Start-up incentives targeted at unemployed individuals have become an important tool of the Active Labor Market Policy (ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training measures, wage subsidies, or job creation schemes,...

This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...

Die Studie liefert einen Beitrag zur geschlechtersensiblen Prekarisierungs- und Aktivierungsforschung, indem die (Erwerbs)Orientierungen einer Gruppe untersucht wurde, die bislang wenig wissenschaftliche Aufmerksamkeit erfuhr. Die Zusammenlegung von Arbeitslosenhilfe und Sozialhilfe brachte...

The main instrument for the EU climate change protection plans relies on the 20-20-20 by 2020 targets. This roadmap, adopted in 2008, is the result of years of continuing work for a joint programme for Europe-wide application of a common framework of climate change policies. The positive...