Daniela Weber
Senior Research Scholar
Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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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. & Weber, D. (2019). Who is telling the truth? Biases in self-reported physical and cognitive health status of older Europeans. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-19-002
Dekhtyar, S., Weber, D. , Helgertz, J., & Herlitz, A. (2018). Sex differences in academic strengths contribute to gender segregation in education and occupation: A longitudinal examination of 167,776 individuals. Intelligence 67 84-92. 10.1016/j.intell.2017.11.007.
Weber, D. , Dekhtyar, S., & Herlitz, A. (2017). The Flynn effect in Europe – Effects of sex and region. Intelligence 60 39-45. 10.1016/j.intell.2016.11.003.
Sanderson, W., Scherbov, S. , Weber, D. , & Bordone, V. (2016). Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England. Journal of Aging and Health 28 (7) 1178-1193. 10.1177/0898264316656515.