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The Institute for social policy researches foremost in two areas:
Social Policy

Social Policy

In addition to general research on the (theory of) social policy the social solicy field focuses on three particular research streams: Poverty and Social Exclusion, Health and Long-Term Care, Economics of social services...

Health Economics and Policy

Health Economics and Policy

The Division of Health Economics and Policy (HEP) is a newly established group, committed to research and teaching in the areas of the economics and policy of health and healthcare. The Division is part of the Institute for Social Policy, within the Socioeconomics Department of WU Vienna.

New Specialization from Summer Term 2021: Health and Social Policy

From Summer Term 2021, students in Business and Economics, Betriebswirtschaft, Internationale Betriebswirtschaft and Wirtschaftsrecht can choose Health and Social Policy as a new exciting…

New Publication

Georges, Daniela, Buber-Ennser, Isabella, Rengs, Bernhard, Kohlenberger, Judith, Doblhammer, Gabriele. 2021. Health determinants among refugees in Austria and Germany: A propensity-matched comparative…

New publication on donation behaviour by income groups

In their study "The relation between income and donations as a proportion of income revisited: literature review and empirical application", published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly,…