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Stefan Jestl

• Curriculum Vitae
• List of Publications
• List of Projects

Research Associate

email: jestl@wiiw.ac.at
telephone: (+43-1) 533 66 10

Stefan Jestl is Research Associate at wiiw. He is interested in studies on labour mobility, labour markets, wealth and income distribution as well as infrastructure and regional economics. He has obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Sciences Vienna and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Economics and Business in Vienna. He was a member of the scientific project staff of the Research Institute 'Economics of Inequality' (INEQ) at the University of Economics and Business in Vienna. Between 2016 and 2022 he was staff economist at wiiw. Currently he works as a regional economist at the City of Vienna's Department for Economy and Statistics.

Austria, Vienna

External Publications

• 'State Aid, R&D, and the Digital Content of Trade' (with Chiara Castelli, Dario Guarascio and Robert Stehrer), Applied Economics Letters, June 2024
• 'Industrial robots, and information and communication technology: the employment effects in EU labour markets', Regional Studies, January 2024
• 'The Impact of Income Inequality on Household Indebtedness in Euro Area Countries', European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Volume 20, Issue 2, November 2023, pp. 151–182
• 'The relative impact of different forces of globalization on wage inequality: A fresh look at the EU experience' (with Sebastian Leitner and Sandra M. Leitner), Review of International Economics, Wiley Online Library, Volume 30, Issue 4, September 2022, pp. 1003-1037
• 'Inequality, Redistribution, and the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts for Austria' (with Emanuel List), Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 69, No. 1, May 2022, pp. 195-227
• 'Trajectories of Employment Gaps of Refugees and Other Migrants: Evidence from Austria' (with Michael Landesmann, Sebastian Leitner and Barbara Wanek-Zajic), Population Research and Policy Review, Volume 41, issue 2, April 2022, pp. 609–669
• 'Public and Private Pension Systems and Macroeconomic Volatility in OECD Countries' (with Mario Holzner and David Pichler), Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Wiley Online Library, Vol. 69, No. 2, May 2022, pp. 131-168
• 'The Impact of Income Inequality on Household Indebtedness in Euro Area Countries', European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Vol. 20, No. 2, April 2022, pp. 151–182
• 'Cannot keep up with the Joneses: how relative deprivation pushes internal migration in Austria' (with Mathias Moser and Anna Katharina Raggl), International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Publishing Limited, Vol. 49, No. 2, January 2022, pp. 210-231
• 'Inheritance Tax Regimes: A Comparison', Public Sector Economics, Volume 45, Issue 3, 6 September 2021, pp. 363-385
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) with Household Survey Data: Methodology and Results for European Countries' (with Predrag Četković, Stefan Ederer, Stefan Humer and Emanuel List), Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 68, No. 3, July 2021, pp. 667-688

• 'Einkommensungleichheit in Österreich: Neue Sichtweisen und Beiträge zur Debatte' (with Emanuel List), WISO, 44 (2), 2021, pp. 11-25
• 'Immobilienvermögen und Hypothekarverschuldung der Haushalte im Europavergleich' (with Mario Holzner and Sebastian Leitner), Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2015, pp. 49-70

• '(Post-)pandemic employment dynamics in a comparative perspective' (with Robert Stehrer), ETUI Policy Brief 2021.12, 2021
• 'Österreich hinkt bei der Datengrundlage hinterher' (with Emanuel List), Der ökonomische Blick DiePresse, Wien, 1 February 2021
• 'Die Ungleichheit beim Einkommen und das Problem mit den Daten' (with Emanuel List), Ökonomieblog DerStandard, Wien, 15 September 2020
• 'Wie steht es um die Verteilung des österreichischen Nationaleinkommens' (with Emanuel List), Blog Arbeit & Wirtschaft, Vienna, May 18th, 2020
• 'Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten geht in Österreich voran' (with Sebastian Leitner), Blog Arbeit & Wirtschaft, November 19th, 2019

• 'Erwerbsquote der Wiener*innen - Wie hat sich die Aktivität der Wiener*innen am Arbeitsmarkt entwickelt?', MA23 Kurzanalyse, City of Vienna – Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics, 2023
• 'Teilzeit in Wien - Hat die Pandemie freiwillige Teilzeitarbeit beeinflusst?', MA23 Kurzanalyse, City of Vienna – Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics, 2023
• 'EU Employment Dynamics: The Pandemic Years and Beyond' (with Robert Stehrer), ETUI - European Trade Union Institute, Working Paper, No. 2021.09, September 2021
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Austria, 2004-2016' (with Emanuel List), WID.World, World Inequality Lab WP, 2020/23, October 2020
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) with Household Survey Data: Methodology and Results for European Countries' (with Stefan Ederer, Stefan Humer and Emanuel List), WIFO Working Papers, No. 599, Vienna, April 2020
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) with Household Survey Data: Methodology and Results for European Countries' (with Stefan Ederer, Stefan Humer and Emanuel List), INEQ Working Paper Series, No. 18, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, April 2020
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Austria, 2004-2016' (with Emanuel List), INEQ Working Paper Series, No. 15, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, March 2020
• 'Bevölkerungs- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern (MOEL)' (with Vasily Astrov, Mario Holzner, Michael Landesmann, Isilda Mara, Roman Römisch, Robert Stehrer and Hermine Vidovic), Studie im Auftrag der MA23 der Stadt Wien, August 2018
• 'Inheritance Tax Regimes', Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, No. 176, 2018
• 'Arbeitslosigkeit und Migration in Österreich. Erste Ergebnisse aus Registerzählungsmikrodaten' (with Mathias Moser), AMS-Arbeitsmarktstrukturbericht, January 2018
• 'Can't Keep Up with the Joneses: How Relative Deprivation Pushes Internal Migration in Austria' (with Mathias Moser and Anna Katharina Raggl), INEQ Working Paper Series, No. 5, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2017
• 'Of Proprietors and Proletarians - Inequality, Household Indebtedness, Macroeconomic Imbalances and the Ownership Society' (with Mario Holzner), Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, No. 141, 2015

wiiw Publications

• 'Job loss and labour-market transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria' (with Maryna Tverdostup), in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 3/2024, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 3, Vienna, March 2024, pp. 18-25
• 'Globalisation and inequality: more than just a spurious correlation?', Monthly Report No. 12/2019, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2019, pp. 7-12
• 'Internet avant la lettre: The Telegraph Revolution and its impact on economic growth in 1870 1913' (with Mario Holzner), Monthly Report No. 11/2018, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 11, Vienna, November 2018, pp. 12-17
• 'Income inequality and individuals’ and households’ behaviour ', Monthly Report No. 4/2018, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 4, Vienna, April 2018, pp. 17-20
• 'The economic role of railway networks – a historical perspective' (with Mario Holzner), Monthly Report No. 2/2017, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 2, Vienna, February 2017, pp. 8-15
• 'Integration of migrants from different countries of origin in EU labour markets' (with Michael Landesmann), Monthly Report No. 3/2016, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 3, Vienna, March 2016, pp. 11-15
• 'Job-skill mismatch patterns in EU labour markets: migrants versus natives' (with Michael Landesmann and Sandra M. Leitner), Monthly Report No. 6/2015, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 6, Vienna, June 2015, pp. 4-10

• 'EU Employment Dynamics: The Pandemic Years and Beyond' (with Robert Stehrer), wiiw Research Report, No. 457, Vienna, November 2021
• 'Online Annex – Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions: Annex II – Econometric Analysis and Supplemental Tables' (with Roman Römisch), wiiw Research Report, No. 426, Vienna, December 2017
• 'Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions III: Recent Investment Trends and Needs' (with Roman Römisch), wiiw Research Report, No. 423, Vienna, December 2017
• 'Migrants and Natives in EU Labour Markets: Mobility and Job-Skill Mismatch Patterns' (with Michael Landesmann and Sandra M. Leitner), wiiw Research Report, No. 403, Vienna, July 2015

• 'The Path Through: Early COVID-19 Job Loss and Labour Market Trajectories in Austria' (with Maryna Tverdostup), wiiw Working Paper, No. 246, Vienna, May 2024
• 'State Aid, R&D, and the Digital Content of Trade' (with Chiara Castelli, Dario Guarascio and Robert Stehrer), wiiw Working Paper, No. 237, Vienna, November 2023
• 'Migration Drivers in Carbon-intensive Regions in the EU' (with Roman Römisch), wiiw Working Paper, No. 236, Vienna, November 2023
• 'The Labour Market Entry and Integration of Refugees and Other Migrants in Austria' (with Maryna Tverdostup), wiiw Working Paper, No. 231, Vienna, November 2023
• 'Industrial Robots, and Information and Communication Technology: The Employment Effects in EU Labour Markets', wiiw Working Paper, No. 215, Vienna, June 2022
• 'The Effects of the EU Cohesion Policy on Regional Economic Growth: Using Structural Equation Modelling for Impact Assessment' (with Ambre Maucorps and Roman Römisch), wiiw Working Paper, No. 185, Vienna, August 2020
• 'On the Economic Effects of a Reallocation of EU Cohesion Policy Expenditures' (with Roman Römisch), wiiw Working Paper, No. 183, Vienna, August 2020
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) with Household Survey Data: Methodology and Results for European Countries' (with Stefan Ederer, Stefan Humer and Emanuel List), wiiw Working Paper, No. 180, Vienna, May 2020
• 'Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Austria, 2004-2016' (with Emanuel List), wiiw Working Paper, No. 175, Vienna, February 2020
• 'The Impact of Income Inequality on Household Indebtedness in Euro Area Countries', wiiw Working Paper, No. 173, Vienna, December 2019
• 'Public and Private Pension Systems and Macroeconomic Volatility in OECD Countries' (with Mario Holzner and David Pichler), wiiw Working Paper, No. 172, Vienna, December 2019
• 'Employment Gaps Between Refugees, Migrants and Natives: Evidence from Austrian Register Based Labour Market Data' (with Michael Landesmann, Sebastian Leitner and Barbara Wanek-Zajic), wiiw Working Paper, No. 167, Vienna, November 2019
• 'The Relative Impact of Different Forces of Globalisation on Wage Inequality: A Fresh Look at the EU Experience' (with Sebastian Leitner and Sandra M. Leitner), wiiw Working Paper, No. 154, Vienna, November 2018
• 'Inheritance Tax Regimes: A Comparison ', wiiw Working Paper, No. 152, Vienna, November 2018
• 'Can’t Keep Up with the Joneses: How Relative Deprivation Pushes Internal Migration in Austria' (with Mathias Moser and Anna Katharina Raggl), wiiw Working Paper, No. 137, Vienna, September 2017

• 'Introducing Railway Time in the Balkans: Economic effects of railway construction in Southeast Europe and beyond since the early 19th century until present days' (with Eduard Alvarez, Mario Holzner and Jordi Marti-Henneberg), wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Paper, No. 121, Vienna, May 2016

• 'wiiw Studies on the Integration of Middle Eastern Refugees in Austria, Based on FIMAS Surveys and Register-based Labour Market Career Data' (with Michael Landesmann, Sebastian Leitner, Sandra M. Leitner, Isilda Mara and Maryna Tverdostup), wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report, No. 74, Vienna, December 2023

• 'Digital Tasks and ICT Capital: Methodologies and Data' (with Lorenz Gschwent, Dario Guarascio, Alireza Sabouniha and Roman Stöllinger), wiiw Statistical Report, No. 11, Vienna, January 2023

• 'Bevölkerungs- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern (MOEL)' (with Vasily Astrov, Michael Landesmann, Sebastian Leitner, Roman Römisch, Robert Stehrer and Hermine Vidovic), wiiw Research Report in German language, No. 21, Vienna, September 2022
• 'Bevölkerungs- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern' (with Vasily Astrov, Mario Holzner, Michael Landesmann, Isilda Mara, Roman Römisch, Robert Stehrer and Hermine Vidovic), wiiw Research Report in German language, No. 13, Vienna, March 2019

• 'How successful is the labour-market integration of refugees in Austria?' (with Michael Landesmann, Sandra M. Leitner, Sebastian Leitner, Isilda Mara and Maryna Tverdostup), wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, December 2023
• '(Post-)Pandemic Employment Dynamics in a comparative perspective' (with Robert Stehrer), wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, August 2021
• 'Inequality in Austria is higher than expected', wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, November 2020
• 'Refugees in Austria: Strong labour market integration after several years' (with Sebastian Leitner), wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, November 2019