Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is a Full Professor of Labour Economics at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria, and a Research Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna. He is affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London), the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA, Bonn), and the Centre for the Economics of Migration (UCL). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Linz.

He has held visiting positions at institutions including the University of California, Berkeley, and has received offers for Full Professorships at Graz, Vienna University of Economics, and NUI Maynooth. He has consulted for the World Bank, Austrian Ministries, and the Vienna Institute for Economic Research.

His research focuses on applied labor economics, including immigration, wage determination, ageing, unemployment, discrimination, education economics, empirical industrial organization, gender economics, and demographic research. He leads major initiatives such as the Austrian Christian-Doppler Laboratory for Ageing, Health, and the Labor Market and serves as Austrian country team leader for the SHARE survey.

• Awards: Maria-Schaumayer Research Prize (1995), Novartis Science Prize (1997), Theodor-Körner Prize (2000), Voestalpine Science Prize (2003), Morgenstern-Award (2010), and membership in the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina).
• Leadership Roles: President of the Austrian Economic Association (2021–2023), former Chair of the National Research Network on Austrian Labor Economics (2008–2014).

His work is widely cited (Google Scholar: 8,800 citations, h-index 44), with publications in top journals like the American Economic Review and Journal of Labor Economics.