Stella Zilian

Stella Zilian works as a researcher at the Graz Schumpeter Centre for studies in social and economic development (GSC). She received her Master’s degree in Economics from the University in Graz and is currently enrolled in the PhD-programme at Vienna University of Business and Economics (WU Wien). In her PhD-thesis she focuses on the empirical analysis of the relationship between technological change and inequality. Her main research interests lie in the exploration of wage inequality, employment polarization, gender inequality as well as the labour market discrimination of migrants. Before joining the GSC, she has been working at the Research Institute Economics of Inequality (INEQ) on the project "Technological Change and Inequality". She has also been involved in the OeNB-project "The Social and Economic Advantages of Migration and Europe" at WU Wien.