decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more … inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pay and non … explained? The paper claims that changes in labour market institutions such as unemployment benefits, active labour market …

and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment … protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

unemployed and the inactive remain distinct groups with regards to transitions into employment, post-industrial labour markets … markets are more likely to make the transition into employment than has previously been the case. It concludes that whilst the … have indeed become more inclusive. Only a few countries saw decreased odds of transition over time for the unemployed …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting … out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both … groups. However, the responsibility for employment policies still predominantly lies within Member States of the European …

activation, redefining the link between social protection and labour market policies on the one hand and employment on the other …