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Erich Striessnig
Researcher at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Publications - 33
Citations - 711
Erich Striessnig is an academic researcher from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Vulnerability. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 30 publications receiving 561 citations. Previous affiliations of Erich Striessnig include Vienna Institute of Demography & Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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Universal education is key to enhanced climate adaptation
TL;DR: This new study suggests that it may be efficient and effective to give part of this fund to educators rather than engineers to enhance societies' adaptive capacity vis-à-vis future climate change.
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general, and presented new projections of populations by age, sex, and level of educational attainment to 2050.
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Human Capital, Values, and Attitudes of Persons Seeking Refuge in Austria in 2015
Isabella Buber-Ennser,Judith Kohlenberger,Bernhard Rengs,Zakarya Al Zalak,Anne Goujon,Anne Goujon,Erich Striessnig,Erich Striessnig,Michaela Potančoková,Michaela Potančoková,Richard Gisser,Maria Testa,Maria Testa,Wolfgang Lutz,Wolfgang Lutz,Wolfgang Lutz +15 more
TL;DR: DiPAS (Displaced Persons in Austria Survey) aims to uncover the socio-demographic characteristics of the persons seeking refuge who arrived in Austria in 2015, mainly originating from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, with particular focus on human capital, attitudes and values.
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Education rather than age structure brings demographic dividend.
Wolfgang Lutz,Jesus Crespo Cuaresma,Jesus Crespo Cuaresma,Endale Birhanu Kebede,Alexia Prskawetz,Alexia Prskawetz,Warren C. Sanderson,Erich Striessnig +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the true demographic dividend is a human capital dividend, and global population policies should thus focus on strengthening the human resource base for sustainable development.