The years of transition in Central and Eastern Europe brought with them the unprecedented - in these societies - phenomenon of restructuring with dismissals and growing unemployment. Moreover with the emergence and development of the private sector, new enterprises started to leave former...

The article describes (concentrates on the description of) the employment development and social problems related to labour market situation in Poland during the transition period (before the EU accession). It consists of four parts. The first gives an overview of basic tendencies in labour...

The aim of the Panel Study 'Labour Market and Social Security' (PASS) is to provide a database which allows analysing the dynamics of welfare benefits receipt after the introduction of the Unemployment Benefits II in Germany in 2005. This entails the take up and ending of benefits receipt as...

Alleinerziehende - mehrheitlich handelt es sich um Mütter - sind eine wichtige Zielgruppe in der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik. Eltern, die den Lebensunterhalt der Familie und die Versorgung der Kinder allein schultern müssen, können oft nur in begrenztem Umfang erwerbstätig sein und...