Austria ranks among the top quarter of EU countries in terms of its spending on social protection, yet the poverty risk continues to be relatively high – a pointer that traditional social safety systems no longer offer adequate protection in view of the increasing flexibility of the working...

Turkey and Europe are closely interlinked through migration, trade and investment flows. In the year 2000, the interrelationships entered a new phase. Return migration of Turkish migrants to Turkey set in, of often well-educated second-generation migrants, triggered by the fast economic growth...

"There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...

Austrian migration policy changed from a demand driven guest worker model be-tween the 1960s and 1980s to chain migration, family reunion and refugee migration in the 1990s. Membership to the EU in 1995 was accompanied by economic migration from other EU-member states due to faster-than-average...

There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...

In Austria, a decline in the number of persons on sick leave can be observed over the medium as well as long term. This trend is accompanied by a shortening of average sick spells and an increase in short-term sick leaves. At the same time, a shift can be found in the ranking of causes – thus...