In Austria, the apprenticeship system provides all citizens, including the less able among them, with a training option. Based on social security data, this article examines earnings and the stability of the occupational career of young workers with an apprenticeship diploma. As control groups,...

The authors use the European Union-wide tax--benefit model, EUROMOD, to establish baseline rates of relative poverty in 1998 for each of the Member States and then explore their sensitivity to (a) an increase in unemployment, (b) real income growth and (c) an increase in earnings inequality....

By the mid-1990s the potential and usefulness of microsimulation models for researching tax-benefit systems had found widespread acceptance. Nevertheless, models were not widely available for independent or academic research in all countries of the European Union (EU). Even more important,...

Summary Government agencies and other national and international institutions are asked to perform forecasts over the medium term. In particular, the EU Stability and Growth Pact contains the obligation to formulate stability programmes over four years, covering a general economic outlook as...

HOFER H. and WORGOTTER A. (1997) Regional per capita income convergence in Austria, Reg. Studies 31, 1-12. The question of whether there is a tendency for regional convergence has become a central topic for economic research. This paper examines growth and dispersion of output per capita across...