Integration of Women in the Lower Austrian Labour Market

The project report is dedicated to the employment of women or women with a migration background and the gender gap in employment. The focus is on the employment of women in Lower Austria. The analysis of the different data sources from the Coordinated Labour Force Statistics and the Labour Force Survey on women's employment provides a comprehensive and consistent picture for Lower Austria. On the one hand, the results confirm the trend towards an increase in the female employment rate described in the literature since the 1960s, but on the other hand they still show a gender gap that is particularly pronounced in the group of persons with a migration background from third countries.