approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … retirement ; labor market policies ; Germany …

structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with … Germany have in fact contributed to overcoming structural weaknesses of a Continental European 'welfare state without work … sustainable with respect to the future of the German labor market. -- Germany ; labor market policy ; labor market reforms …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the … ; unemployment insurance ; social assistance …

-protecting, earnings-related unemployment insurance, skills-oriented active labor market policies and strong dismissal protection so that … ones (banking and insurance), new high-skill sectors (IT and the "creative economy") and growing areas of low … possible due to a less regulated institutional environment. -- Service sector ; Germany ; dual labor market ; low-skilled work …

Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …