Erscheinungsbild, aber auch Leistungs- und Funktionsprofil des Großhandels in den neuen Bundesländern werden sich angesichts des erheblichen Engagements westdeutscher Großhandelsfirmen rascher als vermutet der Situation in der alten BR Deutschland anpassen. Im Produktionsverbindungshandel...

"It is true that participation in in-company further training has increased considerably in Germany over the past few years, nevertheless it ranks in the lower-medium range in European comparison. At the same time, the demand for skilled manpower is increasing steadily while the chances of...

"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...

"In the context of the IAB Job Vacancy Survey (EGS) firms were asked if they had to cancel recruitment processes for open vacancies in the year of the survey because no suitable candidates were found. It remains ambiguous if this cancellation means the actual ending of the firms' recruitment...

"It is true that participation in in-company further training has increased considerably in Germany over the past few years, nevertheless it ranks in the lower-medium range in European comparison. At the same time, the demand for skilled manpower is increasing steadily while the chances of...

"We analyze the impact of the German WeGebAU programs, which are government-subsidized training measures for employed workers over 45 years old. We apply a dynamic matching approach similar to Crépon et al. (2009) and exploit novel information contained in rich German registry data. We focus on...

Stakeholder-Dialoge, Multistakeholder-Foren, deliberative Diskurse, Stakeholder-Netzwerke - um nur einige Varianten der etablierten Begrifflichkeiten des politischen Diskurses anzuführen - sind Steuerungsmedien moderner Gesellschaften. Mit ihnen verbindet sich der Versuch, auf die wachsende...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

"This article uses the total population of firms, as contained in the Employee History ('Beschäftigten-Historik') of the IAB, to analyse the dynamics of employment in establishments of different size classes. This analysis is therefore the first of its kind to include all economic sectors for...