Structural transformation and changes in the production system result in changes of the occupational profiles and qualifications demanded by the labour market. However, adjusting to the new requirements of the labour market takes time. Against this background, medium- to long-term forecasts of...

The availability of an adequate pool of suitable labour is a key location factor for the labour-intensive hotel and restaurant business. Yet, in spite of high unemployment (jobless rate: 17.3 percent) and schemes to attract seasonal workers from abroad, the sector still encounters considerable...

WIFO regularly produces employment forecasts, broken down by occupations, sectors and gender, for use as a basis for medium-term projections of future skills requirements. The current figures cover the period from 2010 to 2016 and offer an ample set of forecasts for 38 sectors and 57...

We use recent advances in the statistical analysis of Oaxaca–Blinder decompositions for non-linear models to analyse the contribution of individual variables to total gender differences in training participation and duration. Results suggest that effects stemming from the intra-household...

We use recent advances in the statistical analysis of Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions for non-linear models to analyse the contribution of individual variables to total gender differences in participation and duration of training. Results suggest that effects stemming from the intra-household...

Austria's GDP grew by just 0.3 percent in 2014, making for a sluggish economy for the third year in a row. Causes for the sluggishness were not just continued investment reticence on the part of businesses and muted expenditure on the part of private households but also the lack of any strong...

In the industrialised federal state of Upper Austria structural change will continue to progress in the coming years. The importance of many fields in the service sector is growing, while in the manufacturing sector employment losses are predicted. In absolute terms the number of dependent...

Compared to eight other European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, UK), Austria's labour market performance is better than average. In 2008, a higher-than-average share of the working-age population (15 to 64 years) had jobs and the share of the...

An analysis of the retirement age and the labour force exit age (age at which pensioners quit their last job) of men shows that men in the building and construction industry are granted disability pensions more frequently than in the whole economy (56 versus 39 percent). In the economy as a...

Die Beschäftigungsquoten Älterer unterscheiden sich deutlich in den EU-Ländern. Dieser Beitrag vergleicht die Auswirkungen von institutionellen Strukturen in den Bereichen Arbeitslosenversicherung, Erwerbsminderung und Alterssicherung auf die Beschäftigungsquote der 55- bis 64-Jährigen in...