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  • 24-June-2024

    English

    Using AI to manage minimum income benefits and unemployment assistance - Opportunities, risks and possible policy directions

    While means-tested benefits such as minimum income benefits (MIB) and unemployment assistance (UA) are an essential safety net for low-income people and the unemployed, incomplete take-up is the rule rather than the exception. Building on desk research, open-ended surveys and semi-structured interviews, this paper investigates the opportunities and risks of using artificial intelligence (AI) for managing these means-tested benefits. This ranges from providing information to individuals, through determining eligibility based on pre-determined statutory criteria and identifying undue payments, to notifying individuals about their eligibility status. One of the key opportunities of using AI for these purposes is that this may improve the timeliness and take-up of MIB and UA. However, it may also lead to systematically biased eligibility assessments or increase inequalities, amongst others. Finally, the paper explores potential policy directions to help countries seize AI’s opportunities while addressing its risks, when using it for MIB or UA management.

  • 20-June-2024

    English

    Rural Proofing - Lessons from OECD countries and potential application to health

    Improving rural development, well-being and maximising the potential in rural areas requires greater horizontal and vertical co-ordination at the national, regional, and local level as well as the mainstreaming of rural issues across all policies. However, taking an integrated approach to rural development - where rural ministries and non-rural ministries coordinate in the development of polices and initiatives - is often very challenging. Rural proofing is a tool to help policy makers overcome this challenge and develop more nuanced rural-friendly policies. It involves making policy decisions based on evidence on rural dynamics available in a timely fashion to enable changes and adjustments. In practice, however, it is a mechanism that has proved complex to design, implement, and sustain. This article explores how more robust rural proofing models can be developed, with health as a focal point. Drawing on lessons from different OECD member countries, it develops a roadmap for more effective rural proofing mechanisms to help embed the practice in the policy space and culture of governments.

  • 20-June-2024

    German, PDF, 114kb

    Society at a Glance 2024 - Wie steht Österreich im Vergleich da?

    This country note compares Austria to the OECD average across various social indicators, drawing on data from Society at a Glance 2024. Auswahl von Indikatoren aus dem Kapitel über Fertilitätstrends und andere Sozialindikatoren.

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  • 20-June-2024

    English, PDF, 110kb

    Society at a Glance 2024 - How does Austria compare?

    This country note compares Austria to the OECD average across various social indicators, drawing on data from Society at a Glance 2024. As the special chapter in this edition is on fertility trends, the note highlights relevant indicators such as total fertility rates, the mean age of mothers at childbirth, the proportion of young people living with their parents, as well as public spending on family benefits.

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  • 15-December-2023

    English

    Austria: Country Health Profile 2023

    This profile provides a concise and policy-focused overview of the state of health and the healthcare system in Austria, as a part of the broader series of Country Health Profiles from the State of Health in the EU initiative. It presents a succinct analysis encompassing the following key aspects: the current health status in Austria; the determinants of health, focusing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the Austrian healthcare system; and an evaluation of the health system's effectiveness, accessibility, and resilience. Moreover, the 2023 edition presents a thematic section on the state of mental health and associated services in Austria. This profile is the collaborative effort of the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, carried out in cooperation with the European Commission.
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  • 23-November-2023

    English

    Childhood socio-economic disadvantage in Austria - A snapshot of key challenges

    In Europe, the introduction of the Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee has helped put concerns relating to childhood disadvantages higher up on the policy agenda. Structured around ensuring effective access to a series of key child services, the ultimate goal of the European Child Guarantee is to promote opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and help stop the transmission of poverty and social exclusion across generations. But as European countries move forward with their plans for implementation, it is important to understand what child disadvantage looks like, as well as the potential lifelong effects it can have on children’s lives. This paper explores childhood socio-economic disadvantage in Austria from a comparative perspective. It sketches the breadth and depth of child poverty and material deprivation in Austria today, and discusses the potential longer-run economic costs of childhood disadvantage once disadvantaged children reach adulthood, based on findings from Clarke et al. (2022). It also discusses key policy challenges Austria will need to consider to tackle childhood socio-economic disadvantage.

  • 7-November-2023

    English, PDF, 151kb

    Health at a Glance 2023: Key findings for Austria

    Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how Austria compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.

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  • 14-September-2023

    English, PDF, 236kb

    Bekämpfung der Resistenz gegen antimikrobielle Mittel auf der Grundlage einer One-Health-Strategie - Österreich

    Die antimikrobielle Resistenz (AMR) - die Fähigkeit von Mikroben, gegen antimikrobielle Mittel resistent zu werden - ist und bleibt eine alarmierende globale Gesundheitsbedrohung, welche die Wirksamkeit vieler Fortschritte des 20. In den vergangenen Jahren hat Österreich große Fortschritte bei der Bekämpfung von AMR gemacht. Dennoch sind weitere Verbesserungen erforderlich.

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  • 14-September-2023

    English, PDF, 226kb

    Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance in Austria

    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials - remains an alarming global health threat that jeopardises the effectiveness of many 20th century public health advances. In recent years, Austria made important strides in tackling AMR. Yet, more progress is needed.

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  • 7-September-2023

    German, PDF, 361kb

    Risks That Matter 2022 Country Highlights: ÖSTERREICH

    RTM illustrates respondents’ perceived economic risks, levels of satisfaction with current social policies, and preferences for future government action on social protection: Die Österreicher sind relativ zufrieden mit sozialer Sicherung und fordern eine stärkere Steuerprogression

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