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Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2016

findings on the evaluation of the impact of different labour market institutions but pays particular attention to active labour … decades. Rigorous evaluation in this field has grown rapidly since the early 2000s. Describing concrete evaluation studies we …

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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro‐economic efficiency, workers' wellbeing and repercussions for social cohesion. European countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms...

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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik : Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

The paper reviews national and international experiences with different combinations of in-work benefits, subsidized employment, statutory minimum wages and implicit minimum wages defined by social assistance provisions. It calls for a cautious approach regarding the introduction of additional...

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The interaction of labor market regulation and labor market policies in welfare state reform

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2005

Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

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A European perspective on long‐term unemployment

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska; Tobsch, Verena; … - 2015

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels. An economic recovery will not be sufficient to get all long-term unemployed back to work; rather, there is a need for effective policies addressing the long-term unemployed. To...

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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland : der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than in many other European countries. The paper explains this by institutional factors that affect labor supply, labor demand and matching, i.e. labor market regulation, human...

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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2008

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...

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Are there austerity‐related policy changes in Germany?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hassel, Anke - 2015

This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008‐9 recession. In contrast to the intensive phase of labour market and welfare state reforms in the early 2000s aimed at 'welfare readjustment', we do not see austerity...

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Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 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 …

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The German labor market : still adjusting badly?

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw a complex sequence of reforms with regard to...

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