Profile
Economist and data scientist with a focus on the generational economy: A generational perspective on the economy enables a deeper understanding of economic and social developments.
Main research areas: economic statistics, measuring quality of life, intergenerational transfers, household economics
Work experience and education
Since 2023: Researcher post-doc at the Vienna Institute of Demography/Austrian Academy of Sciences. Research focus on the generation of European National Transfer Accounts for Europe
2021 – 2023: Researcher post-doc at TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics. Research focus on the measurement and analysis of the intergenerational allocation of income and its change over time.
2015 – 2020: Researcher post-doc at the Vienna Institute of Demography/Austrian Academy of Sciences
2010 – 2014: Researcher pre-doc and PhD student at the Technical University Vienna Dissertation: The Economic Life Course: An Examination Using National Transfer Accounts
2007 – 2012: Master studies Statistics, University of Vienna Thesis: Statistical Models for Time Use Data: An Application to Housework and Childcare Activities Using the Austrian Time Use Surveys from 2008 and 1992
2001 – 2007: Diploma studies Economics, University Vienna
Thesis: Equity in Education and the Role of Tracking and Pre-Primary Education
1997 – 2001: Matura, Abendgymnasium Salzburg
1994 – 1998: Apprenticeship as metalworker
Publications
Vargha, L., Binder-Hammer, B., & Donehower, G. (2023). Time Transfers by Age and Gender in 28 Countries. Socius, 9, https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231153615
Spitzer, S., Binder-Hammer, B., Reiter, C. (2023) Intergenerational income dynamics in Europe: Past trends and current challenges. WPEF23039; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).
Hammer, B., Christl, M. & De Poli, S. (2023). Public redistribution in Europe: Between generations or income groups? The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100426
Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A. (2022). Measuring private transfers between generations and gender: an application of national transfer accounts for Austria 2015. Empirica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-022-09542-z
Hammer, B., Spitzer, S. & Prskawetz, A. (2021). Age-Specific Income Trends in Europe: The Role of
Employment, Wages, and Social Transfers. Social Indicators Research (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02838-w
Binder-Hammer, B., Buber-Ennser, I. (2021) Der Generationenzusammenhalt. In 6. Österreichischer Familienbericht 2009 – 2019. 282 – 313. https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/dam/jcr:7a4c61a9-226a-4130-a14f-30051e9beff3/6-Familienbericht-2009-2019_Familienbericht_BF.pdf
Binder-Hammer, B. (2021). Die Generationenökonomie. In Budliger H. (eds.) Demographischer Wandel und Wirtschaft. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31521-4_4
Hammer, B., Spitzer, S., Vargha, L., & Istenič, T. (2020). The gender dimension of intergenerational transfers in Europe. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2019.100234
Hammer, B., Prskawetz A. (2019). Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels auf den Sozialstaat. https://www.sozialministerium.at/dam/jcr:6375bc0a-d6a7-4c93-879e-b2e7acb13668/dokument_demographischer_wandel_22_11_2019_barrierefrei.pdf
Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., Gál, R. I., Vargha, L., & Istenič, T. (2018). Human Capital Investment and the Sustainability of Public Transfer Systems Across Europe. Journal of Population Ageing, 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-018-9224-8
Hammer, B., Istenič, T., & Vargha, L. (2018). The Broken Generational Contract in Europe: Generous transfers to the elderly population, low investments in children. Intergenerational Justice Review,
12(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.4.1.711
Zannella, M., Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., & Sambt, J. (2018). A Quantitative Assessment of the Rush Hour of Life in Austria, Italy and Slovenia. European Journal of Population, 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-018-9502-4
Prskawetz, A., & Hammer, B. (2018). Does education matter? – Economic dependency ratios by education. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 16, 1-24.
Loichinger, E., Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., Freiberger, M., & Sambt, J. (2017). Quantifying economic dependency. European Journal of Population, 33(3), 351-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-016-
9405-1
Hammer, B. (2015). The Ownership of Assets and the Role of Age: Age-Specific Household Balance Sheets for Euro Area Countries. AGENTA Working Paper 9/2015. Download from http://www.agenta-project.eu/Jacomo/upload/publications/wp9_hammer.pdf
Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., & Freund, I. (2015). Production activities and economic dependency by age and gender in Europe: A cross-country comparison. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 5, 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.09.007
Hammer, B., & Prskawetz, A. (2013). The public reallocation of resources across age: a comparison of Austria and Sweden. Empirica, 40(3), 541-560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-013-9219-x
Additional Research Achievements
Research data:
Hammer, Bernhard, 2020, “National Transfer Accounts for Austria 2015”,
https://doi.org/10.11587/4EOXZO, AUSSDA
European National Transfer Accounts. Available at www.wittgensteincentre.org/ntadata. Data manual: Istenič, T., Hammer, B., Šeme, A., Lotrič Dolinar, A., & Sambt, J. (2016). European National Transfer Accounts. Download from http://dataexplorer.wittgensteincentre.org/shiny/nta/AGENTA_European_NTA_Manual.pdf
Austrian NTA data (2014). Available at www.ntaccounts.org. Detailed description in Hammer, B. (2014). The Economic Life Course: An Examination Using National Transfer Accounts. PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology. Download from: http://media.obvsg.at/p-AC11566320-2001
Software:
AGENTA data explorer (2016). Tool to explore, visualize and download the European NTA data. Available at www.wittgensteincentre.org/ntadata
Awards:
Demography prize (2016). Demography prize of the Stiftung für die Rechte zukünftiger Generationen and Intergenerational Foundation on the topic: „Measuring intergenerational justice“. https://generationengerechtigkeit.info/demografie-preis/generationengerechtigkeit-messen-201617/
