This paper provides a preliminary assessment of recent reforms of German employment promotion policy. While several recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of...

This paper explores whether wage, employment and tenure outcomes of workers taking up a job subsidized by the German Federal Employment Agency differ by industry. The analysis utilizes administrative data and statistical matching techniques; it covers an observation period of 3.5 years. First,...

From 2002–2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for older unemployed, which was effective during 2006 and...

In dieser Stellungnahme äußert sich das IAB zu den Anträgen der Bundestagsfraktion Die Linke: "Gute Arbeit und eine sanktionsfreie Mindestsicherung statt Hartz IV" (Bundestagsdrucksache 18/3549) und "Sanktionen bei Hartz IV und Leistungseinschränkungen bei der Sozialhilfe abschaffen"...