Daniela Weber

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

Weber, D. & Loichinger, E. (2020). 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 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 978-3-030-37666-610.1007/978-3-030-37668-0_18.

Spitzer, S. & Weber, D. (2019). Reporting biases in self-assessed physical and cognitive health status of older Europeans. PLoS ONE 14 (10), e0223526. 10.1371/journal.pone.0223526.

Umansky, K., Lutz, W., & Weber, D. (2019). The Impact of Education and Age Cohort on Attitudes toward Immigration in Europe. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-19-008

Prasitsiriphon, O. & Weber, D. (2019). Objective physical measures and their association with subjective functional limitations in a representative study population of older Thais. BMC Geriatrics 19 (1) 10.1186/s12877-019-1093-3.

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.

Scherbov, S. & Weber, D. (2017). Future trends in the prevalence of severe activity limitations among older adults in Europe: a cross-national population study using EU-SILC. BMJ Open 7 (9), e017654. 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017654.

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.

Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2016). Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe. Journal of Aging and Health 28 (7), 1194-1213. 10.1177/0898264316656509.

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.

Sanderson, W.C., 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. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-008

Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2016). Living longer: Determining whether we are using our extra years productively. Population Insights no.4 (June)

Weber, D. (2016). Social engagement to prevent cognitive ageing? Age and Ageing 45 (4), 441-442. 10.1093/ageing/afw083.

Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2016). Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-004

Herlitz, A., Dekhtyar, S., Asperholm, M., & Weber, D. (2016). Gender differences in memory and cognition. In: Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. pp. 1-7 Singapore: Springer. ISBN 978-981-287-080-310.1007/978-981-287-080-3_225-1.

Loichinger, E., Goujon, A. , & Weber, D. (2016). Demographic Profile of the Arab Region: Realizing the Demographic Dividend. E/ESCWA/SDD/2016/Technical Paper 3. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon

Weber, D. (2016). Differences in physical aging measured by walking speed: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. BMC Geriatrics 16 (1), 1-9. 10.1186/s12877-016-0201-x.

Weber, D. , Skirbekk, V., Freund, I., & Herlitz, A. (2015). The changing face of cognitive gender differences in Europe. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RP-15-001. Reprinted from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(32):11673-11678 (2015)

Weber, D. (2015). Differences in physical aging measured by walking speed. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-15-010

Weber, D. , Skirbekk, V., Freund, I., & Herlitz, A. (2014). The changing face of cognitive gender differences in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (32), 11673-11678. 10.1073/pnas.1319538111.

Skirbekk, V., Bordone, V., & Weber, D. (2014). A cross-country comparison of math achievement at teen age and cognitive performance 40 years later. Demographic Research 31 (4), 105-118. 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.4.

Weber, D. & Skirbekk, V. (2014). The Educational Effect on Cognitive Functioning: National versus Individual Educational Attainment. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-14-008

Skirbekk, V., Stonawski, M., & Weber, D. (2013). Could nations invest in cognitive skills and become effectively younger? SAGW Bulletin 1/2013, Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bern, Switzerland pp.48-49 (January 2013)

Bordone, V. & Weber, D. (2012). Number of children and cognitive abilities in later life. In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. pp. 95-126 Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 10.1553/populationyearbook2012s95.

Skirbekk, V., Loichinger, E., & Weber, D. (2012). Variation in cognitive functioning as a refined approach to comparing aging across countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (3), 770-774. 10.1073/pnas.1112173109.

Skirbekk, V., Weber, D. , & Bordone, V. (2011). National Variation in Cognitive Life Cycle Development (Revised 7 November 2013). IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-11-028