Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather … moderation and working time flexibility. While at the outset of this reform sequence German had a small, but relatively …

German economy since 1995: 1) Germany offshores more intensively than other advanced countries; 2) The increase in … competitiveness and in the exports/production ratio occurs before the implementation of the labour market reform, and this comes with … both higher inequality and higher unemployment; 3) The implementation of the reform reduces unemployment, but also …

for reform and its main principles. As results of programme evaluation studies post-reform have become available just now … positive effects. On balance, therefore, the reform seems to be moving the German labour market in the right direction …

, their recent reforms and where already possible effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right track …

We examine the effects of a 2013 labour market reform in Slovenia which made permanent contracts less restrictive and … before and after the legislative change. We find that the reform achieved both its stated goals of reducing labour market …

76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact unexplained by existing research focusing on job finding rates … market search model. Absent the reform, unemployment rates would be 50% higher today …

recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on … the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of the overall impact of such measures. The reform of 1998 recognized …