Yvonne Wolfmayr is Senior Economist at WIFO and has been working in the Research Group "Industrial Economics, Innovation and
International Competition" since 1992. From 2013 to 2016 she was Deputy Director of WIFO. She studied Economics at the University
of Vienna and the University of Innsbruck with a major in International Economics. Since then, she has spent time abroad at
renowned universities in the USA (University of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford University). Her research focusses on
the empirical analysis of international trade issues, including foreign direct investment, multinational companies and international
outsourcing as well as trade in services, with a special focus on issues of integration of Central and Eastern Europe and
the effects of foreign trade and international production integration on the labour market. In these areas she was involved
in or led several projects (national and international). She is also an expert in the Austrian Advisory Council for Foreign
Trade Policy and a member of the Advisory Council for Foreign Trade Statistics of Statistics Austria. In addition, she has
been an expert to and part of the organising team at the Research Centre International Economics (FIW) which provides support
to the Austrian scientific community in the field of International Economics and offers expert analysis on current policy
related issues in International Economics. Her publications in international journals include the Review of International
Economics, the National Institute Economic Review, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics as well as the Handbook of International
Trade and Transportation.
