"The project 'Further Training as a Part of Lifelong Learning' (Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens - WeLL) focuses on participation in continuous training and its effects on the professional status as well as income development of employees. The main question of the...

"This paper uses new administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency - the Integrated Employment Biographies Sample IEBS - to assess the impact of a mandatory employment quota for disabled workers in Germany. We use an exogenous change, introduced through the 'Law to Combat...

"Continuing vocational training is considered to play an important role in both social and occupational inclusion. The present paper will analyse the influence this exerts on participation in continuing vocational training and on private expenditure, the latter being measured in terms of the...

"In modern work environments, employees need to flexibly adjust their abilities to an increasing complexity of their work place demands. We assumed that a fit between demands and individual abilities might positively influence work ability, job-related self-efficacy, and job satisfaction as...

"In modern work environments, employees need to flexibly adjust their abilities to an increasing complexity of their work place demands. We assumed that a fit between demands and individual abilities might positively influence work ability, job-related self-efficacy, and job satisfaction as...

"This paper illustrates the evaluation of changes in social policy regulations with respect to two reforms that strengthened the rights of either employers or employees. Causal effects of the reform are based on control group designs (difference-in-differences estimates). The results show that...

"Der Beitrag bezieht sich auf eine Repräsentativumfrage unter beschäftigten Arbeitnehmern zu ihrer Arbeitszeitsituation, den Arbeitszeitwünschen und der Haltung zu Arbeitszeitverkürzungen. Die gegenwärtigen Arbeitszeitbedingungen sind ausgesprochen uneinheitlich - nicht nur hinsichtlich der...

"Die vorgelegten Daten zur regionalen Mobilität zeigen, daß diese im Vergleich zu den sechziger Jahren weiter zurückgeht und - gemessen am damaligen Niveau - relativ niedrig erscheint. Allerdings spielten damals einige Sonderfaktoren eine große Rolle: Flüchtlinge waren, aus Provisorien...

"During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about...