From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...

In 1999, “The Economist” referred to Germany with the meaningful headline “The sick man of the euro”. 15 years later, the world is talking about the “German Labour Market Miracle”. In the first part, this paper describes the characteristics of the traditional German labour market,...

In its recent World Employment and Social Outlook, the ILO published estimates of the number of jobs related to global supply chains (GSCs) for 40 countries in 1995–2013. This paper provides a detailed description of the methodology that was used for the estimation and documents the links...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat 2010 die Regelleistungen nach dem Zweiten und Zwölften Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB II und SGB XII) in ihrer damaligen Form für nicht verfassungsgemäß erklärt. Als Reaktion auf das Urteil wurde das Regelbedarfs- Ermittlungsgesetz (RBEG) verabschiedet. In der...