"By the time the Second Social Code (SGB II) came into force in January 2005, the structure of programmes of active labour market policy was changed by the introduction of the SGB II-work opportunities, respectively additional jobs (so-called 'one-euro jobs'). According to §16 (3) (now §16d)...

Kronthaler F. (2005) Economic capability of East German regions: results of a cluster analysis, Regional Studies 39 , 739-750. This paper analyses the economic capability of East German regions compared with West German regions. Based on new growth theory and new economic geography, and using...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of direct payments and rural development measures of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on employment in agriculture. We work with a dynamic labour demand equation augmented by the full set of policy instruments of the CAP, which is...

"Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline...

"Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline...

Im April 1992 wurden zum dritten Mal alle noch bestehenden 6688 Treuhandfirmen über ihre Beschäftigungsperspektiven schriftlich befragt. Gleichzeitig wurde zum zweiten Mal allen 4100 vollständig privatisierten Ex-Treuhandfirmen ein entsprechender, aber verkürzter Fragebogen zugesandt. Die...

"The prospects for Germany's economic development are good at present. Nonetheless there are also uncertainties and downsides. For this reason our labour market forecast for 2000 is based on a range of assumptions for the actual economic growth. The overview includes the basic data of these...

"In diesem Beitrag werden Entwicklungen, Strukturen und Anlaufprobleme von Allgemeinen Maßnahmen zur Arbeitsbeschaffung (ABM) in den neuen Bundesländern aufgezeigt, ihre Entlastungswirkungen auf Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit abgeschätzt und die Maßnahmen nach ihren Einsatzfeldern...

"Das Forschungs-Informations-System ist ein am Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen angesiedeltes neues Verfahren zur webbasierten wissenschaftlichen Politikberatung. Basis des Systems sind so genannte Wissenslandkarten, durch die verschiedene Themen strukturiert dargestellt...