Understanding Inequality – an Empirical Assessment
Rising inequality has an impact on a wide variety of areas which in turn can affect ongoing economic performance and growth. Which areas of our society are the most affected? This discussion will sketch an analysis of the contemporary situation using empirical evidence.
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Michael FÖRSTER
Senior Policy Analyst, Social Policy Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
Doctorat en Sciences Economiques (PhD), University of Liège | |
2000-2004 | Administrator, Non-Member Economies and International Migration Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
Research Fellow, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy Research, Vienna | |
2005-2009 | Administrator, Social Policy Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
since 2009 | Principal Administrator, Head of "Income Distribution and Poverty" Programme, Social Policy Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
Mag.a Rosa LYON
Presenter and Editor, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
1994-2005 | Different jobs, from doctor´s to tax consultant office, from parliament to marketing company |
2000-2005 | Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
since 2005 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Radio Österreich 1, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
since 2010 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Zeit-im-Bild, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
since 2016 | Host ZiB, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |