Muriel Niederle

Muriel Niederle has been awarded the prize together with Christine Zuhlener from the University of Vienna. Kaethe Leichter Staatspreis is a prize for the study of women, gender, equality in the workforce which honors extraordinary achievements in the area of Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.

Muriel Niederle is recognized for her work on behavioral and experimental economics. The Oskar Morgenstern Medal is awarded every two years for distinguished academic work in the area of Business, Economics, and Statistics.

A new working paper, Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars find that women economists are treated differently than men when presenting their research at seminars.