Under­standing inter­relation­ships cor­

Under­standing inter­relation­ships cor­rectly
28.01.2021
Andreas Steinmayr is dedicated to identifying causal relationships in economically and politically relevant fields. The new Professor of Empirical Economic Research also emphasizes econometric methods in his teaching, which he wants to pass on to his students as essential tools for a wide variety of professional fields.
Image: Andreas Steinmayr is Professor of Empirical Economic Research at the University of Innsbruck
(Credit: Eva Fessler)
In an increasingly complex world, the relationships between cause and effect are not always as common assumptions and supposedly well-founded studies often suggest. It is not uncommon for them to be misinterpreted even in quality media, as Andreas Steinmayr, appointed to the Institute of Public Finance in October 2020, occasionally observes. This is the case, for example, when it comes to the effects of migration on politics and the economy, which the native of Upper Austria has been focusing on for many years, to great attention from experts. His interest in migration research already developed during his years of study in Vienna as well as in the course of an internship with the International Organization for Migration in Moldova, a country of emigration, and has also accompanied him throughout his international career stations. Steinmayr s attention is not only focused on the effects of immigration, but also on emigration in the respective countries.