"Taking up the discussion surrounding the reliability of the IAB reports on the stock of vacancies in Germany in this journal (ZAF, issue 1/2005), this paper clears up misunderstandings, corrects incorrect statements, and presents further new arguments. The paper is intended to show that it...

"The figures published annually by the IAB concerning the stock of job vacancies across the economy could potentially provide information about the extent of mismatch unemployment that could be of value in terms of labour market diagnosis. This paper explains that the IAB figures on this do not,...

"In this paper a new typology is proposed for the empirical analysis of job supply proc-esses. On the basis of this a schema is developed for a 'job supply account' in which stock and flow values, differentiated according to the type of process are recorded fully and linked systematically....

In this paper a new typology is proposed for the empirical analysis of job supply proc-esses. On the basis of this a schema is developed for a 'job supply account' in which stock and flow values, differentiated according to the type of process are recorded fully and linked systematically....

The figures published annually by the IAB concerning the stock of job vacancies across the economy could potentially provide information about the extent of mismatch unemployment that could be of value in terms of labour market diagnosis. This paper explains that the IAB figures on this do not,...

Taking up the discussion surrounding the reliability of the IAB reports on the stock of vacancies in Germany in this journal (ZAF, issue 1/2005), this paper clears up misunderstandings, corrects incorrect statements, and presents further new arguments. The paper is intended to show that it would...