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!

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!

Sebastian Forster will visiting Google Zurich for one month in June as part of Google’s visiting researcher program.