This article was accepted into the corpus but its outbound wikilinks were never NER-processed — typical at the deepest BFS hop or when the run's entity cap was reached. No expansion funnel to show.
| Margit Schratzenstaller | |
|---|---|
| Name | Margit Schratzenstaller |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Economist, researcher |
| Employer | Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies |
Margit Schratzenstaller is an Austrian economist and policy analyst known for empirical research on taxation, social protection, and fiscal policy in Europe. She has held senior research positions at institutions in Vienna and Brussels, contributing to debates involving the European Commission, OECD, and United Nations. Her work frequently informs policy discussions involving welfare states, labor markets, and fiscal sustainability across Austria, Germany, and other European Union members.
Born and raised in Austria, Schratzenstaller completed advanced studies in economics and public finance with links to academic institutions and research networks in Vienna, Zurich, and Brussels. She trained in quantitative methods at universities connected to Austrian economic scholarship and pursued postgraduate research in comparative tax policy, engaging with scholars associated with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, the Institute for Advanced Studies, and international bodies such as the OECD and the European Commission.
Schratzenstaller built her career within European research institutes and university settings, including the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies and collaborations with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, the European Parliamentary research services, and the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. She has taught and supervised at Austrian and German universities while participating in networks linked to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and the Centre for European Policy Studies. Her institutional affiliations span Brussels research centers, Vienna policy institutes, and pan-European academic consortia.
Her research focuses on taxation, redistribution, and social protection in the context of European integration, examining cross-border fiscal rules such as the Stability and Growth Pact, VAT harmonization initiatives by the European Commission, and OECD-led tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) discussions. She analyzes household income distribution using microdata from surveys conducted by Eurostat, the Luxembourg Income Study, and national statistical offices, linking findings to policy frameworks from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations. Schratzenstaller addresses labor market policy interactions with social insurance systems in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and contributes to debates involving the European Central Bank, the Bundesbank, and national ministries of finance.
Her publications include comparative analyses of tax-benefit systems, empirical assessments of fiscal consolidation in Greece, Portugal, and Ireland during European economic adjustment programs, and evaluations of child benefit reforms in Nordic and Central European states. She has authored reports for the Austrian Ministry of Finance, studies for the European Commission on tax expenditures and VAT gaps, and contributions to OECD and UN policy briefs on inequality and social spending. Her work is cited alongside research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Bruegel, the Centre for European Policy Studies, and academic journals that feature studies by scholars from Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Oxford.
Schratzenstaller's analyses have been recognized by policy platforms and research award committees associated with European think tanks and academic societies. Her studies have influenced policy dialogues at the European Parliament and been referenced in briefings by the European Commission, the OECD, and the United Nations Development Programme. She has received invitations to expert panels organized by the World Bank, the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, and national parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe.
She has presented at conferences hosted by the European Commission, the OECD, the United Nations, and academic meetings at the London School of Economics, Humboldt University, Sciences Po, and the University of Vienna. Schratzenstaller has served on advisory boards for the Austrian Ministry of Finance, contributed to expert groups convened by the European Parliament's ECON Committee, and participated in task forces organized by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the Tax Justice Network. Her speaking engagements include appearances at events coordinated by Bruegel, the Centre for European Policy Studies, the International Labour Organization, and the European Central Bank.
Schratzenstaller is active in European policy networks and scholarly associations connected to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, the Institute for Advanced Studies, the Austrian Economic Association, and international organizations such as the OECD and the United Nations. She collaborates with researchers from institutions including the European Commission, the World Bank, Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Oxford, maintaining a profile within Vienna and Brussels policy communities.
Category:Austrian economists Category:Public finance economists Category:Women economists