Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Alexia Furnkranz-Prskawetz holds a doctorate in mathematical economics from the Vienna University of Technology, as well as a second doctorate (Habilitation) in population economics and applied econometrics from the same University. She is professor at the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics at TU Wien, deputy director at the Vienna Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and one of the four directors of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna). She is working in the field of the economics of population and individual ageing, long run economic growth, agent based models and environmental economics. She has published numerous articles in refereed scientific journals and edited special issues of economic and demographic journals.

Dr. Furnkranz-Prskawetz joined the World Population (POP) Program in July 2013, to work on models of the interrelationship between population, the economy and environment. Since 2021 she continues her work in the Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW) Research Group, in the IIASA Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program.

Last update: 29 MAR 2021

Caulkins, J.P., Grass, D., Feichtinger, G., Hartl, R.F., Kort, P.M., Prskawetz, A., Seidl, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2021). The optimal lockdown intensity for COVID-19. Journal of Mathematical Economics 93, e102489. 10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102489.

Sánchez-Romero, M., di Lego, V., Prskawetz, A., & L. Queiroz, B. (2021). An indirect method to monitor the fraction of people ever infected with COVID-19: An application to the United States. PLoS ONE 16 (1), e0245845. 10.1371/journal.pone.0245845.

Caulkins, J., Grass, D., Feichtinger, G., Hartl, R., Kort, P.M., Prskawetz, A., Seidl, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2020). How long should the COVID-19 lockdown continue? PLoS ONE 15 (12), e0243413. 10.1371/journal.pone.0243413.

Sanchez-Romero, M., Lee, R.D., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2020). Redistributive effects of different pension systems when longevity varies by socioeconomic status. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 17, e100259. 10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100259.

Caulkins, J.P., Grass, D., Feichtinger, G., Hartl, R.F., Kort, P.M., Prskawetz, A., Seidl, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2020). The optimal lockdown intensity for COVID-19. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-20-015

Sanchez-Romero, Miguel & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2020). The Impact of Reducing the Pension Generosity on Inequality and Schooling. De Economist 10.1007/s10645-020-09359-w.

Grames, J., Zoboli, O., Laner, D., Rechberger, H., Zessner, M., Sánchez-Romero, M., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2019). Understanding feedbacks between economic decisions and the phosphorus resource cycle: A general equilibrium model including material flows. Resources Policy 61, 311-347. 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.02.010.

Sanchez-Romero, M. & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2019). Optimal time allocation in active retirement. Working Paper 02/2019. TU Wien

Kuil, L., Carr, G., Prskawetz, A., Salinas, J.L., Viglione, A., & Blöschl, G. (2019). Learning from the Ancient Maya: Exploring the Impact of Drought on Population Dynamics. Ecological Economics 157, 1-16. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.018.

Bucci, A., Prettner, K., & Prskawetz, A. (2019). Human Capital and Economic Growth The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change. pp. 139-165 Palgrave Macmillian. ISBN 978-3-030-21599-6 10.1007/978-3-030-21599-6.

Sánchez-Romero, M. & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2019). Social Security: Long-Term Financing and Reform. In: Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. pp. 1-13 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-69892-210.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_535-1.

Grames, J., Grass, D., Kort, P.M., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2018). Optimal investment and location decisions of a firm in a flood risk area using impulse control theory. Central European Journal of Operations Research 27 (4), 1051-1077. 10.1007/s10100-018-0532-0.

Zannella, M., Hammer, B., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., & Sambt, J. (2018). A Quantitative Assessment of the Rush Hour of Life in Austria, Italy and Slovenia. European Journal of Population 35 (4), 751-776. 10.1007/s10680-018-9502-4.

Wildemeersch, M. , Rovenskaya, E. , Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., & Crespo Cuaresma, J. (2018). Economic migration and capital flows: Designing policies for global inequality reduction. In: 14th Viennese Conference on Optimal Control and Dynamic Games, June 2018, Vienna, Austria.

Hammer, B., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., Gál, R.L., Vargha, L., & Istenič, T. (2018). Human Capital Investment and the Sustainability of Public Transfer Systems Across Europe. Journal of Population Ageing 12, 427-452. 10.1007/s12062-018-9224-8.

Sánchez-Romero, M. & Prskawetz, A. (2017). Redistributive effects of the US pension system among individuals with different life expectancy. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 10, 51-74. 10.1016/j.jeoa.2017.10.002.

Willekens, F., Bijak, J., Klabunde, A., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2017). The science of choice: an introduction. Population Studies 71 (sup1), 1-13. 10.1080/00324728.2017.1376921.

Feichtinger, G., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., Seidl, A., Simon, C., & Wrzaczek, S. (2017). A bifurcation analysis of gender equality and fertility. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 27 (5), 1221-1243. 10.1007/s00191-017-0534-4.

Loichinger, E., Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., Freiberger, M., & Sambt, J. (2017). Quantifying Economic Dependency. European Journal of Population 33 (3), 351–-380. 10.1007/s10680-016-9405-1.

Loichinger, E. & Prskawetz, A. (2017). Changes in economic activity: The role of age and education. Demographic Research 36, 1185-1208. 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.40.

Sánchez-Romero, M., Ediev, D. , Feichtinger, G., & Prskawetz, A. (2017). How many old people have ever lived? Demographic Research 36, 1667-1702. 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.54.

Sánchez-Romero, M., d'Albis, H., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2016). Education, lifetime labor supply, and longevity improvements. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 73, 118-141. 10.1016/j.jedc.2016.09.004.

Grames, J., Prskawetz, A., Grass, D., Viglione, A., & Blöschl, G. (2016). Modeling the interaction between flooding events and economic growth. Ecological Economics 129, 193-209. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.014.

Loichinger, E. & Prskawetz, A. (2016). Changes in Economic Activity: The Role of Age and Education. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-012

Kuil, L., Carr, G., Viglione, A., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., & Blöschl, G. (2016). Conceptualizing sociohydrological drought processes: The case of the Maya collapse. Water Resources Research 52 (8), 6222-6242. 10.1002/2015WR018298.

Berghammer, C., Buber-Ennser, I., & Prskawetz, A. (2016). Childlessness intentions of young female researchers in Austria [Intendierte Kinderlosigkeit von jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen in Österreich]. Journal of Family Research (Zeitschrift für Familienforschung) 28 (3), 267-288.

Moser, E., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Barakat, B. (2016). Maximizing female labor force participation in a stationary population. In: Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making. pp. 167-188 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-39120-510.1007/978-3-319-39120-5_10.

Prskawetz, A. (2016). The role of social interactions in demography: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach. In: Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies. pp. 53-72 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-32283-410.1007/978-3-319-32283-4_3.

Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2015). Reallocation of resources across age in a comparative European setting. The National Transfer Accounts Project. In: The Future of Welfare in a Global Europe. Eds. Marin, Bernd, pp. 369-383 Farnham, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-6309-8

Grafeneder-Weissteiner, T., Kubin, I., Prettner, K., Prskawetz, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2015). Coping with inefficiencies in a New Economic Geography model: The unintended consequences of policy interventions. Mathematical Social Sciences 76, 146-157. 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2015.05.003.

Kuhn, M., Wrzaczek, S., Prskawetz, A., & Feichtinger, G. (2015). Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model. Journal of Economic Theory 158, 186-212. 10.1016/j.jet.2015.04.006.

Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., & Freund, I. (2015). Production activities and economic dependency by age and gender in Europe: A cross-country comparison. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 5, 86-97. 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.09.007.

Skritek, B., Crespo Cuaresma, J., Kryazhimskiy, A.V., Prettner, K., Prskawetz, A., & Rovenskaya, E. (2015). Revisiting the Lucas model. [[ECON WPS]] - Vienna University of Technology Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, No. 03/2015 [2015]

Kuhn, M., Prskawetz, A., & Sunde, U. (2014). Health, education, and retirement over the prolonged life cycle: a selective survey of recent research. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 12, 1-22. 10.1553/populationyearbook2014s1.

Mahlberg, B., Freund, I., Crespo Cuaresma, J., & Prskawetz, A. (2013). The age-productivity pattern: Do location and sector affiliation matter? The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 1-2, 72-82. 10.1016/j.jeoa.2013.08.002.

Schaefer, A. & Prskawetz, A. (2013). Pollution, Public Health Care, and Life Expectancy When Inequality Matters. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-13-015

Mahlberg, B., Freund, I., Crespo Cuaresma, J., & Prskawetz, A. (2013). Ageing, productivity and wages in Austria. Labour Economics, 5-15. 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.09.005.

Engelhardt, H., Buber, I., Skirbekk, V., & Prskawetz, A. (2010). Social involvement, behavioural risks and cognitive functioning among older people. Ageing and Society 30 (5), 779-809. 10.1017/S0144686X09990626.

Heiland, F., Prskawetz, A., & Sanderson, W.C. (2008). Are individuals' desired family sizes stable? Evidence from West German panel data. European Journal of Population 24 (2), 129-156. 10.1007/s10680-008-9162-x.

Dalton, M.G., O'Neill, B.C., Prskawetz, A., Jiang, L., & Pitkin, J. (2008). Population aging and future carbon emissions in the United States. Energy Economics 30 (2), 642-675. 10.1016/j.eneco.2006.07.002.

Bloom, D.E., Lutz, W., & Prskawetz, A. (2008). Introduction. In: Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth. Eds. Prskawetz, A., Bloom, D.E. & Lutz, W., New York: Population Council.

Prskawetz, A., Bloom, D.E., & Lutz, W. (2008). Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth. New York: Population Council. ISBN 978-0-87834-116-0

Fuernkranz-Prskawetz, A., Mahlberg, B., & Skirbekk, V. (2007). Demographic structure and firm productivity in Austria. Wirtschaftspolitische Blaetter 54 (4), 595-608.

Mahlberg, B., Prskawetz, A., & Skirbekk, V. (2007). Labor productivity and workforce age in Austrian ICT manufacturing and service sectors. In: The Impact of Ageing: A Common Challenge for Europe and Asia. Eds. Sinigoj, G., Jones, G., Hirokawa, K. & Linhart, S., Vienna: LIT Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8258-0713-9

Prskawetz, A., Mahlberg, B., & Skirbekk, V. (2007). Firm productivity, work-force age and educational structure in Austrian industries in 2001. In: Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy. Eds. Clark, R., Ogawa, N. & Mason, A., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781847200990

Skirbekk, V., Kohler, H.-P., & Prskawetz, A. (2006). The marginal effect of school leaving age on demographic events. A contribution to the discussion on causality. In: Education and Postponement of Maternity: Economic Analyses for Industrialized Countries. Eds. Gustafsson, S. & Kalwij, A., Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. 10.1007/1-4020-4716-9_3.

Prskawetz, A., Zagaglia, B., Fent, T., & Skirbekk, V. (2005). Decomposing the change in labour force indicators over time. Demographic Research 13 (7), 163-188. 10.4054/DemRes.2005.13.7.

Dalton, M.G., O'Neill, B.C., Fuernkranz-Prskawetz, A., Jiang, L., & Pitkin, J. (2005). Population Aging and Future Carbon Emissions in the United States. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-05-025

Prskawetz, A., Mahlberg, B., & Skirbekk, V. (2005). The impact of population ageing on innovation and productivity growth in Europe. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (19 September 2005)

Skirbekk, V., Kohler, H.-P., & Prskawetz, A. (2004). Birth month, school graduation, and the timing of births and marriages. Demography 41 (3), 547-568. 10.1353/dem.2004.0028.

Prskawetz, A., Jiang, L., & O'Neill, B.C. (2004). Demographic composition and projections of car use in Austria. In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. pp. 175-201 Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s175.

Prskawetz, A., Zagaglia, B., Fent, T., & Skirbekk, V. (2004). Decomposing the Change in Labour Force Indicators over Time. [[European Demographic Research Papers]] 1/2004, Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria (2004)

Lutz, W., Prskawetz, A., & Sanderson, W.C. (2002). Introduction (Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis). In: Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis. Eds. Lutz, W., Prskawetz, A. & Sanderson, W.C., pp. 1-21 New York: Population Council. ISBN 978-0878341047

Lutz, W., Prskawetz, A., & Sanderson, W.C. (2002). Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis. New York: Population Council. ISBN 0-87834-104-8

Lutz, W., Scherbov, S. , Prskawetz, A., Dworak, M., & Feichtinger, G. (2002). Population, natural resources, and food security: Lessons from comparing full and reduced-form models. In: Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis. Eds. W.C., W. Lutz, A. Prskawetz, & Sanderson, , New York: Population Council.

Lutz, W., Scherbov, S. , Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A., Dworak, M., & Feichtinger, G. (2000). Population, Natural Resources and Food Security Lessons from Comparing Full and Reduced Form Models. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-00-038

Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., Luptacik, M., Milik, A., Wirl, F., Hof, F., & Lutz, W. (1999). Endogenous growth of population and income depending on resource and knowledge. European Journal of Population 14 (4), 305-331. 10.1023/A:1026455314994.

Steinmann, G., Prskawetz, A., & Feichtinger, G. (1998). A model on the escape from the Malthusian trap. Journal of Population Economics 11 (4), 535-550. 10.1007/s001480050083.

Gragnani, A., Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., & Sanderson, W.C. (1998). Persistent unstable equilibria and the grace period in dynamic models of environmental change. Dynamics and Stability of Systems 13 (1), 3-25. 10.1080/02681119808806252.

Feichtinger, G., Behrens, D.A., & Prskawetz, A. (1997). Complex dynamics and control of arms race. European Journal of Operational Research 100 (1), 192-215. 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00018-5.

Feichtinger, G., Dockner, E.J., & Prskawetz, A. (1997). Nonlinear dynamics and predictability in the Austrian stock market. In: System Dynamics in Economic and Financial Models. Eds. Heij, C., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-969-346

Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Sanderson, W.C. (1996). Slow-Fast dynamics in Wonderland. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 10.1007/BF01874842.

Feichtinger, G., Fischel, G., Groeller, E., & Prskawetz, A. (1996). Despotism and anarchy in Ancient China: Visualizing the dynastic cycle. Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftswissenschaften 47 (1), 1-13.

Gröller, E., Wegenkittl, R, Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Sanderson, W.C. (1996). The geometry of Wonderland. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 7 (12), 1989-2006. 10.1016/S0960-0779(96)00067-7.

Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Sanderson, W.C. (1996). Slow-fast Dynamics in Wonderland. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-96-020. Reprinted from Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 1(1-2):3-17 (March 1996).

Gragnani, A., Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., & Sanderson, W.C. (1995). Persistent Unstable Equilibria in Wonderland. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-118

Feichtinger, G., Prskawetz, A., Herold, W., & Zinner, P. (1995). Habit formation with threshold adjustment: Addiction may imply complex dynamics. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 5 (2), 157-172. 10.1007/BF01199855.

Prskawetz, A. & Feichtinger, G. (1995). Endogenous population growth may imply chaos. Journal of Population Economics 8 (1), 59-80.

Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., Luptacik, M., Milik, A., Wirl, F., Hof, F., & Lutz, W. (1994). Endogenous Growth of Population and Income Depending on Resource and Knowledge. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-94-133