In der Dissertation werden die Gesetze zur Reform des Arbeitsmarktes in Deutschland, besser bekannt als Hartz-Reformen, untersucht. Zunächst wird ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Änderungen aus den vier Reform-Paketen gegeben sowie die Effekte, welche man sich davon versprach. Des Weiteren...

In light of the huge cross-country differences in job losses during the recent crisis, we study how labor market duality - meaning the coexistence of "temporary" contracts with low firing costs and "permanent" contracts with high firing costs - affects labor market volatility. In a model of job...

In 2005, a large-scale direct job creation programme – the so-called One-Euro-Jobs – was introduced in Germany. One-Euro-Jobs are mainly temporary, part-time non-profit-sector jobs, which have to be additional and of public interest. Their central goal is to improve the employability and in...