"A major unemployment and welfare benefit reform took place in Germany in 2005. One objective of this reform was to more strongly encourage an adult worker model of the family, with an emphasis on activating the formerly inactive. Our hypothesis is, however, that assignments to activation...

"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...

"The paper analyzes wage concessions after unemployment benefit II receipt. Using administrative data this paper investigates the wage mobility of singles who were employed before and after the beginning of welfare benefit. Descriptive analysis indicate that 41 % of the singles who were fulltime...

"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...

"The paper analyzes wage concessions after unemployment benefit II receipt. Using administrative data this paper investigates the wage mobility of singles who were employed before and after the beginning of welfare benefit. Descriptive analysis indicate that 41 % of the singles who were fulltime...