Labour Market Policy in Tyrol up to 2010

The study provides information on the development of labour market policy tools in Tyrol. In this state, the labour market shows positive growth and employment is rising at an exceptional level. Unemployment and the number of long-term unemployed as a share of the unemployed are lower than in Austria and the EU average, as is the labour force participation rate. Problems still arise from the low participation of older people, the high rate of seasonal jobs, large-scale regional disparities and substantial gender differences that point at a fundamental disadvantage suffered by women.