Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...

[...] Das vorliegende AMS info stellt die erweiterte Fassung eines Vortrages dar, den Dennis Tamesberger im Rahmen der Tagung "All we NEET is ...? Barrieren & Chancen für Jugendliche in Bildung & Beruf" am 27.5.2015 in Wien gehalten hat. Veranstalter dieser Tagung waren die Caritas Österreich,...

This paper investigates whether and in what sense the west German wage structure has been ?rigid? in the 1990s. To test the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a methodology which makes less restrictive identifying...

This paper analyzes the determinants of employability differences between short-term and long-term unemployed persons. Knowing these differences could help to address active labor market policy programs more adequately to the needs of the job-seekers in order to increase employment integration....