News: New Study: The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing labour market crisis for the Austrian population. Within this project original survey data has been collected in June 2020 (N=2,000 persons aged 20-64) and January 2021 (panel design) with the aim to study the implications of the pandemic on the livelihood of families, on family relations, working conditions, mental well-being, and the perception of the contagion risk at the work place in different sections of the workforce. Research project funded by the Vienna Chamber of Labour, the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, and the Institute for Advanced Studies. Website. https://inprogress.ihs.ac.at/akcovid/ (PI: Nadia Steiber).
Position: Professor of Social Stratification and Quantitative Methods (since October 2020)Team: https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/forschung/forschungsteams/team-steiber/Main areas of research: Social stratification and social inequality, education and social mobility, work & employment, family sociology, age & ageing societies, well-being/health, life course, quantitative methods.Consultation hours: Please register per Email
Curriculum Vitae - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nadia Steiber
Professional Experience
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (since 10/2020)
Senior Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (2018-2020)
Research Scholar, IIASA World Population Program, Laxenburg (2014-2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Sociology, University of Vienna (2013-2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Inst. for Sociology and Empirical Social Research, Vienna University of Economics (2012-2013)
Marie Curie Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (2010-2012)
Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (2009-2010)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Inst. for Sociology and Empirical Social Research, Vienna University of Economics (2008-2009)
Visiting researcher, Helsinki University (2001)
Visiting researcher, Helsinki University (1999)
Education / Qualifications
Degree study programme Sociology, University of Vienna (1996-2001)
Main areas of research
HypoFam: The rise of hypogamy and its consequences for family life
Steiber, N., Winter-Ebmer, R., Berghammer, C., Lebedinski, L., Siegert, C. & Trimarchi, A.
1/01/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research funding
Pathways to the Future - The Social Integration of Young People in Vienna
Flecker, J., Astleithner, F., Jesser, A., Kazepov, Y. A. K., Kogler, R., Malschinger, P., Mataloni, B., Mijic, A., Molina Xaca, C., Neuhauser, J., Parzer, M., Petrik, T., Pohn-Lauggas, M., Reinprecht, C., Schels, B. K., Schlechter, M., Schmidt, A., Steiber, N., Valls Casas, O., Vogl, S., Wöhrer, V., Zartler, U. & Rieder, I.
1/12/16 → 31/12/22
Project: Research cooperation
Scarring dreams? Young people’s vocational aspirations and expectations during and after unemployment
Monika Mühlböck (Speaker), Fabian Kalleitner (Contributor), Nadia Steiber (Contributor) & Bernhard Kittel (Contributor)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Die Auswirkungen der COVID-19 Pandemie auf die elterliche Erwerbssituation und die finanzielle Lage von Familien in Österreich
Christina Siegert (Speaker) & Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working conditions and job quality in Austria
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Occupational Covid-19 hazard in Austria: Are women really more exposed?
Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Raya Muttarak (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Fast Track to Employment? How Asylum Process Durations Affect Labour Market Outcomes of Refugees
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker) & Andrea Leitner (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Human Capital and the Employment Outcomes of Refugees in Austria: Evidence on Gendered Effects of Education and Source Country Characteristics
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker) & Andrea Leitner (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Man ist immer nur so alt wie man sich fühlt: Subjektives Alter als Gesundheitsindikator
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Handgrip Strength and Remaining Years of Life: Defining a Threshold Below Which a Weak Grip Starts to Substantially Increase Mortality Risks
Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Sergei Scherbov (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Intergenerational Social Mobility and Health across the Life Course: Does the Long Arm of Childhood Conditions Become Visible Only in Later Life?
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Raschere Arbeitsmarktintegration durch Information und Reflexion? Ein Feldexperiment auf Basis des „Nudge“-Ansatzes
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Do Viennese employers discriminate against ethnic and religious minorities? Evidence from young unemployed in an urban labor market based on a survey linked with administrative data
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Junge Arbeitslose in Wien. Teilnahme und Nichtteilnahme an Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Wer braucht einen Interviewer? Ein Vergleich zwischen vollständig selbstadministrierten Online-befragungen und selbst administrierten Befragungen im Beisein von Interviewern
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Wie erreicht man die Unerreichbaren? Eine Panelstudie unter jungen Arbeitslosen in Österreich
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Age, Period and Cohort Dimension of Attitudes toward Migration
Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Erich Striessnig (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Age, Period and Cohort Dimension of Attitudes toward Migration
Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Erich Striessnig (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Perceived employability among young unemployed: The effect of (further) education
Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Intergenerational Mobility and Subjective Well-Being of Young Europeans: Evidence from the European Social Survey (together with Bettina Schuck, University of Heidelberg)
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Smarter Every Day: The Deceleration of Population Aging in Terms of Cognition (Conference Paper together with Valeria Bordone & Sergei Scherbov)
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Heterogeneous Effects of Youth Unemployment on Subjective Well-Being. Do Work Values and Personality Matter? (Beitrag gemeinsam mit Monika Mühlböck und Bernhard Kittel)
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Soziale Hintergründe der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Wien. Aktuelle Zwischenergebnisse einer Studie im Auftrag des BMASK (Vortrag gemeinsam mit Monika Mühlböck und Bernhard Kittel)
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Age and Cognitive Skills. First Results from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Wirtschaftskrise, Arbeitsqualität und soziale Integration
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Disentangling the Education Effect on Women’s Employment
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Economic Downturn and Work Motivation
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Economic Downturn and Work Motivation
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Pushed out of the Labour Market? Actual and Preferred Retirement Ages in Europe
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
The Determinants and Consequences of Involuntary Retirement in Europe
Nadia Steiber (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
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