Selected OeNB Publications

2022

Effects of interest rate and inflation shocks on household vulnerability in Austria: a microsimulation using HFCS data
Nicolas Albacete, Isabel Gerstner, Niklas Geyer, Peter Lindner, Nicolas Prinz, Verena Woharcik – Financial Stability Report 44, November 2022

The Wealth Distribution and Redistributive Preferences: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Nicolás Albacete, Pirmin Fessler, Peter Lindner – Working Paper 239

2021

A new instrument to measure wealth inequality: distributional wealth accounts
Arthur B. Kennickell, Peter Lindner, Martin Schürz – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q4/21

Matching survey data on wealth to register data on pension entitlements: what challenges need to be addressed?
Peter Lindner, Martin Schürz. Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q3/21

Finanzvermögen der privaten Haushalte aus Perspektive der Mikrodaten (German only)
Peter Lindner. Statistiken Sonderheft: Einkommen, Konsum und Vermögen der Haushalte – Sektorale Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnungen in den letzten 20 Jahren. März 2021. Tables for this article.

How has COVID-19 affected the financial situation of households in Austria?
Nicolas Albacete, Pirmin Fessler, Fabian Kalleitner, Peter Lindner. Monetary Policy and the Economy Q4/20 – Q1/21

2020

Mapping financial vulnerability in CESEE: understanding risk-bearing capacities of households is key in times of crisis
Albacete, Fessler, Propst – Financial Stability Report 39, July 2020

Interviewdauer des HFCS in Österreich (German only)
Lindner, Propst – Statistiken. Daten und Analysen Q2/20

2018

The functions of wealth: renters, owners and capitalists across Europe and the United States
Fessler, Schürz – Working Paper 223

One policy to rule them all? On the effectiveness of LTV, DTI and DSTI ratio limits as macroprudential policy Tools
 Albacete, Fessler, Lindner – Financial Stability Report 35

Verschuldung der privaten Haushalte in Österreich (German only)
Albacete, Andreasch, Lindner – Statistiken Sonderheft, Juni 2018

2017

Household's housing expenditure in Austria, Germany and Italy
Beer, Wagner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q4/17

Kommentare von Respondenten des Household Finance and Consmption Survey zur Befragung (available in German only)
Lindner, Schürz – Statistiken. Daten und Analysen Q4/17

Zur Verteilung der Sparquoten in Österreich (available in German only)
Fessler, Schürz – Monetary Policy and the economy Q3/17

The resilience of households in bank bail-ins
Lindner, Redak – Financial Stability Report 33

Simulating the impact of borrower-based macroprudential policies on mortgages and the real estate sector in Austria – evidence from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey 2014
Albacete, Lindner – Financial Stability Report 33

How strong is the wealth channel of monetary policy Transmission? A microeconometric Evaluation for Austria
Albacete, Lindner – Monetary Policy and the economy Q2/17

How financially vulnerable are CESEE households? An Austrian perspective on its neighbors
Fessler, List, Messner – Focus on European Economic Integration Q2/17

2016

The distribution of residential property price changes across homeowners and its implications for financial stability in Austria
Albacete, Fessler, Lindner – Financial Stability Report 31

2015

Interviewereffekte auf Haushaltsvermögen am Beispiel des Household Finance and Consumption Survey Austria 2010 (available in German only)
Albacete, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q4/15

What can we learn from Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey data? - An application to household debt in Slovakia
Fessler, Jäger-Gyovai, Messner – Focus on European Economic Integration, Q2/15

Foreign currency borrowers in Austria – evidence from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey
Albacete, Lindner – Financial Stability Report 29

Inheritance is Key to the Concentration of Wealth
A paper by Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schürz, both OeNB, was among the 2015 winners of the renowned Progressive Economy award presented at the Annual Progressive Economy Forum held at the European Parliament. The winning paper, selected by a high-level Scientific Board including Jospeph Stiglitz, James K. Galbraith, Lucrezia Reichlin and Jean-Paul Fitoussi, is entitled “Private Wealth Across European Countries: The Role of Income, Inheritance and the Welfare State.“

Varianten der Messung von Haushaltsvermögen im HFCS in Österreich (available in German only)
Lindner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q2/15

2014

Methodische Verbesserungen im HFCS (available in German only)
Lindner, Schürz, Zhan – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q4/14

Paradaten im HFCS Austria 2010 – Teil 2: Evaluierung von Messfehlern (available in German only)
Albacete, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q3/14

Intergenerational Transmission: How Strong Is the Effect of Parental Homeownership?
Wagner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q2/14

Risk-Bearing Capacity of Households – Linking Micro-Level Data to the Macroprudential Toolkit
Albacete, Eidenberger, Krenn, Lindner, Sigmund – Financial Stability Report 27

Net wealth across the euro area - why household structure matters and how to control for it
Fessler, Lindner, Segalla – ECB Working Paper No. 1663

Paradaten im HFCS Austria 2010 – Teil 1: Evaluierung von Non-Response-Fehlern (available in German only)
Albacete, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q1/14

2013

HFCS des Eurosystems – Möglichkeiten und Einschränkungen von Ländervergleichen im Euroraum (available in German only)
Andreasch, Fessler, Schürz – Statistische Nachrichten 9/2013. S. 842 – 851

Cross-Country Comparability of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey
Fessler, Schürz – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q2/13

Interviewereffekte beim HFCS Austria 2010 (available in German only)
Albacete, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q3/13

Household Vulnerability in Austria – A Microeconomic Analysis Based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey
Albacete, Lindner – Financial Stability Report 25

Vergleich der Einkommensmessung für Haushalte in Österreich: HFCS versus EU-SILC (available in German only)
Albacete, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q2/13

2012

Summary of the Vienna Wealth Report 2012
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – German version Wiener Reichtumsbericht 2012, Wiener Sozialpolitische Schriften, Band 6. Ed: Municipal Department 24. 24th November 2012

Facts about the distribution of wealth in Austria (Section 13, pages 65-83) 
Andreasch, Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Social Report 2012

2011

Zur Konzeption des Konsums privater Haushalte im HFCS (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q3/11

Einkommen privater Haushalte auf Mikro- und Makroebene – HFCS versus VGR (available in German only)
Andreasch, Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q2/11

Zur Messung des Pensionsvermögens im HFCS (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz– Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q1/11

2010

Repräsentativität der ersten Welle des HFCS in Österreich (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q4/10

Zur Konzeption des Vermögens in der Erhebung des Eurosystems zu Finanzen und Konsum der privaten Haushalte (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q3/10

2009

Interviewtechniken bei Erhebungen zu den Finanzen privater Haushalte im Euroraum (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen Q4/09

Stichprobenziehung bei Erhebungen zu den Finanzen privater Haushalte im Euroraum (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q2/09

Statistische Herausforderungen der Forschung zu Finanzen privater Haushalte im Euroraum (available in German only)
Fessler, Mooslechner, Schürz – Statistiken – Daten und Analysen – Q1/09