Abstract (eng)
This master's thesis examines party political influences on labor market policy in Austria between 1994 and 2019. Against the backdrop of demographic change, labor market policy is forced to react. Several factors are assumed to influence the output of labor market policy, including major social events, economic development and party political ideology. During the period under study, parties with three different ideologies governed, the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, and the Freedom Party of Austria or the Alliance for the Future of Austria. The research question is: "What influence do political ideologies have in the allocation of funds for labor market policy with consideration of demographic change?" In order to be able to answer the research question, the theoretical foundations were first worked through. First and foremost, how decisions in labor market policy are made, which actors have an influence on labor market policy and how demographics develop. In the second part, a quantitative analysis was undertaken. This involved analyzing government spending as a percentage of GDP per percentage of unemployment. Then, active labor market policy measures were categorized into employment incentives, qualifications, public employment services and administration, and start-up incentives. For these measures, there was an examination of reforms and an analysis of expenditures. For passive labor market policy, the reforms of unemployment benefits and unemployment assistance were examined first, followed by an analysis of expenditures.