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Research undertaken as part of the EELC theme focuses on issues related to distributional consequences of development trends and transformative policies, especially as it relates to vulnerable populations.
The EELC theme pertains to issues relating to the unequal accumulation of human capital and its economic and wellbeing effects both within and across cohorts; equitable access to crucial resources such as food, health care, education, the digital environment, and social safety; and the distributional consequences of development trends and transformative policies, especially for vulnerable populations (just transitions). As a hallmark, research on EELC themes will trace out the impact on the distribution of wellbeing of micro- and macroeconomic feedback loops, for instance, through endogenous adjustments in human capital investments or structural change within the economy. For more information on topics and methods used see the section themes and projects below.
YSSP 2025 at the EF program
The Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) at IIASA provides a great opportunity for early career scientist to progress in their research under the guidance of IIASA researchers. The application period for the summer 2025 is open with October 16th 2024. More information on opportunities in the Economic Frontiers program.
Selected Publications
Sanchez-Romero, M., Schuster, P., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2023). Redistributive effects of pension reforms: who are the winners and losers? Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 1-27. 10.1017/S147474722300015X.
Chen, S., Cao, Z., Prettner, K., Kuhn, M., Yang, J., Jiao, L., Wang, Z., Li, W., Geldsetzer, P., Bärnighausen, T., Bloom, D.E., & Wang, C. (2023). Estimates and Projections of the Global Economic Cost of 29 Cancers in 204 Countries and Territories From 2020 to 2050. JAMA Oncology 9 (4) 465-472. 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.7826.
Frankovic, I. & Kuhn, M. (2023). Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, health expenditure growth, and welfare. Journal of Health Economics 87 e102717. 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102717.
Spitzer, S., di Lego, V., Kuhn, M., Roth, C., & Berger, R. (2022). Socioeconomic environment and survival in patients after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): a longitudinal study for the City of Vienna. BMJ Open 12 (7) e058698. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058698.
Patange, O. , Garg, A., & Jayaswal, S. (2022). An integrated bottom-up optimization to investigate the role of BECCS in transitioning towards a net-zero energy system: A case study from Gujarat, India. Energy 255 e124508. 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124508.
Sanchez-Romero, M. (2022). Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs). In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022. pp. 1-35 Vienna Institute of Demography. ISBN 978-3-7001-8882-7 10.1553/populationyearbook2022.res1.2.
Bloom, D.E., Kuhn, M., & Prettner, K. (2022). Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses. Journal of Economic Literature 60 (1) 85-131. 10.1257/jel.20201642.
Themes
Generational Impact of Covid-19
Importance of monitoring break-through infections
Vaccine emergence and resistance
Modelling household behaviour in the face of disaster risk
Regional energy transitions
Drivers of intra- and intergenerational inequality
Economic Burden of Disease
Health care systems
Health shocks
Projects
Just Transitions to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4ALL)
Modelling the regional welfare impacts of just coal transitions (JUSTCOAL)
MultiFutures (MULTIFUTURES)
Events
Vienna, Austria and online
IIASA at EGU 2024
Virtual meeting