Unemployment
Austria

Total Unmployment 2007- 4.8%
Total Unemployment 2008- 4.4%

Employment
Austria

2007 Men (15-64) - 78.4% 
2008 Men (15-64)- 78.5%

2007 Women (15-64)- 64.4%
2008 Women (15-64)- 65.8%

2007 Men (55-64)- 49.8%
2008 Men (55-64)- 51.8%

2007 Women (55-64)- 28.0%
2008 Women (55-64)- 30.8%

     The above data represents the unemployment rates in Austria in the year 2007 and 2008, obviously reflecting Austria's work force and it's portion of the work force that is willing and able to work; however cannot find a job. As it can be seen the total unemployment rate in 2008 was less compared to 2007 as the value went down by 0.4%. Even though it might not seem much when you take 0.4 percent of Austria's work force the value isn't very small. Below the total unemployment rates are the employment rates for men and women of different ages. The employment rates for men in 2007 between the ages of 15 and 64 is obviously higher than the employment rate for the men between the ages of 55-64, these rates are 78.4% and 49.8% respectively. This obviously reflects that what increases the employment rates are people in their younger years. Meanwhile on the other hand the rates for men between the ages of 55-64 is much lower because it only includes people between the ages of 55.64 which have a harder time finding a job maybe because of their advanced age. As for women the employment rates are much lower than the men's employment rates, this is obviously because some jobs are gender biased; meaning that it would be hard for a woman for example to execute arduous manual tasks. Ethnic unemployment rates are not included as they could not be found, however the rates for non-austrian are probably higher than the rates for austrian workers, obviously because the nation usually favours forgives priority to their people. The different regions unemployment rates are not available however it can be inferred that in the city the rates might be higher than unemployment rates outside the city, because outside the city given Austria's geographical constitution most of the people outside big cities probably work in the field of agriculture.