The intention underlying the introduction of the child care benefit was to offer parents greater freedom of choice in matters regarding child care and their participation in the labour market. However, according to the findings presented here, the new regime – so far – has led to a longer...

Women in Austria suffer a substantial loss of earnings once they have children. By the time the youngest child has grown up, the loss accumulates to between € 103,000 (one child) and € 136,000 (three or more children), provided that the woman returns to gainful employment. If, however, the...

1996 hat sich das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) wahrscheinlich um nicht ganz 1% erhöht. Bei etwas sinkender Beschäftigung und leicht steigender Arbeitslosigkeit erhöhte sich die Arbeitslosenquote (OECD-Definition) auf 4%. 1997 dürfte das reale BIP nur wenig beschleunigt expandieren....