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Kurzarbeit: Sinnvoller Konjunkturpuffer oder verlängertes Arbeitslosengeld?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Angesichts der gegenwärtigen Rezession hat die Politik in Deutschland die Leistungen der Kurzarbeit ausgeweitet, indem … Unternehmens verantwortlich sind, behindert das Instrument eine nachhaltige Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Zur Vermeidung von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615425
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Raising Female Employment: Reflexions and Policy Tools
Garibaldi, Pietro; Wasmer, Etienne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
While there is consensus on the need to raise the time spent in the market by European women, it is not clear how these goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that are widely debated in policy circles. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822033
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‘Marginal Employment’: Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience
Freier, Ronny; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822715
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Youth Unemployment in India: From a European and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second … can be derived and illustrated by good practice examples from Europe, in particular Germany. Third, because a large part … Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The theoretical framework for these lessons is taken from the concept of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118271
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Youth Unemployment in Korea: From a German and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
’ youth labour force was unemployed compared to 21.4 percent in EU-27 in 2011. Germany, with a youth unemployment rate of 8 … unemployment rate of adults aged 45 to 54; in Germany, this figure is only 1.7. Further peculiarities come up if unemployment is … times of recession. The main part is devoted to possible lessons for Korea from Europe, in particular from Germany. Dual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884388
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Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of “inclusive growth”, with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884390
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Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper presents – in a new way of examination and portrayal – the extent and changes of nonstandard employment relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and 2008, on the basis of the European Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548712
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The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Verick, Sher; Islam, Iyanatul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Starting in mid-2007, the global financial crisis quickly metamorphosed from the bursting of the housing bubble in the US to the worst recession the world has witnessed for over six decades. Through an in-depth review of the crisis in terms of the causes, consequences and policy responses, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506085
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Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Die Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland hat in den letzten Jahren merklich zugenommen. Die Studie … sozialpolitischen Reformen der letzten Jahre dabei gespielt haben. Dabei steht zunächst die aktive und passive Arbeitsmarktpolitik im … Faktor für den Erhalt der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Lebensverlauf, ist jedoch strukturell in Deutschland nach wie vor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822533
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NRW 2025: Vom Hort der alten Industrien zum Magnet der Moderne?
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Hombach, Bodo; Merz, Friedrich; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
umfassende Empfehlungen für die künftige Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Nordrhein-Westfalen vorgelegt. Das Papier der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615419