Daniela Weber

Research Scholar

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group

Population and Just Societies Program

Biography

Daniela Weber joined the IIASA World Population Program (POP) in 2010, where she works on aging. She is also an assistant professor in health economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Dr. Weber graduated in technical mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology in 2005 and in 2012, she graduated in statistics at the University of Vienna. She completed her PhD at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2015 with the dissertation "An International Perspective on Aging and Cognitive Decline".

Her research focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals on health and gender equality. For instance, Dr. Weber investigates living conditions associated with gender differences in cognitive as well as physical functioning.

Last update: 04 FEB 2020

Publications

Spitzer, S. , Shaikh, M., & Weber, D. (2022). Older Europeans’ health perception and their adaptive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Public Health ckab221. 10.1093/eurpub/ckab221.

Weber, D. & Loichinger, E. (2022). Live longer, retire later? Developments of healthy life expectancies and working life expectancies between age 50–59 and age 60–69 in Europe. European Journal of Ageing 19 75-93. 10.1007/s10433-020-00592-5.

Abalos, J., Weber, D. , Booth, H., Goujon, A. , Steiber, N., & Cruz, G.T. (2020). Is children’s education associated with parental health? Evidence from the Philippines. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-20-017

Weber, D. & Scherbov, S. (2020). Prospects of activity limitations among older adults in 23 low and middle income countries. Scientific Reports 10 (1) 10.1038/s41598-020-67166-4.

Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2020). Combining Working Life and Health Expectancies. In: International Handbook of Health Expectancies. pp. 249-261 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-37666-6 10.1007/978-3-030-37668-0_18.