"This paper deals with the distribution of individual and combined organizational measures in German firms in the period 1999-2001. Based on the data of the IAB establishment panel of 2001, representative findings concerning firms of all industries and establishment sizes are presented. The...

Die Untersuchung zeigt neben einigen Strukturmerkmalen der 1,2 Mio. ostdeutschen Arbeitskräfte in Westdeutschland deren regionale Verteilung nach Arbeitsamtsbezirken, ihre Verteilung auf die wichtigsten Branchen sowie auf Betriebe nach Betriebsgrößenklassen. Hierzu wurden Daten der...

"The labour market in Germany is predominated by the full-time standard employment relationship. Nevertheless, since the reunification at the latest we observe a continuous increase in part-time employment. On the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) from 1991 to 2006, we investigate...

"To what extent is the gender wage gap of fulltime employees due to differences in productiv-ity- related characteristics, to discrimination of female employees, and how is the wage gap affected by firm specific features? To analyze these problems we use a linked employer-employee database for...

"Over 400 employment companies are presently operating in eastern Germany. They were founded to influence socially acceptable employment reductions brought about by transformation process and to provide support for the creation of new jobs. After a blanket agreement between the Treuhandanstalt...

"Representative data of the IAB establishment panel for the year 2002 show that in the private sector nearly half of the western German but not even one fifth of the eastern German establishments that are obliged to pay in line with a collective wage agreement pay above the negotiated wage. In...

"In eastern Germany the western German rehabilitation and vocational training systems were adopted. This process is not taking place without adjustment problems. Thus for example the possibilities for further training and retraining in the framework of occupational rehabilitation continue to be...

"The number of self-employed people in Germany increased slightly from the early 1980s and has increased to a greater extent since the beginning of the 1990s. Starting from the 1970s a considerable change has been observed in the fields of activity of the self-employed, which has always been an...

"In this paper the question as to the determinants of the search for self-employment instead of a job in dependent employment is analysed. Among other things it is tested whether in the group of jobseekers, the unemployed are more likely than the economically active or other non-active people to...