When the Austrian Institute of Economic Research WIFO was re-established after 1945, its scientific profile was chiefly defined by Hans Seidel, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He attained his vision of what WIFO should be and become by his careful attention to the editorial work for...

Employers increasingly claim to have difficulties in filling new job openings, while at the same time registered unemployment rate is still high. The question arises whether the unemployment rate is an adequate measure of actually disposable labour supply. In Austria registered unemployment has...