In the period from the enlargement of the European Union to the current economic crisis the CENTROPE region was characterised by a consistently high growth and a clearly improving situation on the labour market. From the economic point of view, however, the region is still poorly integrated....

Austria's economy recorded a robust upswing in 2006, with real gross domestic product increasing by 3.2 percent. Growth drivers were exports and rising investment activity, while recent private consumer demand remained rather moderate. Although all Länder registered an upturn, these demand...

Talented, young scientists are often internationally mobile. There is however an asymmetric mobility towards prestigious US universities. This brain drain limits Europe's research performance. To shed more light on the determinants of job choice of scientists and on asymmetric mobility flows, an...

This article analyses the regional (NUTS 2 level) concentration of migrants in the EU 15 using recent data from the European Labour Force Survey. The largest local clusters of migrants in the EU 15 are found in the Île-de-France as well as in Inner and Outer London. The settlement structure of...

The Agreement Governing Cross-border Commuting in Burgenland, concluded by Austria and Hungary in 1998, opened the doors for an influx of some 2,400 Hungarian cross-border commuters to the labour market in Burgenland. It attracted individuals whose success on the Austrian labour market surpassed...

In 2009 business in the Austrian Länder suffered a serious shakedown as a consequence of the economic crisis, which primarily hit the manufacturing sector. Länder that have a high share of manufacturing businesses and which acted as growth drivers during boom times found their gross value...

With exports and manufacturing gearing up again in Austria, regional differences in growth rates as they had prevailed before the crisis showed up again in 2010. Fuelled by good export rates and considering their lower level to start with Styria and Upper Austria, which had been gravely affected...

Gross value added grew at a slow rate everywhere in Austria, due to the fact that exports, the traditional drivers of growth, failed as propellant. The brightening of national and international prospects in the second half of the year helped industrial regions, gaining them a slight growth edge...

While in the first half of 2008 economic conditions were still very favourable in Austria, an economic downturn set in midyear and gained strength towards the end of 2008. This peculiar growth pattern implies that economic indicators for the year 2008 do not fully reflect the extent of the...

Die Produktivitätsentwicklung einer Volkswirtschaft hängt eng mit Erfahrung, Ausbildung und Gesundheit und somit mit dem Alter der Arbeitskräfte zusammen. Auch in Österreich gewinnt der demographische Wandel an Bedeutung; er verläuft regional unterschiedlich. Die Untersuchung für die...