The paper provides a historical overview of the development of the initial characteristics of the standard employment contract in Germany from the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of World War I. The beginning of the welfare state in Germany took place during the 1880s on the basis...

In diesem Kurzaufsatz diskutieren wir die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Karl Marx und der katholischen Soziallehre. Wir konzentrieren uns auf drei Vergleichspunkte: das Menschenbild, die soziale Frage und die Einstellung zum gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt.

Die Genehmigung einer privaten Ersatzschule darf in Deutschland nur gewährt werden, wenn »eine Sonderung der Schüler nach den Besitzverhältnissen der Eltern nicht gefördert wird« (Art 7 Abs. 4 S. 3 GG). Dieses Sonderungsverbot wird in den Bundesländern unterschiedlich umgesetzt. Bei...

Continuing vocational training is considered to play an important role in both social and occupational inclusion. The present paper will analyse the influence this exerts on participation in continuing vocational training and on private expenditure, the latter being measured in terms of the...

This paper uses new administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency - the Integrated Employment Biographies Sample IEBS - to assess the impact of a mandatory employment quota for disabled workers in Germany. We use an exogenous change, introduced through the 'Law to Combat...

This paper illustrates the evaluation of changes in social policy regulations with respect to two reforms that strengthened the rights of either employers or employees. Causal effects of the reform are based on control group designs (difference-in-differences estimates). The results show that...

In modern work environments, employees need to flexibly adjust their abilities to an increasing complexity of their work place demands. We assumed that a fit between demands and individual abilities might positively influence work ability, job-related self-efficacy, and job satisfaction as...