PhD student participated at PSE Summer School
Petra Tschuchnig, PhD student at PLUS Department of Economics, recently attended the summer school “Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation – Modern Estimation Methods and Machine Learning” at the renowned Paris School of Economics (PSE). She is “grateful for the knowledge gained and the amazing people I met!”
Lisa Windsteiger on wealth inequality and inheritance taxation
Lisa Windsteiger, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg since mid-April, talks about wealth inequality and inheritance tax in a TV documentary on wealth distribution and fairness in Germany (from around minute 8:40). Tune in!
Lisa Windsteiger new assistant professor at the department
We welcome our new colleague Lisa Windsteiger at the PLUS Department of Economics. Lisa joins our department as an assistant professor (tenure track) after international positions at the London School of Economics and the renowned Ifo Institute. Her research focuses on inequality and redistribution, public attitudes toward economic policies, and people’s fairness perceptions. A native of Upper Austria, she is the first woman in the team of professors at our department. Welcome Lisa!