Labour Market Monitor 2022

The report is an update of a set of labour market indices first developed and tested in 2010 in collaboration with experts of the Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK). The Austrian labour market is examined relative to the other 26 EU countries according to the following key dimensions: overall labour market performance, participation of different groups of people, exclusion risks on the labour market, distribution of earnings and redistribution by the welfare state. Austria performs better than the average of the EU member countries in three out of five dimensions. Among the EU member countries, Denmark performs best, with a position in the top field in all five dimensions. Sweden, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Luxembourg are found in the top field or upper middle field in all five dimensions. Bulgaria, Greece, Latvia, Romania and Slovakia are always found in the lower middle field or bottom field.