Die Umsetzung einer leistungsstarken Bildungs- und Berufsberatung für alle Bevölkerungsgruppen in Österreich stellt eine der zentralen Aufgaben des AMS und seiner BerufsInfoZentren (BIZ) dar. Die Abt. Arbeitsmarktforschung und Berufsinformation/ABI des AMS Österreich leistet hier eine...

"In 2000 Germany experienced a strong economic upswing. The engine driving this development was the vigorous foreign demand. In total a 3.1% growth in real gross domestic product could be recorded. The number of employed persons rose in the annual average for 2000 by almost 600,000. Marginal...

"The labour force participation rate of blind men and women of an employable age is well below average compared with other groups of disabled people. An empirical study of blind people and of companies employing blind people provides information on the reasons and the type of labour force...

"After looking back at the development of the economy and the labour market over the past few years, a prediction regarding the trends in 2003 and 2004 is made based on alternative assumptions of overall economic growth. After this, selected topics are dealt with in more detail (foreign trade...

The economic dynamics deteriorated considerably throughout the world in 2001. The German economy, too, was seized by this. The dampening effects of the world economy were intensified by the consequences of the animal epidemics and a rather restrictive monetary policy. In addition economic growth...

"The economic collapse in eastern Germany caused a previously unprecedented unemployment in the new Federal states, which affected eastern German women overproportionally. Whereas in the times of the German Democratic Republic it was unproblematic for women to combine job and family, it could be...