On the face of it, Austria’s labour market performs very well, which is reflected in one of the lowest unemployment … rates in the EU. However, while many of the euro area members have recently succeeded in reducing unemployment, the Austrian …. In addition the unemployment statistics are distorted by the relatively low labour force participation of older workers …

, including within the context of joint programming between the EU, France, Germany and Spain. The scope of the study covers all …

idea that Germany was suffering from "reform paralysis". However, the part of these reforms that specifically concerned …Radical labour market reforms were implemented in Germany between 2002 and 2005, reforms that overturned the received … controversial and changed the party-political landscape in Germany. Shortly after the reforms were introduced, a trend reversal took …