Abstract:
In 2008 a working hour cost Austrian manufacturers € 31.40, 12.0 percent more than the average of the other EU-15 countries. This sum is made up of a wage share of € 16.70 plus € 14.70 in non-wage labour costs. At 88 percent, the incidental costs were slightly lower than in the previous year.
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