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Petra Sauer, PhD

Petra Sauer
Contact details

E-​Mail: petra.sauer@wu.ac.at

Personal details

Petra Sauer is a post-doc researcher in the division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research at the University of Fribourg, and senior researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). She was (LIS)2ER Tony Atkinson Research Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER) and the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) where she has contributed to strengthening the integration of research on social stratification, education, and the labour market within the institutes’ research agendas. In her research, she focuses on social inequality, its dynamics across time and contexts, and its underlying mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on (higher) education and labour market outcomes. Her research has been published, among others, in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology and the Review of Income and Wealth.

Publications

Journal article

2025 Czarnecki, Krzysztof, Sauer, Petra. 2025. The financial dimension of organizational stratification in European higher education. Read more
2023 Passaretta, Giampiero, Sauer, Petra, Schwabe, Ulrike, Weßling, Katarina. 2023. The role of overeducation and horizontal mismatch for gender inequalities in labor income of higher education graduates in Europe. Read more
2019 Rao, Narasimha D., Sauer, Petra, Gidden, Matthew, Riahi, Keywan. 2019. Income inequality projections for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). Read more
2017 Sauer, Petra. 2017. Von der Bildung für Eliten zur Ausbildung für Alle. Read more
2017 Sauer, Petra, Hauer, Gerlinde, Hofmann, Barbara. 2017. Digitalisierung hat (k)ein Geschlecht. Read more
2015 Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus, Sauer, Petra. 2015. Teach your children well: The dynamics of the distribution of educational attainment in Europe. Read more
2014 Sauer, Petra, Zagler, Martin. 2014. (In)equality of Education and Economic Growth. Read more
2012 Sauer, Petra, Zagler, Martin. 2012. Economic Growth and the Quantity and Distribution of Education: A Survey. Read more
2010 Sauer, Petra, Völkerer, Petra. 2010. Bildung und Demokratie: Schafft Bildung sozialen Zusammenhalt. Read more

Chapter in edited volume

2023 Sauer, Petra, Rao, Narasimha D., Pachauri, Shonali. 2023. Explaining Income Inequality Trends: An Integrated Approach In: Research on Economic Inequality. Hrsg. Bandyopadhya, Sanghamitra, Rodriguez, Juan Gabriel. Read more
2021 Sauer, Petra, Rehm, Miriam, Mader, Katharina. 2021. Gender and Income Inequality In: Gender and Income Inequality. Hrsg. Zimmerma, Klaus F. Read more

Working Paper/Preprint

2025 Sauer, Petra, Van Kerm, Philippe, Checchi, Daniele. 2025. Higher Education Expansion & Labour Income Inequality in High-income Countries: . Read more

Other scientific publications

2023 Sauer, Petra, Schwabe, Ulrike. 2023. Who are the bachelors? – Capturing degree heterogeneity within the tertiary level in comparative perspective. Read more
2021 Sauer, Petra, Van Kerm, Philippe. 2021. Higher Education Expansion and Inequality in Labour Incomes: The Importance of a Gendered Perspective. Read more
2021 Sauer, Petra. 2021. Educational Expansion and Returns to Higher Education in Austria over three Decades. Read more