This paper examines labour market matching in Austria from 2008 to 2024, focusing on the regional impact of the COVID … states. Our results show that while COVID-19 temporarily disrupted labour market matching, mismatch unemployment returned to …

In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lower caseloads in public employment offices led to more meetings of the … search requirements. More intensive counselling led to shorter unemployment episodes due to faster job entry, but also to … unemployed. We find no effects on wages. A cost-benefit analysis suggests that lower caseloads not only shorten the duration of …

Homeownership is believed to cause higher unemployment. This is because homeowners face higher mobility costs that … households. This facilitates a new test of the effects of homeownership on mobility and unemployment. We find only weak evidence … that homeowners are less willing to move and no evidence of higher unemployment risks relative to renters. …

significant effect on the overall extent of integration into employment. Regarding post-unemployment job quality, we find no …

might have a positive impact on aggregate unemployment, while a demand shift from the primary to the secondary sector could …

We analysed a new counselling and support programme for people with low employment prospects in Austria. The Austrian …

This paper examines return and onward migration of immigrants to Austria, taking into account immigration type, country … Security Database of immigrants who entered Austria between 2009 and 2017. It is the first such study for Austria. We find that … about 25 percent of immigrants leave Austria within less than a year of their arrival and 50 percent within 5.5 years …