Tag: Economy

Interview & Opinion

“Your bank balance is not the only indicator of creditworthiness”

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

The ethnologist Silke Meyer is investigating the significance of money in people’s private lives, the social functions it performs and the dependencies arising from debt. In this interview, she explains how social conventions define the “right” way to go about handling money and what correlations there are between debt and ethics. Continue reading ““Your bank balance is not the only indicator of creditworthiness””
Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blümel presents the draft budget for 2022.

Projects

Balancing the budget discourse

Governments in the Eurozone have the challenging task of both using the national budget for the benefit of their constituents and complying with fiscal policy guidelines set by international institutions. The political scientist Johannes Karremans is examining the justifications given for government spending in five countries between 2008 and 2020. Together with the introduction of […] Continue reading “Balancing the budget discourse”

Projects

Assistance in finding accommodation helps refugees with labour market integration

In Austria, society expects recognised refugees to find accommodation and a job quickly. A study conducted at the University of Innsbruck shows that if they are given support in looking for a place to live, refugees find it much easier to be integrated into the labour market. This kind of assistance, however, is provided to […] Continue reading “Assistance in finding accommodation helps refugees with labour market integration”