Current projects
- Gendered Economic Relations in Evolution
Project team: Carolina Lennon, Ph.D., Tuna Dökmeci, M. Sc., Theresa Fitz, M.Sc., Carla Rainer, B.Sc., Sophie Augustin, B.Sc., Sarah Hathiari, B.Sc., Lea Hauser, Hannah Gartner
Project duration: 2019 – 2022
Funding body: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), €331,621
Main outputs:
– Schneebaum, Alyssa. 2020. “Partnership Recognition Rights and the Household Division of Labor.”
– Lennon, Carolina and Alyssa Schneebaum. 2020. “How is global commerce affecting the gender composition of employment? A firm-level analysisi of the effects of exposure to gender norms via trade and FDI.” - The Social and Economic Advantages of Migration in Europe
Project team: Carolina Lennon, Ph.D. (co-PI), Anna Raggl, Ph.D., Petra Sauer, Ph.D., Daniela Rroshi, M.Sc., Stella Zillian, M.Sc., Sophie Augustin, B.Sc.
Project duration: 2017-2020
Funding body: Austrian National Bank (OeNB) Jubiläumsfonds, €149,552
Main output:
– Augustin, Sophie, Daniela Rroshi, and Alyssa Schneebaum. 2019. “A Chance for Change? Social Attitudes and Intergenerational Mobility for Migrants and Natives.” WU Department of Economics Working Paper No. 287.
Selected completed projects
- Gendered Economic Inequality in Evolution
Project team: Theresa Fitz, Ph.D.
Project year: 2019
Funding body: WU Vienna Small Project Fund, €20,000
Main output:
– Schneebaum, Alyssa. 2020. “Partnership Recognition Rights and the Household Division of Labor.” - Economic Circumstances and LGBT Acceptance
Project team: Nico Buettner, B.Sc.
Project year: 2017
Funding body: WU Vienna Small Project Fund, €2,400 - Gender and Individual-level Wealth in Austria and Germany
Project team: Julia Groiß, M. Sc. and Barbara Schuster, M.Sc.
Project year: 2017
Funding body: Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien), €15,560
Main output:
– Groiß, Julia, Alyssa Schneebaum, and Barbara Schuster. 2017. “Vermögensverteilung nach Geschlecht in Österreich und Deutschland: Eine Analyse auf der Personenebene.” Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 9/2017. - Analyzing Intersectional Inequality with Microeconometrics
Project team: Nina Schubert, B.Sc., Jurij Delaure, Klaus Klebinder, Daniel Winkler, Anna Stelzer
Project duration: 2014-2017
Funding body: Austrian Science Fund, €223,500
Main outputs:
– Fessler, Pirmin and Alyssa Schneebaum. 2019. “The Educational and Labor Market Returns to Preschool Attendance in Austria.” Applied Economics 51(32): 3531-3550.
– Oberdabernig, Doris and Alyssa Schneebaum. 2017. “Catching up? The educational mobility of migrants’ and natives’ children in Europe.” Applied Economics 49(37): 3701-3728.
– Schneebaum, Alyssa and Nina Schubert. 2017. “Marriage (In)equality: Does the Sexual Orientation Wage Gap Persist Across Marital Status?” Department of Economics Working Paper Series, 254. - Assortative Mating and Household Wealth
Project team: Katarina Hollan, M.Sc., Sophie Augustin, B.Sc.
Project year: 2015
Funding body: Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien), €13,383
Main output:
– Augustin, Sophie, Katarina Hollan, and Alyssa Schneebaum. 2015. “Bildungshomogamie und Vermögensverteilung in Österreich.” Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 3/2015.
- Gender and Wealth in Austria and Europe
Project team: Katharina Mader, Ph.D. (co-PI), Katarina Hollan, B.Sc., Patricia Klopf, M.Sc.
Project duration: 2013
Funding body: Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien), €14,343
Main output:
– Mader, Katharina, Alyssa Schneebaum, Katarina Hollan, and Patricia Klopf. 2014. “Vermögensunterschiede nach Geschlecht: Erste Ergebnisse für Österreich.” Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 2/2014.
Note: Degrees as at time of employment.