This paper investigates the performance of labour markets during the recent crisis for 28 industrialised countries, specifically the reaction of employment and unemployment indicators relative to output changes. We construct a composite indicator for output as well as labour market performance....

This paper investigates the performance of labour markets during the recent crisis for 28 industrialised countries, specifically the reaction of employment and unemployment indicators relative to output changes. We construct a composite indicator for output as well as labour market performance....

Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Lage, die zum Zeitpunkt der Erstellung der vorliegenden Version der Beschäftigungsprognose für Österreich und die Bundesländer vorherrscht, ist von mehreren Sonderfaktoren geprägt. Zum einen führte die weltweite Covid-19-Pandemie zu großen wirtschaftlichen...

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the ongoing harmonisation of the retirement age for women with that for men on women's labour supply in Austria. According to the current legal framework, the standard retirement age for women will be gradually raised from 60 to 65 years from 2024...

The Austrian population will continue to grow over the next decades. At the same time the number of working age people is predicted to decline until 2030. In how far this demographic change will translate into changes in the total number of people in the labour force (employed plus unemployed...

Socio-economic enterprises (Sozialökonomische Betriebe – SÖB) and non-profit employment projects (Gemeinnützige Beschäftigungsprojekte – GBP) offer transitional jobs as well as accompanying training and socio-pedagogical support to unemployed job-seekers with placement difficulties. The...

The Austrian population will continue to grow over the next decades. At the same time the number of working age people is predicted to decline until 2030. In how far this demographic change will translate into changes in the total number of people in the labour force (employed plus unemployed...

The Austrian population will continue to grow over the next decades. At the same time the number of working age people is projected to decline until 2030. How this demographic change will translate into changes in the total number of people in the labour force (employed plus unemployed people)...

Um Schwankungen des Arbeitskräftebedarfs zu begegnen, unterbrechen Betriebe zum Teil in Zeiten geringer Auslastung Dienstverhältnisse, um anschließend bei verbesserter Auftragslage dieselben Arbeitskräfte wieder einzustellen ("temporärer Layoff"). Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht erstmals...