The distribution of income and wealth is one of the main research interests of the institute. Our research efforts analyze income and wealth as well as their inequality in as many dimensions as possible. Even though the availability of data in this respect is limited in Austria, our current research offers substantial insight into the distribution and the structure of these factors.
In order to gain expertise concerning a wide variety of datasets, the research conducted at the institute uses various sources of data, e.g. the micro census, the Austrian statistics with respect to wages and salaries, EU-SILC, the Household Finance and Consumption Survey of the ECB and the Survey of Consumer Finances of the Federal Reserve.
Based on this foundation, our researchers consider several scientific issues such as the long-term development of the Austrian income structure within a time-frame going back to the monarchy; the socio-economic structure of wealth, effects of inheritance taxes or the distribution of capital income. Results from our research are being used regularly in the media, secondary studies and the decision-making process concerning economic policy.
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