Purpose – After a brief glance at the global labour market after the financial meltdown the paper aims to explain some general mechanisms of short-time work in Germany. Furthermore it seeks to present an overview of the costs of short-time work for the establishments with respect to the latest...

‘Work sharing’ is a labour market instrument devised to distribute a reduced volume of work to the same (or similar) number of workers over a diminished period of working time in order to avoid redundancies. This fascinating and timely study presents the concept and history of work...

Explains the "Kurzarbeit" scheme whereby a reduced volume of work is spread over the same or similar number of workers by a reduction of working time. Gives the perspectives of employers and employees and its use of as a labour market policy tool in times of economic crisis. Analyses the types...

This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also the effects of regional factors are estimated using three-level random effect logit models which account for the clustered and longitudinal structure of the data. The analyses...

Die Bundesregierung will mit ihrem Gesetzentwurf zur Verbesserung der Eingliederungschancen am Arbeitsmarkt (Bundestagsdrucksache 17/6277) die Integration in Arbeit oder Ausbildung beschleunigen und den Bereich der öffentlich geförderten Beschäftigung neu ordnen. Die Absicht der...

This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also the effects of regional factors are estimated using three-level random effect logit models which account for the clustered and longitudinal structure of the data. The analyses...

This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also the effects of regional factors are estimated using three-level random effect logit models which account for the clustered and longitudinal structure of the data. The analyses...

Die Bundesregierung will mit ihrem Gesetzentwurf zur Verbesserung der Eingliederungschancen am Arbeitsmarkt (Bundestagsdrucksache 17/6277) die Integration in Arbeit oder Ausbildung beschleunigen und den Bereich der öffentlich geförderten Beschäftigung neu ordnen. Die Absicht der...