Die Effizienz der Arbeitsämter wird nicht erst seit dem "Vermittlungsskandal", der zur Einsetzung der Hartz-Kommission und schließlich zu einer Reihe von Reformgesetzen führte, in Frage gestellt. Schon zuvor hatten Evaluationsstudien immer wieder hervorgehoben, daß für die Effektivität...

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...

This essay first sketches some descriptive material, setting the stage and demonstrating the highly differentiated statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second, it provides a simple but powerful model for the...