Unemployment in Germany strongly increased in 2005. Beside other influences a labor market reform that came into force in 2005 (Hartz IV reform) was ascribed to redistribute hidden to open unemployment. Using different methodological approaches and data sets this article analyses the scale of...

In Germany, older unemployed people aged 58 or more years have been exempt from a fundamental principle of activating labour market policy until 2007: They have been entitled to unemployment benefit payments until taking up retirement pension without having to seek new employment (Section 428 of...

In Germany, older unemployed people aged 58 or more years have been exempt from a fundamental principle of activating labour market policy until 2007: They have been entitled to unemployment benefit payments until taking up retirement pension without having to seek new employment (Section 428 of...