Zusammenfassung Mit der Einführung von Mini- und Midijobs kam es 2003 zur abschließenden Implementierung eines subventionierten Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland. Zum 1. Januar 2013 wurden nun nach knapp 10 Jahren die Grenzregelungen dieser Beschäftigungsformen angepasst, um der...

Abstract We examine theoretically and empirically how wage subsidies and minimum wages interact regarding to employment opportunities, and how these interactive effects vary across different groups of workers. Assuming a neoclassical labor market and heterogeneous work, subsidized low-skilled...

“Make work pay” strategies are an integral part of labour market policy instruments in developed countries. There are two considerations behind these measures. Firstly, subsidizing employment at the bottom of the income distribution should motivate the unemployed to accept jobs with lower...

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a new large-scale panel study (“PASS”) for research on the labour market, the welfare state and poverty that combines a sample of 6,000 recipient households with an equally large sample of the general population. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a new large‐scale panel study (“PASS”) for research on the labour market, the welfare state and poverty that combines a sample of 6,000 recipient households with an equally large sample of the general population. Design/methodology/approach – The...