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Unemployment Rises Sharply in Traditionally Female-Dominated Sectors

From Die Presse · () German

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  • Austria recorded 375,730 people unemployed or in training at the end of August, up 2.3% from a year earlier.
  • Unemployment among women rose 5.8%, while unemployment among men fell 0.8%.
  • The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%, with health care and retail reporting particularly strong increases among women’s sectors.

Austria’s unemployment figures moved in sharply different directions for women and men in August. The number of unemployed women rose 5.8% from a year earlier, while male unemployment declined 0.8%.

Overall, 375,730 people were registered with the Public Employment Service Austria, known as AMS, as unemployed or in training at the end of the month. The total increased 2.3% year on year, and the unemployment rate climbed 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%.

AMS board member Petra Draxl attributed the contrasting trends partly to the increase in the statutory retirement age for women. She also pointed to stronger growth in unemployment in traditionally female-dominated sectors, particularly health care and retail.

The AMS will place particular focus on unemployment among women, young people and immigrants under new targets set by Labour Minister Korinna Schumann of the Social Democratic Party.

In typical women's sectors, such as health care and retail, unemployment is rising significantly more sharply.

— Petra DraxlThe AMS board member explained the stronger increase in unemployment among women.
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