Die statistische Beobachtung und Darstellung des Arbeitsmarktgeschehens zählt zu den grundlegenden Aufgaben des Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich. Gerade die Messung bzw. Ermittlung von Erwerbs-, Beschäftigungs- oder Arbeitslosenquoten und die dafür verwendeten Indikatoren stehen immer wieder...

Globalisation has been associated with increased international mobility of capital but less so of labour partly because of legal restrictions. In theory, labour mobility and trade are generally substitutes in respect of tradeable goods and services. There are, however, also instances of...

As the EU economies and societies become increasingly integrated, and as labour market behaviour patterns converge across borders, the EU strives to develop a substantially common social identity. To this end, it seeks to promote the development of a sustainable institutional framework which...

There are marked differences in health conditions of the Austrian population by socioeconomic status, gender, age, education, occupation and income as well as by nationality. The low educational attainment of migrants, their concentration in particular occupations and industries and their...

There are considerable differences in the incidence of sickness, the pattern of diseases and the duration of episodes of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the unemployed. The question why this should be so is...