2026

Article in Academic Journal

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

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

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, 38 (5-8), pp. 203-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2026.2619953

Bonin, Holger and Storm, EduardORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0781-5811 (2026) Anhaltende Fachkräfteengpässe. Können Deutschland und Österreich voneinander lernen? ifo Schnelldienst, 79 (5), pp. 24-27.

Bonin, Holger and Storm, EduardORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0781-5811 (2026) Anhaltende Fachkräfteengpässe: Können Deutschland und Österreich voneinander lernen? ifo Schnelldienst, 79 (5), pp. 24-27.

Braun, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-3532 and Zanotti, Laura (2026) Challenging the Cosmocracy of Certainty and Engaging the AI Hyperpharmakon: Regulation, Ethics, and Resonance. International Political Sociology, 20 (3), olag023. https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olag023

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

Hlouskova, JaroslavaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-0068; Caplanova, Anetta and Tsigaris, Panagiotis (2026) Leisure, aspirations, and multiple job holding. Economic Modelling, 162, 107654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107654

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

Koch, Sebastian P.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3946-7551 and Zenz, HannesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-5208 (2026) Datenbasierte Einblicke in Struktur und Dynamik aktueller Handelsentwicklungen: Der IHS Trade Monitor. Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 69 (1), pp. 68-72. https://doi.org/10.2478/wpbl-2026-0008

Kotašková, EvaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-9398; Azzamová, Katarína; Paul, Tomáš; Starkbaum, JohannesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-3289; Němeček, Karel and Nedbálková, Kateřina (2026) The crash of emotions: Socio-material landscapes of guilt in automobility. Emotion, Space and Society, 59, 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2026.101178

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

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, 21 (2), pp. 157-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999261417858

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

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

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

Spitzer, Sonja; Lemoine, Adèle; Song, Zhanxiong; Reiter, ClaudiaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851; Greulich, Angela; Herlitz, Agneta; Bártová, Alžběta; Brini, Elisa; Dančíková, Zuzana; Galdauskaitė, Dovilė, et al. (2026) The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset: Leave duration entitlements for 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. Demographic Research, 54, 31, pp. 987-1008. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.31

Starkbaum, JohannesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-3289; Nedbálková, KateřinaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-3636; Kotaskova, EvaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-9398; Paul, TomášORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3513-7301; Azzamová, Katarína and Němeček, KarelORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4170-1163 (2026) Back to normal. How people make sense of road accidents through guilt. Mobilities. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2026.2672936

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, 166, 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

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; 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 (2026) Online-Diagnosen zwischen Enttabuisierung, Glamourisierung und Kommerzialisierung. Pädiatrie & Pädologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00608-026-01383-4

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

Monograph

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.

Book Contribution

Balzhyk, Hanna; Miltner, Svenja; Müller, Annabelle; Pegelow, Cheyenne Paula; Rixgens, Felicitas; Rösler, DavidORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-2493 and Ziesch, Matthias (2026) BeKind - Vertrag zur Früherkennung und Vermeidung von postpartalen Depressionen. In: Steinbeck, Viktoria; Becker, Leon; Pross, Christoph; Deerberg-Wittram, Jens and Busse, Reinhard, (eds.) Value-Based Health Care Report 2026. Erkenntnisse, Inspirationen und Ideen aus den Seminaren 2024 und 2025 zu VBHC in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Berlin: Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Management im Gesundheitswesen, pp. 31-33.

Randell, Richard; Rapoš Božič, Ivana; Braun, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-3532; Kotašková, Eva; Nedbálková, Kateřina; Němeček, Karel; Paul, Tomáš and Szaló, Csaba (2026) Walking in the Spatial Order of Automobility. In: Snellgrove, Miriam, (ed.) Walking and Leisure. Mobilities, Encounters and Critical Engagements. Advances in Leisure Studies. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 185-201. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003588375-15

Schönpflug, KarinORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-9817 (2026) Queer Ageing in Österreich. In: Feichtinger, Cornelia and Hauck, Anne, (eds.) Doing Research - Shaping the Future. 18. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen. Wien: Facultas, pp. 151-155. https://doi.org/10.24989/hcw.doingresearch.2651

Discussion/ Working Paper

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.

IHS Series

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.

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.

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.

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 (2026) Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2025. Kernbericht. IHS Research Report 7, 221 p.

Fink, MarcelORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9618-0314; Grand, PeterORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8994-693X and Cvitic, Josipa (2026) Ergebnis–Bericht der Welle 11 des European Social Survey (ESS). Sozialpolitische Analysen und Trends. IHS Research Report 9, 73 p.

Gangl, Katharina; Hartl, BarbaraORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5041-7002 and Seifert, MarcelORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-0939 (2026) Wissen, Akzeptanz und Einstellungen zur Stromsteuerung im Haushaltsbereich. Eine verhaltensökonomische Studie. IHS Research Report 8, 103 p.

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 (2026) Vorurteilskriminalität in Österreich. IHS Research Report 3, 370 p.

Thaler, BiancaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7749-0464; Burtscher, Katharina and Steiner, MarioORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0959-6109 (2026) FABA und Lehrlinge: Analyse ihrer Laufbahnen auf Basis von Registerdaten. IHS Research Report 6, 73 p.

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

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

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.

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.

Research Report

Weyerstrass, KlausORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-8991; Fortin, InesORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-455X; Koch, Sebastian P.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3946-7551; Grozea-Helmenstein, DanielaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-7423 and Projektgruppe Gemeinschaftsdiagnose (March 2026) Gemeinschaftsdiagnose 1/2026: Energiepreisschock überlagert Fiskalimpuls – Wachstumskräfte versiegen. [Research Report] 87 p.

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

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