The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Austria

At the European intersection: the Austrian way to equality, diversity and inclusion

“…Austria follows a male-breadwinner/female-secondary earner model (Sainsbury, 1999) within a conservative welfare regime (Esping-Andersen, 1990). Additionally, Austria lags behind other EU countries regarding inclusion independent of social class and ethnicity within the education system and in the workforce (Krause & Liebig, 2011) and correspondence studies find high levels of discrimination concerning sexual orientation and religion (Weichselbaumer, 2003(Weichselbaumer, , 2017. There are a number of exceptions to the anti-discrimination principle in terms of age 6 and disability (Naue, 2006).…”

Reduce the concentration of disadvantaged youth with immigrant parents

“…In a study of four European countries, immigrants also assigned a higher value to education than nonimmigrants (Hadjar and Scharf, 2018 [42]). Further, parents' psychological engagement and behavioural involvement appears to have a stronger effect than parental socio-economic and education levels on immigrant children's achievement-related motivation and achievement (Kim, Mok and Seidel, 2020 [43]). Nevertheless, high aspirations are not sufficient when actual knowledge on how to overcome disadvantage and attain educational goals is lacking.…”

Is adult education a ‘white’ business? Professionals with migrant backgrounds in Austrian adult education

“…While 10 % of autochthonous Austrians say that they are employed below their qualifications, 27.5 % of foreign born people make the claim (Statistik Austria, 2012). Findings of an OECD study point out that Austria is one of the 'leading' countries within the OECD in terms of the deskilling of migrants (Krause & Liebig, 2011). The difficulties in recognising degrees are, of course, not the only reason for that phenomenon, but they are a central factor.…”