Die Studie untersucht den Verbreitungsgrad und die Intensität von Rufbereitschaft bzw. Arbeit auf Abruf in Deutschland. Von Unternehmen mit mindestens 150 Mitarbeitern nutzen im Jahr 2009 etwa 60% Rufbereitschaft und knapp 12% Arbeit auf Abruf. Rufbereitschaft ist insbesondere in den...

Befürworter flexibler Arbeitszeitmodelle führen unter anderem deren positive Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit an, Gegner erwarten hingegen negative Auswirkungen. Wir untersuchen die Gesundheitseffekte selbst- und fremdbestimmter flexibler Arbeitszeiten bei deutschen Beschäftigten auf Basis des...

[Conclusions] This paper has reviewed and commented on recent developments in evaluation research. I have outlined recent methodological developments and their implications for evaluation practice and policy. I have also provided copious citations to the technical literature related to these...

In Austria active job-search programs were introduced on a large scale in 1999. These programs aim at activating unemployed at an early stage and bringing them back to work by training job-search related skills. We evaluate the impact of active labour market programs in Austria on individual...

The low unemployment rates traditionally enjoyed by Sweden have often been attributed to the country's extensive system of active labour market programmes, which have thus frequently been regarded as a model for other countries to emulate. However, unemployment grew enormously in Sweden when the...

The paper evaluates the differential performance of the six main types of Swedish programmes that were available to adult unemployed workers en Titled to unemployment benefits in the 1990s: labour market training, workplace introduction, work experience placement, relief work, trainee...

The British New Deal for Young People began in January 1998. After 6 months of unemployment, 18-24 year olds enter a 'Gateway' period where they are given extensive job search assistance. If they are unable to obtain an unsubsidised job, then they can enter one of four New Deal options. One of...

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skilltraining programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and...

China's transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institution building. The institutional change from a socialist labour regime (SLR) as one of the backbones upholding the traditional leninist system to a new 'socialist' market labour regime (SMLR)...