Two contrary effects determine how age influences access to apprenticeships: on the one hand, training companies increasingly hire older apprentices. On the other hand applicants who are too old, face difficulty in finding an apprenticeship place at all. The paper analysis the selecting...

"What do external controls in the German labour market focus on? In the tradition of empirical administration research, we use the example of the labour market control unit in Berlin that focuses on the construction sector (Außendienstprüfgruppe Bau) to investigate what aims are pursued by...

"Obgleich das Schwerbehindertengesetz (SchwbG) alle öffentlichen und privaten Arbeitgeber mit mehr als fünfzehn Beschäftigten dazu verpflichtet, die (Wieder-)Eingliederung Schwerbehinderter in das Erwerbsleben zu fördern, kommen nur etwas mehr als 20% der Arbeitgeber dieser Verpflichtung...

"The paper gives an overview of the literature on the theory, methodology and empirical knowledge of gender-specific wage differentials. The spectrum of the theoretical considerations comprises observed and unobserved differences in structure as well as differences in the rates of return of...

"Obgleich das Schwerbehindertengesetz (SchwbG) alle öffentlichen und privaten Arbeitgeber mit mehr als fünfzehn Beschäftigten dazu verpflichtet, die (Wieder-)Eingliederung Schwerbehinderter in das Erwerbsleben zu fördern, kommen nur etwas mehr als 20% der Arbeitgeber dieser Verpflichtung...

DAPONTE B. O. (1996) Race and ethnicity during an economic transition: the withdrawal of Puerto Rican women from New York City's Labour Force, 1960-1980, Reg. Studies 30, 151-166. This research shows how broad shifts in the demand for labour can affect racial and ethnic groups differently....

"This paper develops scales to measure stigma consciousness in the unemployed and prejudices against them, using a quantitative survey. The requirement for these scales is illustrated in the introduction. The theoretical substantiation of the scale development includes a definition of...

"What do external controls in the German labour market focus on? In the tradition of empirical administration research, we use the example of the labour market control unit in Berlin that focuses on the construction sector (Außendienstprüfgruppe Bau) to investigate what aims are pursued by...

"The paper gives an overview of the literature on the theory, methodology and empirical knowledge of gender-specific wage differentials. The spectrum of the theoretical considerations comprises observed and unobserved differences in structure as well as differences in the rates of return of...