The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...

The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...

Expertise für die Geschäftsstelle des Zukunftsrats Familie, Bonn 2011 (71 Seiten)

Gutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Bonn 2011 (25 pages)

Basierend auf einem Projekt im Auftrag der Bertelsmann Stiftung, Bonn 2012 (78 Seiten)

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...

This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labor market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor...

This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labour market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour...

Kurzexpertise im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales, Bonn 2011 (28 Seiten)

Gutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Bonn 2008 (47 Seiten)