2nd – 3rd February 2022 | online: After more than one decade of research and PhD student mentoring, activities of the first Doctoral College of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg – „Immunity in Allergy and Cancer, ICA”  –  culminate in a final Progress Report Symposium.  

The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg will receive around 10 million euros from the State of Salzburg for the new Faculty of Digital & Analytical Sciences (DAS).

We are happy to introduce our new department, the PLUS Department of Economics, which was established in January 2022 following an organizational reform at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg.

What is the impact of tax changes on employment, business investment or international profit shifting activities of firms? What is the role of social security and welfare transfers on labor market outcomes, pension decisions or organization of care? Is the recent increase in inflation permanent or transitory? What happens with mortgage rates  if the European Central Bank increases its policy rate? What are the costs and benefits of health measures to circumvent a pandemic? These and many more questions affect households, firms and the society as a whole and are at the core of the research activities of the new PLUS Department of Economics.

Research in the department covers different fields of economics. Department members are active in applied topics such as public economics, health and labor economics, behavioral economics and macroeconomics.  Their research provides important insights for the design of appropriate economic policies and contributes substantially to our understanding on how economic mechanisms work in practice and impact society.