Using a fixed-effects panel-estimation of the years 2004 and 2005 of the IAB Establishment Panel, this article tries to answer the following question: Do the so-called One-Euro-Jobs have an effect on the growth rate of regular employment, covered by the social security system? The analysis finds...

In der Studie wird untersucht, wie innerbetriebliche Übergänge aus Arbeitsgelegenheiten mit Mehraufwandsentschädigung in ungeförderte sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung (Klebeeffekte) entstehen. Zunächst werden die Gründe erörtert, warum die direkte Beschäftigungsintegration...

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Bedeutung der Vermittlungsfachkräfte für die Umsetzung von Reformen innerhalb der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Zum einen wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie Arbeitsvermittler die Neuausrichtung des Geschäftssystems, in dem sie sich bewegen, beurteilen. Zum...

We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the German social assistance programme. Our findings...

Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with tem-porary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

This paper examines participation in labor market programs such as job subsidies, workfare, and training programs by lone mothers receiving means-tested unemployment benefits in Germany. Since the 2005 Hartz IV labor market policy reforms, expectations that non-employed parents responsible for...

Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...