Silvia Rocha-Akis
Economist at Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Dr. Silvia Rocha-Akis is a Senior Economist at Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
She has been working in the Research Group "Labour market, Income, and Social Security" since 2012.
Her research and work focus on income distribution and redistribution, tax and transfer systems, the welfare state, distribution, and revenue effects of economic policy measures, and the development of microsimulation models.
She worked in the Economic Analysis Division of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Labor Economics at the WU, Vienna.
After her studies at the Department of Economics of the University of Vienna (Magister), she received her doctorate in the special research area "International Tax Coordination" (FWF) at the Institute for Foreign Trade and Development of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna).
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Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
 Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Investment ManagersFinance Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. WIFO provides applied empirical economic research in Austria with a strong commitment at the European level. The mission of the firm is to build a bridge between academic basic research and economic policy application in order to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges and to create a factual basis for decisions in business and society. Their bridging function also goes hand in hand with an intermediary role between economic policy institutions, university institutions and advisory and consulting companies. WIFO is the point of contact for international organizations (EU, OECD and IMF) and rating agencies with regard to national economic development and the assessment of economic policy measures. | Economist | 01/01/2012 |
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Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Investment ManagersFinance Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. WIFO provides applied empirical economic research in Austria with a strong commitment at the European level. The mission of the firm is to build a bridge between academic basic research and economic policy application in order to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges and to create a factual basis for decisions in business and society. Their bridging function also goes hand in hand with an intermediary role between economic policy institutions, university institutions and advisory and consulting companies. WIFO is the point of contact for international organizations (EU, OECD and IMF) and rating agencies with regard to national economic development and the assessment of economic policy measures. | Finance |
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