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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung
Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2006
The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267757
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Reassessing the wage penalty for temps in Germany
Jahn, Elke J. - 2008
As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268722
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Reforming German labor market institutions: a dual path to flexibility
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009
Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268995
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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: wie konsistent sind die Reformen?
Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - 2009
Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … dem zum Teil entgegen. Insgesamt befindet sich Deutschland in einer durchaus widersprüchlichen Übergangssituation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269615
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A Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation of Comprehensive Labor Market Policy Reforms in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2004
Over the last year the German government has introduced a comprehensive set of labor market policy reforms, the so-called Hartz reforms, which aim at a significant reduction of unemployment. To this end, (a) many of the existing instruments of active labor market policy are modified...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261856
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Do Financial Incentives Promote the Employment of the Disabled?
Verick, Sher - 2004
In October 1999 the unemployment rate of people with severe disabilities in Germany was more than double that of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262008
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Discretionary Measures of Active Labor Market Policy: The German Employment Promotion Reform in Perspective
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262390
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The Long Awaited Reform of the German Works Constitution Act
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262826
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Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey
Spermann, Alexander - 2006
This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (unemployment benefit II) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = Einstiegsgeld) into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267777
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Benefit-entitlement effects and the duration of unemployment: an ex-ante evaluation of recent labour market reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268114