Unemployment in Germany strongly increased in 2005. Beside other influences a labor market reform that came into force … in 2005 (Hartz IV reform) was ascribed to redistribute hidden to open unemployment. Using different methodological … approaches and data sets this article analyses the scale of this change from hidden to open unemployment in West Germany. Yet …

labour market policy until 2007: They have been entitled to unemployment benefit payments until taking up retirement pension … analysis based on a survey of recipients of the Unemployment Benefit II shows that low or no propensity to work was rarely the …

labour market policy until 2007: They have been entitled to unemployment benefit payments until taking up retirement pension … analysis based on a survey of recipients of the Unemployment Benefit II shows that low or no propensity to work was rarely the …