Wir berichten über die Evaluation des Pilotprojektes eines Berliner Sozialamts zur Integration junger Sozialhilfeempfänger in das Erwerbsleben. Dem Workfare-Prinzip folgend war die Teilnahme an dem Programm für die ausgewählten Personen verpflichtend. Wer die Teilnahme verweigerte, erhielt...

"We are reporting from an evaluation of a municipal workfare pilot project. The program was intended to integrate young welfare recipients into employment. According to the workfare principle, participation was mandatory for those being assigned to the program. Welfare claims were denied for...

We are reporting from an evaluation of a municipal workfare pilot project. The program was intended to integrate young welfare recipients into employment. According to the workfare principle, participation was mandatory for those being assigned to the program. Welfare claims were denied for...

Wir berichten über die Evaluation des Pilotprojektes eines Berliner Sozialamts zur Integration junger Sozialhilfeempfänger in das Erwerbsleben. Dem Workfare-Prinzip folgend war die Teilnahme an dem Programm für die ausgewählten Personen verpflichtend. Wer die Teilnahme verweigerte, erhielt...

We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...

Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using...