The article based on data collected in the frame of the Posting.STAT project presents the trends of postings to Austria and discusses them in relation to some of the prevalent posting drivers like labour cost differentials between sending and receiving countries, wage and social dumping, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates for the 2011–2021 period suggest an overall increase in the number of postings until 2019, an expected decrease during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a subsequent increase. The authors discuss whether the growth trend observed is likely to continue and identify which factors might influence the number of postings to Austria in the near future. The open access article is part of the Special Issue of the CESifo Forum 03/2022:Posted Workers within the EU – More Flexibility for the Labor Market or a Risk Factor for Social Dumping?
