EMPLOYMENT
 | Since 08/2012: Economist / Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
| | 2008-2012: Assistant Professor / Labour Economics Institute, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)
| | 2008-2009: Economist / Economic Analysis Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
| | 2004-2007: Project Associate, Research Assistant, Lecturer / SFB International Tax Coordination, Austrian Science Fund (FWF) & WU |
EDUCATION
| Nov. 07: Dr. rer. soc. oec., Department of Economics, WU
| | Nov. 03: Mag. rer. soc.oec., Department of Economics, University of Vienna
| | Sep. 97: Instrumental Studies degree, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| Labour and public economics |
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
| August 2011: European Economic Association (EEA), Oslo
| | July 2011: New Directions in Welfare 2011 Congress, OECD Paris
| | May 2011: CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, Munich
| | April 2010: CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, Munich
| | April 2009: CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, Munich
| | August 2008: European Society of Econometric Modelling (ESEM), Milan
| | August 2008: Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Maastricht
| | June 2008: World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA), Istanbul
| | May 2008: International Trade and Finance Association, Lisbon
| | May 2008: NOeG Conference, Vienna
| | November 2007: Austrian Institute of Economic Research, “WIFO Extern”
| | October 2007: Graduate and staff seminar at the University of Vienna, Department of Economics
| | September 2006: Pan-European Institute, Conference on the International Competitiveness of the EU and its Eastern Neighbours, Turku
| | August 2006: European Association on Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Amsterdam
| | July 2006: INFER Workshop on International Economics, Trade, Factor Movement and Convergence in Transition Economics, London
| | May 2006: SFB-Seminar on International Tax Coordination, WU Wien
| | April 2006: Graduate and staff seminar at the University of Vienna, Department of Economics |
INVITED RESEARCH VISIT
| June 2009: Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Economics (Institut für Öffentliche Finanzen und Sozialpolitik) |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Labour economics, intermediate macroeconomics, applied microeconomics |
REFEREE ACTIVITIES
| Journal of Public Economic Theory, FinanzArchiv |
AWARDS RECEIVED
| Young Economists’ Award of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) 2008
| | Klaus Liebscher Award 2008
| | WU Publication Award, 2011 |
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Dr. Silvia Rocha-Akis
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Arsenal, Objekt 20
1030 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 1 798 26 01-259
Fax: +431 / 798 93 86
Email: Silvia.Rocha-Akis[at]wifo.ac.at
Last Update: 10/12/12
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