Active labour market policies were given a major boost in Austria within the scope of the National Action Plan for Employment (NAP). Expenditure for labour market policy measures rose substantially in 1999; excellent economic conditions, together with NAP initiatives, improved the labour market...

From about the end of 2008, the financial and economic crisis has been increasingly mirrored in substantial job losses and a massive rise in unemployment. At the start of the downturn it was mainly the young and male workers in manufacturing who were affected. With the doldrums continuing, the...

On the basis of its model of energy demand and energy conversion in Austria (DAEDALUS III), WIFO simulated three scenarios to establish a long-term forecast of the development of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The baseline scenario assumes a continuation of current developments, while the...

Cross-border purchases are a normal feature of market economies. The magnitude of these purchases depends on economic factors (such as price differentials), administrative factors (such as import quotas), and on a variety of other factors (such as geographic constellations). Within the EU the...

With the Austrian economy becoming more integrated into Eastern Central Europe, manufacturing steps are being shifted to Eastern Europe (outsourcing or "fragmentation"), following the intermediate step of lower costs payable for imported materials and services. Outsourcing impacts directly and...

WIFO continues, in the present paper, its report on key indicators of climate change and energy use in Austria with data for the year 2009. The indicators thus mirror the impact of the economic crisis 2008-09 on greenhouse gas emissions, and the use and consumption of energy. The...

In the EU member states – particularly in Germany and Austria – there are concerns that national labour markets will be burdened by migration and that wages will come under pressure if the countries in Central and Eastern Europe are granted unrestricted labour mobility immediately upon their...