Emission trading has been the key instrument in the EU's climate policy since its introduction in 2005. According to economic literature, emissions trading should ensure the achievement of a given reduction target at the lowest possible costs, by equalising marginal abatement costs of the...

Geschlechterquoten sind ein effektives Instrument, um den Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Europa zu erhöhen. Dabei unterscheiden sich die Quotenregelungen mitunter stark zwischen den einzelnen Ländern, etwa mit Blick auf die Zahl der betroffenen Unternehmen, die konkreten...

Drawing on qualitative data from five focus group discussions (N=23), we developed a typology with migrant and refugee students from the Global South living in Vienna and studying at an Austrian university. Our findings indicate that different levels of support are required, depending on both...

Emission trading has been the key instrument in the EU's climate policy since its introduction in 2005. According to economic literature, emissions trading should ensure the achievement of a given reduction target at the lowest possible costs, by equalising marginal abatement costs of the...

There are a number of reasons for considering the cross-border dimension of Bavaria's spatial development at the present time. First, there is a new awareness of cross-border development issues on the level of the federal state of Bavaria. This is particularly related to the border between...

Das vorliegende Paper beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Bedeutung die Digitalisierung für Planung, Praxis und Wirksamkeit von Sozialpolitik in Österreich hat. Auf Basis facheinschlägiger Literatur werden bestimmte Dimensionen von Digitalisierung und ihre Relevanz für die Sozialpolitik...

This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on household income in Austria, using detailed administrative labor market data, in combination with micro-simulation techniques that enable specific labor market transitions to be modeled. We find that discretionary fiscal policy measures in...

Geschlechterquoten sind ein effektives Instrument, um den Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Europa zu erhöhen. Dabei unterscheiden sich die Quotenregelungen mitunter stark zwischen den einzelnen Ländern, etwa mit Blick auf die Zahl der betroffenen Unternehmen, die konkreten...

To benefit from the newly established EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the Visegrád countries - Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland - have submitted their national recovery plans. The Czech and Slovak plans have already been approved by the EU, paving the way for the up-front...

Finding common ground across EU member states in responding to China's increasingly prominent position in the global economy has thus far proven a challenge. As the EU tries to find a 'third way' for dealing with its most important trading partners amid heightened US-China tensions, selected...

Drawing on qualitative data from five focus group discussions (N=23), we developed a typology with migrant and refugee students from the Global South living in Vienna and studying at an Austrian university. Our findings indicate that different levels of support are required, depending on both...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den Stand der Digitalisierung des deutschen Gesundheitssystems im internationalen Vergleich und entwickelt Empfehlungen für ihre weitere Gestaltung. Dafür werden die Entwicklung der Digitalisierung über die letzten beiden Jahrzehnte nachgezeichnet, Ursachen...

This introductory article has three goals. First, it briefly introduces Bavaria's border areas. Second, the paper introduces three institutional and political perspectives to explain the governance arrangements and processes in the border areas, namely institutional ambiguity,...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Auftrag des AMS Österreich führt das Institut Synthesis Forschung regelmäßig Analysen wie Prognosen des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktes durch (siehe dazu auch die entsprechenden AMS- Publikationen im Internet: www.ams-forschungsnetzwerk.at). Das vorliegende...

This paper addresses the following question: How can smart energy management system (SEMS) influence the residential electricity consumption at both individual household and national level? First, we developed an hourly optimization model for individual households. The energy cost of an...

There are a number of reasons for considering the cross-border dimension of Bavaria's spatial development at the present time. First, there is a new awareness of cross-border development issues on the level of the federal state of Bavaria. This is particularly related to the border between...

This introductory article has three goals. First, it briefly introduces Bavaria's border areas. Second, the paper introduces three institutional and political perspectives to explain the governance arrangements and processes in the border areas, namely institutional ambiguity,...

Austria is a small open economy that in the last decades underwent two different waves of increasing trade integration: one with Eastern Europe and one with China. This paper studies the effects of increases in trade with China and Eastern Europe on labour market dynamics in Austrian NUTS-4...

We study the strategic positioning of Austrian manufacturing firms that face competition from emerging markets as opposed to firms that do not. Using a unique sample of large Austrian manufacturing, we find that emerging market competitors are not always a force majeure, but the result of the...

Living Labs - innovation units established to introduce new methods and approaches into public sector organizations - have received a lot of attention as methods for experimentation and open innovation practices in public sector organizations. However, little is known so far about how they...

Theorie und Praxis der Stadtregionspolitik richtet sich klassisch an großstädtischen Ballungsräumen aus. Die Österreichische Raumordnungskonferenz (ÖROK) jedoch nahm in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Österreichischen Städtebund schon früh eine Vorreiterrolle ein, indem sie bereits zu Beginn der...

Housing support is an important lever for promoting integration objectives with huge potential to improve refugees' early employment outcomes. This mixed-methods study is based on Austrian register data and interviews with NGO and government representatives. In Austria, asylum seekers are...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Auftrag des AMS Österreich führt das Institut Synthesis Forschung regelmäßig Analysen wie Prognosen des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktes durch (siehe dazu auch die entsprechenden AMS- Publikationen im Internet: www.ams-forschungsnetzwerk.at). Das vorliegende...

Die quantitative empirische Abbildung des heutigen Technologie- und Innovationsmanagements mit einem besonderen Fokus auf mittelständische Unternehmen in Deutschland und Österreich steht im Mittelpunkt der gemeinsamen Forschungsarbeit des KCT KompetenzCentrum für Technologie und...

During the last decade, the Austrian labour market experienced a substantial outward shift of the Beveridge curve. Using detailed administrative data on vacancies and registered unemployed by region and skill level, we test which factors caused this shift. We find that the Beveridge curve...

Austria is a small open economy that in the last decades underwent two different waves of increasing trade integration: one with Eastern Europe and one with China. This paper studies the effects of increases in trade with China and Eastern Europe on labour market dynamics in Austrian NUTS-4...

We study the strategic positioning of Austrian manufacturing firms that face competition from emerging markets as opposed to firms that do not. Using a unique sample of large Austrian manufacturing, we find that emerging market competitors are not always a force majeure, but the result of the...

Die Policy Note untersucht die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie 2020/2021 auf den österreichischen Arbeitsmarkt und diskutiert die Frage, ob Einstellungsförderungen, also die Subventionierung von neu geschaffenen Arbeitsplätzen, ein richtiges Instrument sein können, um den Arbeitsmarkt...

Dieses Whitepaper befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf den Einzel- bzw. Detailhandel. Die lang andauernde Corona-Pandemie sowie deren grosse Tragweite für die Wirtschaft lassen die Auswirkungen nur allmählich abschätzen. Etwas mehr als ein Jahr nach dem ersten Lockdown im...