"Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

"Institutional changes in the governance of employment services were the starting point of comprehensive labour market and social policy reforms - the so-called Hartz-reforms (2003-2005) - in Germany. Particularly with the Hartz IV reform in 2005 Germany's status- and occupation-oriented social...

"In Deutschland wird jährlich rund ein Prozent der volkswirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfung (BIP) für aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik (AAMP) ausgegeben, die im ursprünglichen Sinn eigentlich Investitionen darstellen sollten. Aus Ländern mit ähnlich hohen Ausgaben für aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik -...

In den "beschäftigungspolitisch erfolgreichen" Ländern Dänemark, Niederlande, Großbritannien und Schweden sind nicht nur die Arbeitslosenquoten gering und die Beschäftigungsquoten hoch, sondern auch die Inaktivitätsquoten von Sozialleistungsempfängern liegen erheblich über dem deutschen...

Ein Blick über die Grenzen auf die "beschäftigungspolitisch erfolgreichen" Länder Dänemark, Niederlande, Großbritannien und Schweden zeigt, dass dort nicht nur die Arbeitslosenquoten gering und die Beschäftigungsquoten hoch sind, sondern auch die Inaktivitätsquoten von...

Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

"This study investigates how the effects of low-wage employment and non-employment on wage prospects vary depending on qualification. We apply dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and include interactions of the lagged labor market state with qualification to estimate...

"Cross-sectional studies show that in West Germany women with different levels of educational attainment participate differently in the labor market. In this paper, I examine one potential underlying mechanism: the re-entry of mothers in the labor market after a period of inactivity. I argue...

"This research report is based on the evaluation of the project 'Werkstatt-Schule Saarland'. The project aimed at the reintegration of highly disadvantaged young people into institutional education, helping them graduating from school and thus increasing their chances of a successful...

"The beginning of the employment career is often associated with phases of unemployment. We argue that unemployment has different implications for different educational groups on future employment career depending on institutional settings in the UK and Germany. While search and matching models...