Policy Briefs and Insights
In this collection of policy briefs and insights as well as discussion papers, scientists from the Wittgenstein Centre give summaries of relevant demographic research and suggest possible policy options.
Green Family - Generationengerechtigkeit im Klimawandel
Population Europe Policy Brief by Andreas Edel, Susanne Höb, Nadine Vera Mair, Tobias Riepl, Erich Striessnig, Mahalia Thomas, Daniela Vono de Vilhena, March 2022
Green Family - Generational Fairness in Climate Change
Population Europe Policy Brief by Andreas Edel, Susanne Höb, Nadine Vera Mair, Tobias Riepl, Erich Striessnig, Mahalia Thomas, Daniela Vono de Vilhena, March 2022
Depopulation trends in Europe: what do we know about it?
Population Europe Policy Insights by Zuzanna Brzozowska, Michael Kuhn, Michaela Potancoková, and Klaus Prettner, 10 December 2021
Environment, migration and urbanisation: Challenges and solutions for low- and middle-income countries
Think20 Policy Brief by Roman Hoffmann and Raya Muttarak, 20 October 2021
Das Mortalitätsgeschehen während der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern
Population Europe Discussion Paper by Markus Sauerberg, May 2021
Measuring Improvement in Human Well-being Globally
Population Europe Policy Insights by Erich Striessnig, 21 April 2021
How Do Environmental Factors Influence Migration?
Population Europe Policy Insights by Roman Hoffmann, 22 September 2020
Recovery of the Austrian economy following the COVID-19 crisis can take up to three years
IIASA Policy Brief by Sebastian Poledna, Elena Rovenskaya, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Serguei Kaniovski, and Michael Miess, April 2020
Education and the sustainable development agenda
IIASA Policy Brief by Stephanie Bengtsson, Bilal Barakat, Raya Muttarak, and Endale Kebede, September 2018
When it comes to survival, mind matters more than money
IIASA Policy Brief by Wolfgang Lutz, April 2018
The challenge of social cohesion: Addressing long-term consequences of the 2015 refugee crisis for Europe
ÖEFG Policy Brief by Bernhard Riederer, 5 December 2017
Adapting to population ageing: The welfare state reform
AGENTA Policy Brief by the AGENTA project, September 2017
The European National Transfer Accounts: Data and Applications
AGENTA Policy Brief by Jože Sambt, Tanja Isteni?, Bernhard Hammer, July 2017
Under pressure: Intergenerational public transfers in ageing societies
AGENTA Policy Brief by Bernhard Hammer, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Miguel Sánchez-Romero, Tanja Isteni?, Jože Sambt, Lili Vargha, Robert Gál, February 2017
When in Rome
Population Europe Policy Insights by Helga de Valk and Valeria Bordone, 2 November 2016
What Crisis? The integration potential of refugees in Austria is remarkable
Population Europe Policy Insights by Isabella Buber-Ennser and Judith Kohlenberger, 14 October 2016
Analyzing Population Aging from a New Perspective
IIASA Policy Brief by Warren Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov, and Stefanie Andruchowitz, July 2016
Measuring the economic and fiscal challenges of population ageing
AGENTA Policy Brief by Agnieszka Ch?o?-Domi?czak, Irena E. Kotowska, Tanja Istenic, Jože Sambt , Bernhard Hammer, July 2016
Once a European, always a European
Population Europe Policy Insights by Erich Striessnig, 21 June 2016
Vulnerability in Times of Family Diversity
Population Europe Policy Brief by Monika Mynarska, Bernhard Riederer, Ina Jaschinski, Desiree Krivanek, Gerda Neyer, and Livia Oláh, 1 June 2016
Live longer, work longer
AGENTA Policy Brief by the AGENTA project, May 2016
Who Pays for Demographic Change?
Population Europe Policy Brief by Hippolyte d’Albis, Tommy Bengtsson, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, and Robert Iván Gál, 2 December 2015
Fertility, family change and policy adjustments in Austria
UNESA Policy Brief by Tomas Sobotka, November 2015
Fertility, family change and policy adjustments in Czech Republic
UNESA Policy Brief by Tomas Sobotka, November 2015
The importance of the household economy in financing consumption over the lifecycle: Extending NTA by time transfers
AGENTA Policy Brief by the AGENTA project, August 2015
Rethinking Population Policies—Why Education Makes a Decisive Difference
IIASA Policy Brief by Wolfgang Lutz and Tatyana Haplichnik, September 2014
The Arab Spring: The role of quality education and the consequences of its lack
ÖGfE Policy Brief by Anne Goujon, February 2014
Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Education Proves Key
IIASA Policy Brief by Wolfgang Lutz, August 2008
The Wittgenstein Centre aspires to be a world leader in the advancement of demographic methods and their application to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics. In assessing the effects of these forces on long-term human well-being, we combine scientific excellence in a multidisciplinary context with relevance to a global audience. It is a collaboration among the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Vienna.