24-July-2023
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6-April-2022
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20-December-2021
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Austria’s economy is recovering well from the COVID-19 crisis thanks to decisive policy action, although challenges remain in the form of labour and skills shortages. Efforts should now focus on increasing the labour force participation of women and older workers, adjusting public finances once the recovery is fully self-sustained, and accelerating the shift to a greener and widely digitalised economy, according to a new OECD report.
17-December-2021
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17-November-2020
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14-April-2020
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21-November-2017
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Digitalisation is one of the megatrends affecting societies and labour markets, alongside demographic change and globalisation.
21-November-2017
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Austria’s transition to a digital economy and society is slower than in other high-income small open European economies.
8-August-2017
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Digitalisation will redesign production processes and alter relationships between work and leisure, capital and labour, the rich and the poor, the skilled and the unskilled. It creates opportunities to boost inclusive growth and well-being by raising productivity, enhancing private and public services, and democratising information.
8-August-2017
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After several years of subdued growth, economic output accelerated in 2016 supported by a tax reform that entered into force in 2015-16, and more recently a pick-up in international trade.