We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of eligible individuals we compare workers before and after...

We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workers. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers...

We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of endogenous selection, we exploit an exogenous change in unemployment insurance rules in Austria that allowed workers in eligible regions to withdraw from the workforce up to 3.5...

We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workes. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers but...

Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women. The reforms reduced early retirement by 18.9 percentage points among affected men aged 60-62 and by 22.3 percentage points among affected women aged 55-58.25. The associated...

Der vorliegende AMS report, der auf einem im Auftrag der Landesgeschäftsstelle des AMS Steiermark im Frühjahr 2001 abgeschlossenen Forschungsprojekt (Auftragnehmer: Joanneum Research, Institut für Technologie- und Regionalpolitik) basiert, thematisiert die Wirkungen der vom AMS eingesetzten...

Die Arbeitslosigkeit ist stark segmentiert, die einzelnen Arbeitslosen weisen sehr unterschiedliche Erwerbssituationen und Problemlagen auf. Zum Teil sind sie nur kurz und vorübergehend von Arbeitslosigkeit betroffen, während andere lange und häufig arbeitslos sind. Zudem sind für den...