, preventing employment at low wages. This creates substantial unemployment of the low-skilled. This paper discusses the …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …

sozialpolitischen Reformen der letzten Jahre dabei gespielt haben. Dabei steht zunächst die aktive und passive Arbeitsmarktpolitik im … Weiterbildungsinvestitionen entwickelt werden. -- Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Weiterbildung ; Aktivierung ; ältere Arbeitnehmer …

We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment … increasing employment and reducing social assistance. However, being at a regular workplace seems crucial: we find negative … employment effects for participants employed at a workplace created especially for the purpose. The decrease in social assistance …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

crime levels and their own financial circumstances, whereas concerns about xenophobia and employment have diminished …