The paper provides a historical overview of the development of the initial characteristics of the standard employment contract in Germany from the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of World War I. The beginning of the welfare state in Germany took place during the 1880s on the basis...

"The project 'Further Training as a Part of Lifelong Learning' (Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens - WeLL) focuses on participation in continuous training and its effects on the professional status as well as income development of employees. The main question of the...

"This paper uses new administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency - the Integrated Employment Biographies Sample IEBS - to assess the impact of a mandatory employment quota for disabled workers in Germany. We use an exogenous change, introduced through the 'Law to Combat...

"Continuing vocational training is considered to play an important role in both social and occupational inclusion. The present paper will analyse the influence this exerts on participation in continuing vocational training and on private expenditure, the latter being measured in terms of the...

Am 10. und 11. Dezember 2004 veranstaltete die Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing eine Konferenz zu dem Thema "Wozu (heute noch) Gewerkschaften, Tarifautonomie und Flächentarifverträge". Im Mittelpunkt des ersten Tages stand die Frage nach der Reformfähigkeit bzw. -notwendigkeit des...

"Die vorgelegten Daten zur regionalen Mobilität zeigen, daß diese im Vergleich zu den sechziger Jahren weiter zurückgeht und - gemessen am damaligen Niveau - relativ niedrig erscheint. Allerdings spielten damals einige Sonderfaktoren eine große Rolle: Flüchtlinge waren, aus Provisorien...