First name(s), family name
Thomas Michael Url
Current Position(s)
Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
- Risk, Insurance, and Capital Based Old Age Provision
- European Economic and Monetary Union
- Applied Econometrics
Date of birth
June 2, 1963
Nationality
Austria
Private
married one child
Education
- 1988 - 1990: Institute of Advanced Studies, Economics Department, Vienna: Post Graduate Scholarship
- 1987 - 1993: Universities of Graz and Vienna: Economics (Dokoratsstudium)
- 1981 - 1986: University of Graz: Economics (Diplomstudium)
Degree(s) od Diploma(s) obtained
Mag.rer.soc.oec.,
Dr.rer.soc.oec.
Theme of thesis
The Effects of Exchange Rate Policy on the Wage and Price Formation in Austria
Employment Record
- 1994 - date: Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna
- 1990 - 1993: Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Economics Department, Vienna
Other professional activities
- 2017 to date: Austrian Statistical Society, Head of Working Group on Economoic Statistics and National Accounts
- 2017 to date: Lecturer at the University of Vienna
- 2017: Lecturer at the University of Graz
- 01 - 07 2015: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Econometrics and Business Statistics Monash University, Melbourne
- 2014 to date: Expert Member Austrian Fiscal Council
- 2012 to 2016: Member Austrian Pension Commission
- 2008 to date: Member of Editorial Board, Empirica, Journal of European Economics.
- 01 - 06 2006: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Economics Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- 2000: Course director, OECD Seminar on Forecasting, Vienna
- 1999 - 2002: Editor WIFO-Monatsberichte, Austrian Economic Quarterly
- 1996 to 2017: Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 01 - 06 1996: Research Fellow at the Konjunkturinstitutet Stockholm
- 1995 - 1996: Lecturer at the Federal Administrative Academy
- 1994 - 2000: Lecturer at the Joint Vienna Institute, OECD Seminar on Forecasting, Vienna
- 1992 - 1995: Lecturer at the Institute of European Studies, Vienna
Language Skills
German: mother tongue
English: excellent