"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...

"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...

"The current low participation rate of low-skilled workers in vocational re-training activities as well as the relatively high share of youth without vocational qualification are major challenges for German labour market policies. Recently implemented programs by the Federal Employment Service...

In der aktuellen Corona-Krise wird in mehr Ländern als jemals zuvor Kurzarbeit als arbeitsmarktpolitisches Instrument eingesetzt, um Beschäftigung zu sichern und die sozialen Kosten der Krise zu begrenzen. Trotz erheblicher Unterschiede in der institutionellen Ausgestaltung und Logik von...

Ausgangspunkt der umfassenden arbeitsmarkt- und sozialpolitischen Reformen - der sogenannten Hartz-Reformen (2003-2005) - in Deutschland waren institutionelle Veränderungen der Governance der Arbeitsverwaltung. Insbesondere mit den Hartz-IV-Reformen von 2005 wurde das status- und...

Die geringe Teilnahme geringqualifizierter Arbeitnehmer in beruflichen Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sowie der relative hohe Anteil Jugendlicher ohne Berufsabschluss stellen große Herausforderungen für die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik dar. Pilot-Programme der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) zur...

This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...