"Der Beitrag betrachtet das psychische Wohlbefinden und die Erwerbssituation junger Menschen von 15 bis 24 Jahren in Deutschland, die bereits einmal arbeitslos waren. Im Fokus stehen die Auswirkungen von Arbeitslosigkeit im Zusammenhang mit der finanziellen Situation. Obwohl es bereits mehrere...

"There are two broad trends in industrialised countries motivating this paper: On the one hand, the life phase between youth and adulthood has prolonged and diversified; on the other hand, entering the labour market has become more complex and insecure. In this paper we combine two aspects of...

"There are two broad trends in industrialised countries motivating this paper: On the one hand, the life phase between youth and adulthood has prolonged and diversified; on the other hand, entering the labour market has become more complex and insecure. In this paper we combine two aspects of...

"In 2005 major reforms of the means-tested unemployment benefit system were implemented in Germany. One element of the reforms was to activate benefit recipients by a workfare programme, the so-called One-Euro-Job programme. More than 600,000 benefit recipients entered this programme in the year...

"Im Jahr 1999 wurde das Jugendsofortprogramm der damaligen rot-grünen Bundesregierung zum Abbau der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit initiiert und mehrere Jahre fortgeführt. Im Rahmen des Sofortprogramms 'Jugend mit Perspektive' wurden bis zum Jahr 2003 zahlreiche Maßnahmen angeboten, die danach zum...

"Bedürftige Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene unter 25 Jahren sind eine besondere Zielgruppe der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Das Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB) II sieht vor, dass sie möglichst schnell in Arbeit, Ausbildung oder Arbeitsgelegenheiten vermittelt werden. Ein Instrument zur Aktivierung sind...

"In 2005 major reforms of the means-tested unemployment benefit system were implemented in Germany. One element of the reforms was to activate benefit recipients by a workfare programme, the so-called One-Euro-Job programme. More than 600,000 benefit recipients entered this programme in the year...

"This paper investigates the short-term effects of a reduction in the length of high school on students' personality traits using a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment. Starting in 2001, academic-track high school (Gymnasium) was reduced from...

"In this paper we analyse the health effects of fixed-term contract status for men and women in West-Germany and Spain using panel data. This paper asks whether changes in the employment relationship, as a result of the liberalisation of employment law, have altered the positive health effects...

"Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North...