This study surveys the development of the East German labor market after the unification of Germany. We explain that in the last decade, East Germans were faced with very high levels of joblessness that considering labor market exits and active labor market policy, are only partly reported as...

Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but feasible, also in downswings of the business cycle and during stages of increased robotization. It requires a labor legislation that ensures flexibility and retraining, responsive labor sharing during the business cycle and...

Die Gruppe der Alleinerziehenden ist heute keine gesellschaftliche Randerscheinung mehr. Gegenwärtig leben in Schleswig-Holstein etwa 56.000 Familien mit Kindern unter 18 Jahren und einem alleinerziehenden Elternteil. Das bedeutet, dass mehr als jede fünfte Familie mit minderjährigen Kindern...