. Comparative Population Studies, 51. https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2026-01

Reiter, ClaudiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851 and Steiner, MarioORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0959-6109 (2026) The Role of School Composition in Educational Attainment: Evidence from Austrian Register Data. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2026.2649228

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Schönpflug, KarinORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-9817 (2026) Feminist economics and queer aging: exploring caring labor through LGBTQI narratives in older ages. IJAL - International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.5625

Stegner, Christoph; Reiss, MiriamORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-7341 and Czypionka, ThomasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-1075 (2026) What determines earnings of self-employed physicians in Austria? Evidence from quantile regressions using linked tax records. Health Policy, 105568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2026.105568

Steiber, NadiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-8840 and Siegert, Christina (2026) Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey. European Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf059

Steiner, Lisa; Menz, CordeliaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0173-9730 and Mandl, SylviaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5870-3597 (2026) Multifactorial Discrimination and Student Mental Health: Implications for More Inclusive Higher Education. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 48 (1), pp. 106-126. https://doi.org/10.58069/bzh.2026.1.82

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Unger, MartinORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1563-6560 (February 2026) Ausgewählte Evidenzen zur Situation der Studierenden in Österreich. IHS Research Report 5, 33 p.

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Weyerstrass, KlausORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-8991 (February 2026) Aktuelle Analyse der Arbeitsproduktivität in der österreichischen Bauwirtschaft. IHS Research Report 4, 36 p.

Weyerstrass, KlausORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-8991 (2026) Entwicklung von Arbeitsproduktivität und Kosten in der österreichischen Bauwirtschaft. Bau aktuell, 17 (2), pp. 62-65.

Weyerstrass, KlausORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-8991 (8 April 2026) Österreich: Reiches Land fällt wirtschaftlich zurück. Die Volkswirtschaft. Magazin für Wirtschaftspolitik. 7 p.

Weyerstrass, KlausORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-8991; Plank, KerstinORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9235-2246; Laa, ElisabethORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1377-4595; Schmidtner, DanielORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9338-9628; Zenz, HannesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-5208; Schindler, Ilse; Guggele, Bernd; Getzner, Michael and Plank, Leonhard (2026) Investments needed for achieving climate neutrality in Austria and their economic implications. Empirica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-026-09672-8

Wiesböck, LauraORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8741-7922; Osipova, Ekat and O'Connor, Ella (2026) ‘It’s good to be exclusive’—the political landscape of queer nightlife in vienna. Gender, Place & Culture, 33 (2), pp. 255-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2025.2578738

Wiesböck, LauraORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8741-7922; Wang, NuoyiORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6507-2592; Reitzer, PaulineORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3819-6436 and Bănoiu, IrinaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3364-4628 (February 2026) ADDICT. Addictive Design in Digital Consumer Technologies. [Research Report] 42 p. https://doi.org/10.60739/IHS-7369

Wiesböck, LauraORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8741-7922; Wang, NuoyiORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6507-2592; Reitzer, PaulineORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3819-6436 and Bănoiu, IrinaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3364-4628 (February 2026) ADDICT. Bewertungsansätze für das Risikomanagement suchtfördernder Designs und Praktiken digitaler Plattformen. [Research Report] 46 p. https://doi.org/10.60739/IHS-7368

Wroblewski, AngelaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-4409 (2026) Strengthening a weak policy area through monitoring: the case of gender equality in the European Research Area. IHS Discussion Paper 2, 28 p.

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Zucha, VlastaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-0429; Dau, JohannaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0660-6173; Jühlke, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4421-3387 and Angleitner, BarbaraORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4343-0804 (2026) Migrantinnen und Migranten sowie Schutzsuchende in der Teilhabebefragung. IHS Research Report 1, 81 p.