The issue addressed in this paper is how to obtain a composite measure of several indicators using benchmarking principles. While the exposition is only in two dimensions, and thus can be presented graphically, this is sufficient to capture the essence of the methodology and provide the basis...

The dynamics of dependent employment and unemployment can only be adequately analysed using individual flow data. The degree of influence of the data set and the methodology used is shown by analysing 11 member states of the European Union on the basis of data from the European Labour Force...

Upgrading the qualification level of the workforce has become a central issue among the governments of the European Union : in the race towards global economic competitiveness, human capital development should play a key role. Taking this statement as point of departure, the contributions...

This paper deals with the question whether the concept of transitional labour market (TLM) might be useful to formulate hypotheses about the relationship between the size and nature of labour market transitions and the performance of employment regimes. The paper starts from the idea that the...

Lebensbegleitendes Lernen ist Voraussetzung einer qualitativen Verbesserung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit der Arbeitnehmer und gleichsam bedeutend für die aktuelle und zukünftige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Unternehmen. In diesem Beitrag wird die Implementation des Rechts auf berufliche Bildung...

The radar chart approach is one of a number of special analytical tools that have been developed in connection with benchmarking in the private and public sectors. Although well established as a management tool, the radar chart approach has to our knowledge never been applied to benchmarking...

The rise and fall of policies regulating early exit from labour markets remains enigmatic for comparative politics. Most explanations focus on structural or institutional causes. A missing source of national variation, this discussion paper argues, lies in cross-country differences in voters'...

Since the late 1970s, all the developed welfare states of the European Union (EU) have been recasting the basic policy mix on which their national systems of social protection were built after 1945. Intensified global competition, industrial restructuring, budgetary austerity, changing family...

Substantial theoretical, conceptual and empirical advances have been made in research on the implementation of EU policies during recent years. However, our findings have remained ambivalent and our theoretical insights disparate. It therefore seems high time to address some issues that cause...

Angesichts steigender Arbeitslosenzahlen in der Europäischen Union erscheint es fraglich, ob bis zum Jahr 2010 das ehrgeizige Ziel einer Beschäftigungsquote von 70 Prozent zu erreichen ist. Durch den Beitritt weiterer zehn Länder in die EU steigen die Herausforderungen an eine gemeinsame...