Rainer Eppel
Economist at Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Dr. Rainer Eppel is a Senior Economist & Research Group Coordinator at Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
He has been working in the Research Group "Labor Market, Income and Social Security" since 2008.
His research focuses on the empirical analysis of labor market developments and the evaluation of labor market policy, in particular, microeconomic analysis based on individual data from Austrian social security and the Public Employment Service Austria.
In numerous research projects on behalf of institutions such as the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, the Public Employment Service Austria, and the International Labor Organization (ILO), lectures, publications in international refereed journals, and activities as a referee, he is devoting himself above all to unemployment and political measures for reintegration into working life, in addition to topics such as labor market segmentation and interactions between social security and employment.
Dr. Rainer Eppel is also a lecturer at the Danube University, Krems.
In 2012, he was also a visiting researcher and subsequently a research affiliate at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).
He graduated in Economics in 2008, in Political Science (both at the University of Vienna) in 2009, and received his doctorate in Economics (Vienna University of Economics and Business) in 2014.
In his dissertation, he investigated the effectiveness of active labor market policy measures in Austria.
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Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
 Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Investment ManagersFinance Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. WIFO provides applied empirical economic research in Austria with a strong commitment at the European level. The mission of the firm is to build a bridge between academic basic research and economic policy application in order to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges and to create a factual basis for decisions in business and society. Their bridging function also goes hand in hand with an intermediary role between economic policy institutions, university institutions and advisory and consulting companies. WIFO is the point of contact for international organizations (EU, OECD and IMF) and rating agencies with regard to national economic development and the assessment of economic policy measures. | Economist | 2007-12-31 |
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Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Investment ManagersFinance Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. WIFO provides applied empirical economic research in Austria with a strong commitment at the European level. The mission of the firm is to build a bridge between academic basic research and economic policy application in order to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges and to create a factual basis for decisions in business and society. Their bridging function also goes hand in hand with an intermediary role between economic policy institutions, university institutions and advisory and consulting companies. WIFO is the point of contact for international organizations (EU, OECD and IMF) and rating agencies with regard to national economic development and the assessment of economic policy measures. | Finance |
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