Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Nadia Steiber
Nadia Steiber

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Positions:
Professor of Social Stratification and Quantitative Methods (since October 2020)
Head of Department (since October 2022)

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.

Current research projects:
HypoFam: https://hypofam.univie.ac.at/
AKCOVID: https://inprogress.ihs.ac.at/akcovid/

Curriculum Vitae - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nadia Steiber


Professional Experience
Professor of Social Stratification and Quantitative Methods, Department of Sociology, University of Vienna (since 10/2020)
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
Doctoral studies in Sociology (DPhil), Nuffield College, Oxford University (2002-2007)
Degree study programme Sociology, University of Vienna (1996-2001)

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


Steiber, N., & Haas, B. (2023). Working Conditions and Retirement Preferences: The Role of Health and Subjective Age as Mediating Variables in the Association of Poor Job Quality with Early Retirement. In N. Burnay, J. Ogg, C. Krekula, & P. Vendramin (Eds.), Older Workers and Labour Markt Exclusion Processes: A Life Course Perspective (pp. 133-160). Springer. Life Course Research and Social Policies Vol. 14 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11272-0_8


Breznau, N., Rinke, E. M., Wuttke, A., Nguyen, H. H. V., Adem, M., Adriaans, J., Alvarez-Benjumea, A., Andersen, H. K., Auer, D., Azevedo, F., Bahnsen, O., Balzer, D., Bauer, G., Bauer, P. C., Baumann, M., Baute, S., Benoit, V., Bernauer, J., Berning, C., ... Żółtak, T. (2022). Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(44), [e2203150119]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203150119












Schmidt, A. E. (Author), Stumpfl, S. (Author), Rodrigues, R. (Author), Simmons, C. (Author), & Steiber, N. (Author). (2021). Eingeschränkte Gesundheitsversorgung in Zeiten der Pandemie. Web publication, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). https://inprogress.ihs.ac.at/eingeschraenkte-gesundheitsversorgung-in-zeiten-der-pandemie/


Liedl, B., & Steiber, N. (2021). Einstellungen zum Sozialstaat im Verlauf der COVID-19 Pandemie. Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft : Working Paper-Reihe der AK Wien No. 223 https://bit.ly/3yN6pTy



HYPOFAM: The rise of hypogamy and its consequences for family life

Steiber, N., Winter-Ebmer, R., Berghammer, C., Lebedinski, L., Siegert, C. & Trimarchi, A.

1/01/2230/06/25

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.

1/12/1631/12/22

Project: Research cooperation


Does the origin of human capital matter? Analysing employment outcomes of refugees in Austria using register data

Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker) & Nadia Steiber (Contributor)

19 Sep 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Keynote: Rising Educational Hypogamy in Couples: Implications for Family Life and Gender Equality

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

18 Sep 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Do COVID-19 Short-Time Workers Suffer from Persistent Earnings Losses when Resuming Regular Employment?

Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Nadia Steiber (Contributor) & Monika Mühlböck (Contributor)

24 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Partners’ relative resources and the transition to second birth in Austria

Alessandra Trimarchi (Speaker), Nadia Steiber (Contributor), Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Contributor) & Caroline Berghammer (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Partners’ relative resources and the transition to second birth in Austria

Alessandra Trimarchi (Speaker), Nadia Steiber (Contributor), Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Contributor) & Caroline Berghammer (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Partners’ Relative Resources and the Transition to Second Birth in Austria

Alessandra Trimarchi (Speaker), Nadia Steiber (Contributor), Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Contributor) & Caroline Berghammer (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Back to the old normal? The earnings effects of Covid-19 short-time work after returning to regular employment

Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Contributor) & Nadia Steiber (Contributor)

26 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


STW in the pandemic in AT: uptake , duration and wage effects

Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Contributor) & Nadia Steiber (Contributor)

13 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Erwerbsverläufe in der Covid-19 Pandemie

Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Stefan Vogtenhuber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Thomas König (Speaker)

6 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Unten, Mitte, Oben – Wie schätzen Menschen in Österreich ihren sozialen Status in der Gesellschaft ein?

Caroline Berghammer (Speaker), Anja Eder (Contributor), Markus Hadler (Contributor), Bernd Liedl (Contributor) & Nadia Steiber (Contributor)

24 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


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)

27 Sep 202128 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

24 Aug 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working conditions and job quality in Austria

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

3 Mar 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Occupational Covid-19 hazard in Austria: Are women really more exposed?

Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Raya Muttarak (Speaker)

2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

12 Sep 201914 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

23 Jun 201928 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Man ist immer nur so alt wie man sich fühlt: Subjektives Alter als Gesundheitsindikator

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

12 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

11 Jul 201814 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

6 Jun 20189 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Raschere Arbeitsmarktintegration durch Information und Reflexion? Ein Feldexperiment auf Basis des „Nudge“-Ansatzes

Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)

5 Apr 20186 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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)

20 Apr 201721 Apr 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Wie erreicht man die Unerreichbaren? Eine Panelstudie unter jungen Arbeitslosen in Österreich

Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)

11 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Age, Period and Cohort Dimension of Attitudes toward Migration

Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Erich Striessnig (Speaker)

3 Nov 20165 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Age, Period and Cohort Dimension of Attitudes toward Migration

Nadia Steiber (Speaker) & Erich Striessnig (Speaker)

12 Sep 201614 Sep 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Perceived employability among young unemployed: The effect of (further) education

Nadia Steiber (Speaker), Monika Mühlböck (Speaker) & Bernhard Kittel (Speaker)

29 Aug 201631 Aug 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Smarter Every Day: The Deceleration of Population Aging in Terms of Cognition (Conference Paper together with Valeria Bordone & Sergei Scherbov)

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

27 Jul 201530 Jul 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther




Age and Cognitive Skills. First Results from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

20 Feb 2014

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Wirtschaftskrise, Arbeitsqualität und soziale Integration

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

24 Oct 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Disentangling the Education Effect on Women’s Employment

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

28 Aug 201331 Aug 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Economic Downturn and Work Motivation

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

16 May 201318 May 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Economic Downturn and Work Motivation

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

21 Jan 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Pushed out of the Labour Market? Actual and Preferred Retirement Ages in Europe

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

14 Sep 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


The Determinants and Consequences of Involuntary Retirement in Europe

Nadia Steiber (Speaker)

14 Jun 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Department of Sociology

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nadia.steiber@univie.ac.at