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Austria's Well-being Goes Beyond GDP

Title
Austria's Well-being Goes Beyond GDP [electronic resource] / Oliver Röhn ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Röhn, Oliver.
  • Gönenç, Rauf.
  • Beer, Christian.
  • Boarini, Romina.
Description
59 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
Austria enjoys strong material well-being and high quality of life. Steady convergence with top GDP per capita levels translated into decisive improvements in household disposable incomes while significant redistribution has ensured low income inequality and poverty. This has been combined with gains in leisure time, especially time spent in retirement, low unemployment, high environmental standards, rising life expectancy, a well-functioning social support network and high subjective well-being. This performance was achieved with a unique combination of supportive conditions for a dynamic business sector, priority for family based care, a wide supply of public services, and a well-functioning social partnership. Particularly remarkable for a small open economy has been the degree of stability, which may have contributed to Austria's high quality of life. However, a number of weaknesses also exist. Older, unskilled and in particular people with migrant background, have lower labour market attachments. Outcomes in education and health care are subject to inequalities. Family services are still mainly carried out by women, who have closed the gap in education attainment with men but face tensions between work and family responsibilities and a high wage gap. The gaps experienced by people with migrant background are in several dimensions larger than in the average OECD country. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Austria (http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/austria-2013.htm).
Series Statement
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1079
Uniform Title
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.1079.
Subject
  • Social Issues/Migration/Health
  • Economics
  • Austria
LCCN
10.1787/5k422133hjnv-en
OCLC
oecd-lib
Title
Austria's Well-being Goes Beyond GDP [electronic resource] / Oliver Röhn ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2013.
Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1079
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1079.
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Full text online available onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
Economics
Austria
Added Author
Röhn, Oliver.
Gönenç, Rauf.
Beer, Christian.
Boarini, Romina.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5k422133hjnv-en doi
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