René Böheim in an associate professor at the Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz. He studied Economics at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, and at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. He received his PhD from the University of Essex, Colchester, in 2002.
His research focuses on labor economics, population economics, and applied microeconometrics. Recent projects are on the gender wage gap, labour supply, job creation, and the economic consequences of divorce. Recent publications appeared in Economics Letter, Labour Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, and in Industrial Relations.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in November 2003.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7243
published as 'Gender and risk taking: evidence from jumping competitions' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2015, 178( 4), 883–902
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7064
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6005
published in: Sandinavian Journal of Economics, 2020, 122(2), 553–581
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5665
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 114 (3), 326-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4492
published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (317), 65–95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3144
published as 'Temporary help services employment in Portugal, 1995-2000' in: David H. Autor (ed.), Studies of Labor Market Intermediation. Chicago: Chicago Univ. Press and NBER, 2009, 520-560
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2221
published in: German Economic Review, 2011, 12 (2), 165 - 181
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1963
published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung/Journal for Labour Market Research, 2009, 42 (2), 182-95
