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Economic Survey of Austria 2009: Re-inventing the education system

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02-Jul-2008

While Austria’s education system has long equipped the Austrian labour force with good vocational skills, it now faces major challenges to provide youth with new, higher and more generic skills.

Economic Survey of Austria 2009: Lifting growth potential through further product and labour market reforms

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02-Jul-2008

Stimulating competition, innovation and investment in services and fostering the employment of low-skilled workers would help increase potential output and social cohesion.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008 - Austria Country Note

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04-Mar-2008

This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2007 priorities for Austria. 

Boosting Austria's innovation performance

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28-Sep-2007

Willi Leibfritz and Jürgen Janger

Enhancing growth through more innovation has become a priority for Austrian policy makers in line with European policies as laid down in the Lisbon Agenda. This paper discusses Austria’s innovation performance, its innovation policies, and general framework conditions for innovation and growth.

Austria’s deepening economic integration with Central and Eastern Europe

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28-Aug-2007

Rina Bhattacharya

The Austrian economy has benefited substantially from the expansion of economic ties with Central and Eastern Europe. Economics Department Working Paper 572.

Economic survey of Austria 2007

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13-Jul-2007

Despite Austria’s strong economic performance, some structural weaknesses highlight the need for increasing competition in services, removing obstacles to labour market participation, promoting further ...

Speech by Mr. Angel Gurría to launch the 2007 OECD Economic Survey of Austria

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13-Jul-2007

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks at the launch of the OECD Economic Survey of Austria, Mr. Gurría noted that Austria holds a prominent place among OECD economies but when compared with the top performing OECD economies, there are certain areas which could benefit from further reform.

Economic Survey of Austria

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09-Jul-2007

The OECD’s latest economic survey of Austria, to be published on Friday 13 July 2007, looks at the reforms needed to strengthen growth and employment and promote innovation and competition.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007 - Austria Country Note

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13-Feb-2007

This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2006 priorities for Austria.