Does the low wage sector serve as a stepping stone towards integration into better-paid jobs or at least towards integration of jobless people into employment? There is evidence for a "low-wage trap" and for a high risk of low-wage earners to get unemployed, but this may also be due to sorting...

Does the low wage sector serve as a stepping stone towards integration into better-paid jobs or at least towards integration of jobless people into employment? There is evidence for a 'low-wage trap' and for a high risk of low-wage earners to get unemployed, but this may also be due to sorting...

Öffentliche Arbeitsvermittlung versucht, arbeitslose Arbeitsuchende möglichst rasch in den Arbeitsprozess zu integrieren. Dieses Bemühen kann im Widerspruch zu qualitativen Zielsetzungen der Vermittlung stehen: der Vermittlung auf dauerhafte, möglichst gut entlohnte und den Qualifikationen...

We construct two matching scenarios to estimate the long-term impact of targeted wage subsidies in Austria on the subsequent labour market integration of previously unemployed participants. Even if substantial dead-weight loss is taken into account, the treated experience a significant increase...

In Österreich fehlte es bisher - mangels verfügbarer Daten - an fundierter empirischer Evidenz zu den gesundheitlichen Problemlagen der Erwerbspersonen und der Wirksamkeit arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen für gesundheitlich eingeschränkte Personen. Die vorliegende Studie leistet einen...