This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany … study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been …

With the Hartz reforms active labor market policies in Germany were overhauled considerably. The paper reviews the … recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusion for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It …

inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pay and non … institutions, the pattern found in Germany shows sequences of de- and re-regulatory reforms of employment protection and increasing … work force and increasing use of non-standard types of employment in less specifically skilled occupations. -- Germany …

approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … retirement ; labor market policies ; Germany …

structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with … Germany have in fact contributed to overcoming structural weaknesses of a Continental European 'welfare state without work … sustainable with respect to the future of the German labor market. -- Germany ; labor market policy ; labor market reforms …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …

possible due to a less regulated institutional environment. -- Service sector ; Germany ; dual labor market ; low-skilled work …