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Der Fehlzeitenreport gibt eine Übersicht über Entwicklung und Verteilung der gesundheitsbedingten Fehlzeiten in Österreich. 2017 waren die Krankenstände gegenüber dem Vorjahr nahezu unverändert, die Beschäftigten verbrachten im Jahresverlauf durchschnittlich 12,5 Kalendertage im Krankenstand. Das entspricht einem Verlust an Jahresarbeitszeit von 3,4%. Der Fehlzeitenreport 2018 behandelt in einem Schwerpunktkapitel das Thema "Präsentismus und Absentismus". Den verfügbaren Daten zufolge ist etwa die Hälfte der österreichischen Beschäftigten im Jahresverlauf mindestens einmal trotz Krankheitssymptomen am Arbeitsplatz. Absentismus, d. h. das Vortäuschen eines Krankenstandes, betrifft einen kleineren Beschäftigtenkreis und ist weniger gut erforscht als Präsentismus, aber ebenfalls ein relevanter Bestandteil der Arbeitswelt. Sowohl Präsentismus als auch Absentismus verursachen Kosten und können kurz- und längerfristige Schäden für die Wirtschaft und die Gesellschaft zur Folge haben.

Austria continues to face a favourable economic development in 2018, with a GDP growth rate above the EU average (+3.0 percent according to the latest WIFO short-term forecast). However, following increasing uncertainty which may hamper international trade, economic dynamics are expected to slow down notably in 2019. Business expectations of Austrian construction firms keep improving, which is mirrored in ongoing, albeit slowing down, growth in construction output after the growth peak in 2017. In upcoming years, output is expected to grow in all construction segments. In 2018, residential construction will still be the growth driver, however. After 2019, the civil engineering segment is expected to pick up speed. The non-residential construction segment is also expected to grow steadily until 2021, at slowly declining pace.

The latest construction market forecasts presented at the 86th Euroconstruct conference foresee continuing annual growth in construction output in the 19 Euroconstruct member countries until 2021. After the growth peak in 2017, however, construction market growth will slow down from year to year. The growth path is more promising in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland. Among the Western European countries, the outlook is specifically favourable in Portugal, Norway and the Netherlands. Albeit the overall positive forecast, Swedish construction output is predicted to shrink from 2019. In Germany development is expected to turn negative in 2020 after a long period of continuous construction growth. The Euroconstruct Country Report provides more detailed information on the construction market trends and its fundamentals in each of the 19 Euroconstruct member countries until 2021. The forecasts and analyses are presented on the country level and are based on a comparable harmonised dataset for the major construction sectors and indicators. The macroeconomic framework conditions are included additionally. – With contributions by Julia Bachtrögler, Anders Bjerre, Paul Donadieu, Ludwig Dorffmeister, Antonio Coimbra, Tomáš Dubovec, Josep Ramon Fontana, David Frič, Anne Kathrin Funk, Anna Gáspár, Paul Groot, James Hastings, Bengt Henricson, Annette Hughes, Nathalie Kouassi, Michael Klien, Vladimir Lenko, Jean-Pierre Liebaert, Nejra Macic, Ciara Morley, Renaud Muller, Valentin Niçaise, Markku Riihimäki, Radislav Semenov, Mariusz Sochacki, Antonella Stemperini, Michael Weingärtler, Youssef Yacoubi.

The construction forecasts presented at the 86th Euroconstruct conference foresee continuing annual growth in construction output in the 19 Euroconstruct member countries until 2021. After a growth peak in 2017, the growth rate of total construction output in 2018 was revised upwards by 1 percentage point to +2.8 percent at constant prices compared to the previous year. Together with the overall economic outlook, construction investment growth is expected to slow down in upcoming years. In 2017 strong construction growth was driven by, especially new, building construction. The growth rate was largest for total residential construction (+5.6 percent), which is expected to decline to +2.8 percent in 2018 and stagnate further in the years towards 2021. Likewise, a slowdown is expected for total non-residential construction in 2018 (+1.5 percent) as well as in subsequent years. A slightly different pattern is foreseen for the civil engineering segment, which is expected to expand extraordinarily by 5.0 percent on average in the Euroconstruct countries in 2018. In the following years, growth rates are predicted to fall as well but continuously exceed those of building construction. The Euroconstruct Summary Report provides a macroeconomic analysis and an overview of the European construction industry by sectors (housing, non-residential construction and civil engineering, new and renovation, respectively) up to 2021. – With contributions by Anders Bjerre, Matijas Kocijan, Valérie Plagnol, Pascal Marlier, Renaud Muller, Valentin Nicaise, Markku Riihimäki, Mariusz Sochacki, Youssef Yacoubi.

Die Ergebnisse des WIFO-Konjunkturtests vom November 2018 zeigen trotz eines Rückganges weiterhin zuversichtliche Konjunktureinschätzungen der österreichischen Unternehmen. Ausgehend von einem hohen Niveau schätzen die Unternehmen die aktuelle Konjunkturlage etwas schlechter ein. Ihre Erwartungen trüben sich ebenfalls leicht ein. 

Die regionalen Konjunkturindikatoren zeigen für das II. Quartal 2018 ein nach Nachfragekomponenten und Branchengruppen breit gestreutes Konjunkturhoch. Erste Effekte der Abschwächung der Weltwirtschaft sind aber auch in Österreich zu erkennen. Bei noch hohen Zuwachsraten der Beschäftigung sind die Unterschiede zwischen den regionalen Wachstumsmustern gering, zumal einander die geographischen Unterschiede der Entwicklungsmuster nach Sektoren teilweise kompensieren. Die Sachgütererzeugung wuchs vor allem in den großen Industriebundesländern und im Süden Österreichs überdurchschnittlich, die unternehmensbezogenen Dienste insbesondere im Westen, der Tourismus im Süden und Osten. Die Arbeitslosigkeit nahm in allen Bundesländern ab, mit regionalen Unterschieden (auch) aus der Entwicklung des Arbeitskräfteangebotes.

The EU Single Market and the Maastricht Treaty are now aged 25. In this short history many events marked the way: the creation of EMU in 1999, the introduction of the euro in 2002, and the great EU enlargement starting in 2004. And lastly – for the first time – with the Brexit a reverse of the process of European integration takes place. The recession of 2009 and the Euro crisis in 2010 led to a setback in the economic development in the EU. A quarter of a century invites to look back about the achievements. How much trade and economic growth could be created by the Single Market plus euro plus EU enlargement? These questions are treated here with the help of a consistent integration model. Embedded into an endogenous growth model approach growth and trade effects for EU and EFTA countries are estimated. It turns out that (taking also into account GATT liberalisation) the European integration added to per-capita GDP 0.5 percentage point to EU 28 countries but only 0.2 percentage point to EFTA countries. Trade openness increased by 0.9 percentage point of GDP in EU 28 and by 0.3 percentage point in EFTA countries.