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All pieces →People with disabilities in Austria: survey data 2024
Original title: Menschen mit Behinderungen in Österreich: Erhebungsdaten 2024
Survey report by Statistik Austria for the Austrian social ministry (BMASGPK), published January 2026. In 2024 the employment rate of people with disabilities was 54.1% versus 78.7% for people without, and their unemployment rate of 9.1% was roughly double that of the comparison group (4.5%); 35.2% of employed people with disabilities worked part-time.
Harnessing labour force potential: strategies of European countries
Original title: Ausschöpfung des Arbeitskräftepotenzials: Strategien europäischer Länder
Study by Julia Bock-Schappelwein (WIFO) with Andrea Egger and Wolfgang Mayer (abif), commissioned by Austria's public employment service AMS (June 2024). It identifies Austria's untapped labour potential and reviews European countries' strategies for better labour-market integration of older, health-impaired, female and migrant workers.