Aus der Einleitung: "Die vorliegende Studie des Österreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) im Auftrag der Landesgeschäftsstelle des AMS Niederösterreich analysiert die Erwerbskarrieren von Kund:innen des AMS Niederösterreich nach ihrem Abgang aus der Arbeitslosigkeit. Im...

We analyse the role of ethnic networks, segregation and diversity of a region on migrants' success in integration into the host countries' labour markets. We find a robust negative impact of ethnic networks on unemployment probabilities of the foreign born and a positive one on employment...

As part of a larger research project, we survey existing data sets and research results on immigrants' integration success in Austria focusing on educational and labour market outcomes. We consider different registers as well as survey data available to researchers on a regular basis and compare...

In this paper, we present the results of a dynamic microsimulation analysis that examines how changes in the educational integration of first- and second-generation immigrants would affect the future size of the Austrian labour force. Due to population ageing and migration, the number and...

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...

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...

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...