Philipp Warum, MSc

Philipp Warum has been working as an economist in the WIFO Research Group "Labour Economics, Income and Social Security" since April 2022, where he focuses on the topics of debt and private bankruptcy. In addition, his research is concerned with the relationship between perceptions of intergenerational income mobility and preferences for redistribution. He holds a master's degree in Economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business with a major in mathematics and a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Economics from Maastricht University which he partially spent at University of California, Los Angeles. Before joining WIFO, Philipp has worked for the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA), Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA).

Project
Ongoing project since: 21.04.2026
Contractor project: European Commission, Framework Programme
Project partner: Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Economic Research Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, TU Dortmund University, Vienna University of Technology, Draxis Research Ventures (DREVEN), Greece, Bocconi University, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Malmö University, Hungarian Demographic Research Foundation, University of Liechtenstein
Project
Ongoing project since: 19.02.2025
Contractor project: Austrian Academy of Sciences
JEL-Codes: K35, G51, D18
Project
Project duration: 26.08.2024 to 31.12.2025
Contractor project: Federal Ministry of Finance
Project partner: Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Austrian Institute of Technology