study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been … relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created … basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased …

passive welfare state, strong employment protection and collective bargaining that stabilize diversified quality production … of flexible or 'atypical' jobs, whereas increasing flexibility of the standard employment relationship resulted from wage …

structures of both employment and unemployment complements this study …The paper provides an overview of institutional provisions and reforms regarding employment protection, active and …

institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw …" and creating an institutional setup more conducive to strong employment growth and lower unemployment. We provide a … least - a series of changes in collective bargaining. The paper shows if and to what extent labor-market related reforms in …